Show USE HOT WATER TO KILL GERMS harmful molds or fungi should be destroyed before seeds are planted MOST SOILS ARE UNSUITED if disease sports spores are not eliminated plants will become diseased and die or remain stunted to be sure suie of obtaining healthy young plants for foi transplanting to the leonle garden or elsewhere treat the soil boll in the seed box with boiling wate matiy it a tow few days before planting alos Most A rt soils commonly used for seed beds contain out one or more kinds of I 1 I 1 r 1 irful molds or 01 fungi and in ili addition in the south a destructive eelworm which causes a disease of many man garden crops commonly common lj called root knot recently it has been learned lean ed by the united states derailment department of agriculture that weed wd bed soil can be made reasonably bece from these plant enemies by this simple hot water nater treatment if disease spores are not killed plants grown in such soil will usually become diseased and die or els else will remain stunted and sickly it Is because of the transplanting of such diseased seedlings that many man of the poor crops or failures in the home g garden arden occur every gardener should therefore foie learn how to recognize reco troubles of young oung plants and become familiar with the method here heie described for foi preventing them before treating the soil sell it should hould be placed in the box ready read for seeding make a few holes in the bottom of the box for drainage pour on oil the boiling water very er slowly scowl at the rate of two lons to a box of soil one foot square I 1 ne he ira water anil tour four inches deop deep wid tit nt once boier a newspaper to harlp lif lp lined tile heat fur for a longer time altor it a few days das or whenever the soll soil bas lin diled 11 i ut put enrigh the seed way be young couii plant i grown in ili this hii soil boil not daly bave souna runts but mso have it libous li ious up pe bearance arance ahmo ground BLI lc tills this scads shlomit in out betar mil and tin tho pant i grow much annh ti fi tr titan lio ted in ill untreated il oil ordinarily ordinal 11 j diseased see leillon le illin alt it lighter green giepen color and are an sinett lit smaller than ahn lintl liue liae a P aliee ans of disease aj n tile the young plants however wity amny not he noticed and nd still tin tilt troll jl may raa be present on the roots and de celop after the plants ure tire set in ill llio taw garden if 1 doi coo out if diseases are pres elit alwn examine the roote of 3 young oung before setting betting them out if ar fectea by molds or fungi dark dead patches may be seen on the roots and sometimes or 0 the tower lower part of the th 1 tollis tn |