Show PAYS TO BUY CLEAN SEED I REDUCES SPRAYING TASK Kw Y 1 I IS e S t ti i t J f f 11 r t r Y 1st A f Two 1 kinds s of sprains The I ratan In tho I II a air sprayer r white while the lie other oilier nn an spray atomizer er Is scry cry for small gardens 1 EDITORS EDITOR'S OTC TIlls Thus is the tb fifth tali or ofa n series often orten articles art Ides ex- ex explaining explaining Iole ln cultivation reith And ani rare care of the lie backyard garden The Th first step In prevention ot of diseases that your our back back- backyard backyard backyard yard garden farden may be taken earlY That is In choosing the seeds Buy Duy the very ery b best st seeds obtain obtain- obtainable obtainable able and bo be sure S they are tree free from disease ase Some of ot the worst garden carden trou- trou troubles troubles trou troubles bles bles such as root-knot root and club root club root are sire brou brought bt ItO eto to your garden on the roots of ot plants you buy These will attack not only one seasons season's crop but remain in the ground ground to hamper further crops In plants be sure the roots are clean hairy and free fre from fromI I knote or swellings Prevention is better than cu cure One of the first things to do IIi in starting to make your garden carden Is Isto isto lito to free the whole area from weeds DurIng the th season keep the garden carden clean Gather up old vines stalks and refuse These TheM The things furnish food for tor insects and If it left In the garden carden shelter for the n Inter Inter Inter- MIX SPRAY Y PROPERLY Liquid sprays may be put on with a a small hand sprayer De Be Beaura aura that the sprays spra's are properly mIxed pd nd do the spraying promptly and thoroughly Do not walt wait for tor forthe the dIsease or insects to get a start starl but begin b to spray u as soon as the trouble appears Using a i watering pot or whiskbroom whisk whiskbroom whiskbroom broom is not spraying and will not save sav the th plants The Ideal spray pray Is II a fine fin nn mist which reaches the highest degree ot of when the th entire plant every enry leaf ie J cOvered evenly with the fine drops Stop spraying before the th toll toll- tollage toll ace foil age is drenched Th ho e higher her the pressure of ot the spray the tho th more more efficient will be the th work and th the better the th results It if you use usa Bordeaux mixture the before h spraying should be b don done dono be be- be fore rains rather than after arter if H the spray y has had time to to dry on the th leaves Rainy Halny e ther with tog fog or heavy heavy dews dew Is a x ta- ta favorable favorable condition for diseases to develop evelo and spraying should be bemore moro more frequent frequent- In these thes p periods Sprays Spray and dusts maybe may be b put wit on In a a gOOd many ways In Ismall a small garden farden nil ill you need is an sprayer atomizer ot of o a a medium sIzed sIzed- pattern pattern like a bicycle pump A compressed air lr sprayer is bet bet- better bet bel better ter for gardens farden gard nl of ot medium size Dusts may m y be easily applied forthe for forth forthe the th of ot insects Il by shaking them from a fine chees cheese cloth bag b g of of or from a perforated can canTher There are several leveral cheap but very effective dust dutt du t guns runs on the market Young plants grown crown la In boxes or flats flat for tor setting out a are e often orten troubled with off damping and root root club The organisms which CAuse these diseases are ar In the soil soli and will be b carried on the diseased plants into the garden By treating the soil Boll either cither with th boiling water weter or a a formaldehyde solution a few days plant plant- plantIng planting plant plant-Ine Ing the seeds this trouble will be avoided a the Tho box hox or flat flat fiat may beset be beset beset set In the tho sink sink and the boiling water poured into It as rapidly M as the soil will drink it up In soil soli thus thul treated treated seeds seed will sprout faster lter and become becom hardt hardier r than thanin thanIn In ordinary soil soli TO TOMORROW n res reds Is |