. War vegetable gardening and the home storage of vegetables ... hand sprayer, which is one of tue most Pig. l^Some of the best types of sprayer At the .ft is a hand spraye^ wn.ci, s one ox v.,c ...^=.satisfactory for the small garden. The glass rccepta le is better t^ X^^ct, -ihnut $5 00 At thebought for from 50 cents to $2.00. In the center . o. bucket jprayer which costs about ^M^- At meright is a compressed air sprayer, which is highly ttficient and costs fr ^-C? V to eac^ *may be used by several families, or by communty gardeners, reducing tne cooi IJ WAR VEGETABLE GARDENING used it must

. War vegetable gardening and the home storage of vegetables ... hand sprayer, which is one of tue most Pig. l^Some of the best types of sprayer At the .ft is a hand spraye^ wn.ci, s one ox v.,c ...^=.satisfactory for the small garden. The glass rccepta le is better t^ X^^ct, -ihnut $5 00 At thebought for from 50 cents to $2.00. In the center ._ o. bucket jprayer which costs about ^M^- At meright is a compressed air sprayer, which is highly ttficient and costs fr ^-C? V to eac^ *may be used by several families, or by communty gardeners, reducing tne cooi IJ WAR VEGETABLE GARDENING used it must Stock Photo

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. War vegetable gardening and the home storage of vegetables ... hand sprayer, which is one of tue most Pig. l^Some of the best types of sprayer At the .ft is a hand spraye^ wn.ci, s one ox v., c ...^=.satisfactory for the small garden. The glass rccepta le is better t^ X^^ct, -ihnut $5 00 At thebought for from 50 cents to $2.00. In the center ._ o. bucket jprayer which costs about ^M^- At meright is a compressed air sprayer, which is highly ttficient and costs fr ^-C? V to eac^ *may be used by several families, or by communty gardeners, reducing tne cooi IJ WAR VEGETABLE GARDENING used it must be fresh. Instead of lumplime some authorities prefer fresh hy-drated lime as being just as good and at thesame time mucli simpler to use, needingonly to be stirred into the water. Hydratedlime is lime to which enough water to dry-slake it has been added by the manufac-

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