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Show Fall Is Time To Clean Up And Plow Up A little work in the fall devoted to cleaning and plowing or digging the garden will help to keep the plants healthy and the garden free from weeds next summer, says J. C. Hogenson, extension specialist in Agronomy. Cleamng the garden m tne iaii will remove a big crop of weed seeds . and simplify the problem of weeding weed-ing next summer. From the view- . point of weed control alone, fall! cleaning is profitable. Pull all old vegetables and weeds; pile and burn them. Some of our most destructive destruc-tive plant diseases are caused by fungi which live in the old roots and stems. As these decay in the ground the fungi become scattered through! the soil. When the soil once becomes be-comes infested it is necessary to avoid planting these vegetables there for many years. Pulling and burning these old plants also prevents the survival of many insects which hibernate during the winter under the litter. Peren- nial garden plants such as aspara- . gus, rhubarb, etc., should be cut off at the surface of the ground after frost has killed the tops and the dead parts raked up and burned. When your garden is fertilized with fresh manure and plowed in the fall and allowed to lie throughout through-out the winter without further working, work-ing, the freezing and thawing breaks up the soil into small particles and gives them a chance to settle down into a fine compact mellow seed bed. When harrowed in the spring, such ' a seed bed becomes ideal for the ' rapid growth of young plants. T-ioii wirm-incr likpwise. helns to kill insect pests by exposing the eggs and the hibernating adults to the freezing winter weather. The plowing under of the manure in the fall causes the plant food which the manure contains to become be-come available to the young plants 'in the early spring and thus cause 'more rapid, vigorous and even ' growth, Mr. Hagenson says. i ...n |