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The Flower Garden. 



All winter-flowering shrubs that have dropped their blosson^s may 

 now be pruned. It is important to prune these immediately after 

 flowering, so that the plant may be able to make plenty of flowering 

 wood for next season. 



Seed beds and plots need constant cleaning and weeding. Weeds 

 must now be kept out of the garden, both by hoeing and hand pickiiip 

 The seedlings that are growing ju their permanent situations should be 

 thinned out and given a good chance to develop strong and sturdy 

 plants. 



Divisions of herbaceous plants such as delphiniums, cannas, shasta 

 daisy, herbaceous chrysanthemums, rudbeckias, salvias, and phlox, may 

 be still planted out. If it is intended that such plants shall remain 

 in the same location as last season, they should be lifted, the soil being 

 well dug and manured, and the crowns planted back again. By this 

 means the plants retain their vigour, and are able to produce good 

 flowers each season. 



Evergreen shrubs may now be planted out, the soil having previously 

 been well dug and aired. All beds should be well dug over by this 

 time, manure and refuse litter having been dug into the soil. 



A few corms and tubers of early summer flowering bulbous plants 

 may now be planted. 



REIVIINDERS FOR SEPTEMBER. 



LIVE STOCK, 



Horses. — Still continue to feed stabled horses well; feed green stuff if avail- 

 able. Continue rugging to encourage the shedding of the coat; good grooming 

 will also be beneficial. Continue giving hay or straw to grass-fed working horses. 

 Feed old and badly-conditioned horses liberally. In foal mares due to foal early, 

 if worked, should be turned out to paddock. Feed stallions doing stud duty 

 liberally. Equivalent amount of cracked Indian corn (maize) may with advan- 

 tage be substituted for oats, if latter grain is scarce. 



Cattle. — Cows should still be rugged, but coverings should be removed 

 frequently, in order to enable the animal to get rid of the old coat; or, better 

 still, a good curry-combing may be given. Continue hay or straw. Look up 

 treatment for milk fever in Year-Book of Agriculture, 1905, and treat cattle 

 accordingly. Give calves a good warm dry shed. Give the milk to young 

 calves at blood heat. Have feeding troughs or buckets clean. Don't over-feed. 

 Feed regularly with regard to quantity and time. Provide a good grass run, or 

 fine hay or crushed oats in a box or trough. Give a cupful of limewater per 

 calf per day in the milk. The problem with many at the present time is how 

 to rear calves without milk. This can be done very well by st-^rtiug them on 

 new milk for a fortni^iit, and then gradually substituting the milk with one of 

 the calf meals on tiie market. To tliese it would be advisable to add two or three 

 tablespoonfuls of cod liver oil. The following meal is in general use in Ireland : — 

 Two parts, by weight, of oatmenl, 2 parts maize meal, 1 part pure ground lin- 

 seed, all finely ground. Scald witli boiling water, and allow to stand for twelve 

 hours. Start with new milk, tlien griulually substitute skim ;ind \ lb. daily of 

 the meal mi.xture per bead per day, gradually increasing to 1 lb. or more. In a 

 month milk mav be dispensed witli altogether. The crushed oats, fed dry, have 

 been found to give excellent results. 



Pigs. — Supply plenty of bedding in warm well-ventilated sties. Keep sties 

 clean and dry. and feeding troughs clean and wholesome. Sows may now be 



