Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1918 — Don't Let Weeds Get Started. [ARTICLE]

Don't Let Weeds Get Started.

If the garden is not neglected too long it can be rehabilitated again to some extent, but this means a long, hard job, which is not a pleasant thing in hot weather. On the other hand, if a little judicious work is done at frequent intervals the weeds and pests can be kept down—and so the garden kept up—without burdensome effort. Never let the weeds grow tall. Kill them with some kind of cultivating tool when they are little, or, still better, by stirring the ground from time to time before they appear at all; for you may be suite that if the ground is not stirred frequently they will appear. Do not let the pests get a start It is safe to use the arsenical sprays on late cabbages, cauliflowers and tomatoes. No part of the late cabbages thus far grown will be eaten, and furthermore, they develop from the inside so that even if arsenic is used on them late, the edible portion Is protected by the coarse outer leaves. Cauliflower may be so sprayed until the curd begins to form. Anything that is peeled may be sprayed. Tomaties may either be peeled or washed and thus freed from any dangerous effects.