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may be planted by the latter part of the month. The old strawberry 

 beds manured and plowed under, and later planted to cabbage, celery, 

 beans, cucumbers, corn, etc. Beds that have borne the tirst crop must 

 be put in shape and cultivated. Grapes need a second and third 

 spraying, and summer pruning must be done. The backberries ripen 

 by July 1, then follow apricots, early apples and plums, and in vegeta- 

 bles we have corn, tomatoes and butter beans to add to the list. The 

 celery crop must be planted, also late cabbage for winter use. Turnips 

 sown by the 25th to 30th. The refuse and wormy fruit picked up 

 clean and fed to the hogs until the close of the season. 



In August there is little planting to do, some lettuce and radishes 

 sown for early fall use, also spinach and winter radish. The onion 

 crop and sets must be harvested. Sweet potatoes and egg plant and 

 melons are ready to market, with apples, peaches and plums in the 

 fruit line. 



Hot-bed pits need cleaning out, sashes repaired and painted, and 

 the growing crops closely cultivated, which we need no more by the mid- • 

 die of September. Apples marketed and used up by being made into 

 cider and vinegar, or evaporated as they ripen. Pears and peaches are 

 to market and the grape crop must be disposed of. Potatoes are to be 

 dug unless already done. Sweet potatoes must be dug and stored away 

 before heavy frost falls. By first of October, there will be a demand 

 for pickled goods, such as mangoes, horseradish, cauliflower, green to- 

 matoes, cucumbers, fresh and out of brine, cabbage, onions, etc. Kraut 

 to make, celery to handle and bank, a few hot-beds to be started. The 

 apple crop sold or stored. The celery crop must be housed before 

 heavy freezing. November is the time for cleaning up and get ready 

 for winter. All fall vegetables must be taken care of and put in shape 

 so they can be gotten at any time during the winter. Hot-beds made 

 and taken care of. 



The asparagus and rhubarb need a good dressing of manure, and 

 forked or plowed under. Manure hauled to the fields and plowed un- 

 der. The rubbish cleaned away from the fruit trees to keep the mice 

 and rabbits away. 



Fuel supply laid in. The tools all taken care of and repaired. 

 The ice-house cleaned out and ready for the first crop of ice ; and if 

 we are anxious for more work than suggested here, it can always be 

 found on a fruit and vegetable farm at all times of the year. 



Henry Schnell, Glasgow, Mo. 



