Show Weeds Rob Gard Gardens ns of Food and Water Plants Should Be Controlled for Good Crop Weeds are persevering thieves thle They are ure nt at work continuously and andi rob the garden of f sunlIght Plant fo and und i moisture food d which are ure most essential essen essen- to the growth of cultivated vegetables vege vege- tables They should be controlled to nave have ye a successful garden gUlen Succulent tender lender vegetables can cnn be grown only In the presence of the maximum amount of moisture light and plant foo food sa says s 's Glenn 0 O. Randall Ran Ran- dall dali extension horticulturist for the NOrth orth Carolina State college exten exten- slon sion service sen For the home gardener to get th the most host profitable hIe n nau returns fr from lm o au L i lie Ile must mut make these conditions favorable and he should not allow ullo weeds to take charge Many Inny gardeners allow their en en- for the tho plot to lag when the weather gets hot and the weeds wees begin to grow It Is possible to have plenty of vegetables In summer mid-summer and late Into In the Ule season but the weeds must be controlled This can be done one If It the garden Is laid out In long rows with plenty of space between each row so that horse cultivation may be given If the area Is too small for regular plowing use the wheel hoe and md then thena a large amount of hand hoeing may be eliminated The destruction of ot weeds Is the most Important object of cultivation cultivation- more Important than maintaining a mulch This has been proven by several several sev sev- eral experiments notably one with corn which showed as a result of ot sixteen tests that killing kUling weeds produced pro- pro a n gain of bushels per acre However vegetable crops are benefited by frequent shallow cultivation and when this Is done so as to keep the weeds In check the garden will be most profitable It costs money to neglect the home borne garden |