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Show Hoofemg Hfjeab tn tlje arfjeit NO one knows how long the great demand for food which is making gardeners and food conservcrs of us all Is going to last Like tho government that is preparing for a long war, wo must prepare for gardens next year and perhaps tho year after. One of tho first things to be done is to start a compost bed. Compost is one of the "quickest" forms in which fertilizer fer-tilizer can be applied to the soil. It can be used profitably in next spring's seed beds nnd in the seed boxes which will bo used for starting plants indoors near the end of next winter. It is also valuable for use in hills of melons or other vegetables veg-etables which need warm soil in tho spring and for top dressings of garden beds where quick action of fertilizer is desired. Compost consists of fine, thoroughly rotted manure, vegetable matter and soil mixed together. As soon as you start to gather any garden crops you can begin composting tho waste portions. The pea vines, the turnip tops nnd waste lettuce leaves can all be thrown into tho compost com-post bed. In the city lawn clippings arc especially desirable in the compost bed. Street sweepings if you aro sure tlicy are free from automobile oil will help greatly to Increase the fertility of tho compost It will pay tho permanent gardener to f t MEMORANDA FOR JUNE. f Transplant sweet potato plants from plant frame to garden. J I Sow tomato, cabbage and collard I I seeds in plant frame for fall crop. ' i (Sow tomatoes in early June. Sow f cabbage and collards in lato June). ; f Sow seeds of hardy perennials in f hotbeds. Shade plants with screens made of slats. I Transplant in seed bed hardy per- ', I ennial flower plants and place f plants six to twelve, inches apart T f both ways. f t Plant beans, corn. t t Prune spring flqwcring shrubs -i Sand vines after flowers have fallen. Plant dahlia roots. 1 i Keep soil between rows mellow. J Spray for insect enemies and f f plant diseases. Harvest and replant crops J promptly. . . t build a permanent pit for compost, lining it with concrete. A gardener living near Washington uses gas for lishting his house. Be utilizes the empty carbide cans for the benefit of his young cucumber, melon and ', other plnnts which need protection in tho spring. With a can opener ho cuts ', out the bottom of the can nnd then cuts the can in two with a diagonal cut in ', the middle. This makes a low protector the top of which slopes toward the sun or away from the wind, as he chooses to turn it By covering the top with checse- '. cloth he keeps off insects, while n glass cover will admit sunlight nnd exclude cold on nn unseasonable day in spring. Small bottomless, topless boxes built at home servo the same purpose. When lcttuco and other cool weather plants nie attempted in the summer they must often bo shaded from tho wilting sunlight Cheesecloth will do this sufficiently, suf-ficiently, and the home gardener can uso his own ingenuity in manufacturing low frames for tho cloth. Little cuffs of stiff paper wrapped about the stem of a tomato or cabbage plant when it is transplanted will protect pro-tect it from cutworms. In some localities locali-ties the insects nre kept out by building build-ing low bonrd fences around them and stretching netting or cheesecloth for a roof. |