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Show REMOVE TRASH FROM GARDENS IN AUTUMN Vines, Stalks and Other Rubbish Should Be Cleaned Up. After Crops Have Been Harvested Soil Improving Crop of Some Kind Should Be Planted If Available Area Is Sufficient. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) When garden crops are harvested the vines, stalks, and other plant remains re-mains should be cleaned up, the United States Department of 'Agriculture points out. Good gardeners who take pride In the appearance of their gardens remove such trash, as, if allowed al-lowed to remain, It harbors Insects and diseases liable to attack next year's crops. Plant remains from vegetable 'crops should not be composted for use ... j -1 H - Burning Rubbish After Crops Have Been Harvested. on the same crops next year, but may be burned and the ashes left on the soil or used on other land devoted to different crops. Where a sufficient area is available so that part can be devoted to soil Improving Im-proving crops each year, these should be put In as the vegetable crops are harvested. Crimson clover Is an excellent ex-cellent soil improver, but can not be grown in all sections. Winter oats, barley, rye, vetch, and combinations of these are good. Where the same area is used for the garden year after year a fall application of manure Is very desirable. If manure can not be secured, it may pay to sow the garden to one of the soil-Improving crops. In many sections there is time between late fall and early spring vegetables for a good growth of these crops. |