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Show Garden Notes THE toad Is the- gardener s best friend and the Injurious Insect's w.rst enemy. Let a toad abide In tho cold frame; It will destroy all bugs. Tomato raisers sjive money with a home-canning home-canning oullit when markets are low. Lo not plant much garden truck without' a few ycara" experience; It may prove ex-Pensive. ex-Pensive. That fpraylng potatoes pays thcro la no longer doubt. Tho best-paying market Is tho local one, wherv; arrangements can be made to sell directly di-rectly to tho consumer. Always keep posted on the condition of tho market and sell what and when people want. Weeds take nourishment from- the soil garden crops use) for making good things to cat. A TUlSei I'M: HAUl.l.Y SLt NOW. WerLIrt turn ewi h f4rm, wLIU j,;.t.1 Iq tr.c iltrm H!.-i nj In, ircjroehf l.-.ri..m of Ibr I pllr $ilri bin Im-ot rntlrrlr eo-- "fit rf tlr.-' I'.s-f 1. t,s, T)uaM. r,n th mm t t- wt ll elriwli" Kidj KI 1Q Irsllco. Seeds need lr, warmth and moisture f-r germination. 1m not let the ee, bed dry out too much. Ten; nun h water Ij as bid a-v not enough. In na experiment on tho growing of potatoes po-tatoes farmyard manure at the rate of fifteen tons r.nd sulphate of potash, loo pounds, gavo an lncreae of C3.3I bushels. Sulphate o potash. 100 pounds, alone gave an Increase of .0 bushels; acid phosphate. 20) pounds. 2: tl bushels; sulphnte of pota.'h. 100 pounds! and acid phosphate, 30 pounds. bushels bush-els Increase. A complete fertilizer gave un Increase of 10. S bn-'.'.el-!. The lest r-hows that It pays to have a rich garden roll for potatoes, i,jlaslyni being especl d!- im-VorUnt,,' im-VorUnt,,' " " " - |