. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. FARM GARDEN FIBER PLANTS 281. Fig. 391. Home-made seed- tester. (See Fig. 210J packed in barrels or bins, a layer of leaves is first put in the bottom, then the roots are mixed with a few leaves and a covering of leaves is put on top. A piece of burlap or a grain bag spread over all will keep the leaves in place. Varieties of vegetables.—Much of the value of any variety of vege
. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. FARM GARDEN FIBER PLANTS 281. Fig. 391. Home-made seed- tester. (See Fig. 210J packed in barrels or bins, a layer of leaves is first put in the bottom, then the roots are mixed with a few leaves and a covering of leaves is put on top. A piece of burlap or a grain bag spread over all will keep the leaves in place. Varieties of vegetables.—Much of the value of any variety of vegetable depends on the selection or strain of the seed-stock. One variety is known and popular in one section and a different variety in another section, so that no list of varieties adapted to all localities can be given. It is im- portant that each gar- dener grow varieties or strains of varieties that are known to be gener- ally successful in his own locality. Varieties change greatly from year to year, and it would be of little use to give lists. Protection from insects and fungous pests. There is no crop grown on the farm or in the garden that is not attacked by some pest, and if no attempt is made to control the pests many of the crops will be failures. An equipment for spraying is indispensable, and farmers and garden- ers should cooperate and equip themselves with a power sprayer by which the work of a whole community may be done promptly, thoroughly and cheaply. Through the state experiment stations one can know what these pests are and how best to control them. For chewing insects we may use hellebore, Paris green, arsenate of lead or other arsenates. For sucking insects, scales, aphides, and the like, we may use whale-oil soap, kerosene emulsion, lime and sulfur wash, or other insecti- cides that kill by contact. For blights, rusts, and rots we have an almost universal fungicide in the Bordeaux mixture. Spraying or other remedy must be employed promptly and thoroughl
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