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soil cool; and prior to digging it will be advantageous to give a top 

 dressing of lime. 



If the weather be dry or windy, all newly-planted plants should be 

 frequently watered. In transplanting seedlings, it is a help to dip the 

 whole plant in water before planting. 



Any seedlings that are ready may be planted out; tomato plants 

 may be planted out under shelter until the frosts are over. At the end 

 of the month a sowing of French bean seeds may be made. Seeds of 

 peas, broad beans, and beet, cabbage, khol-rabi, and radish, turnip, 

 cauliflower, lettuce, carrot, parsnip, &c., may be sown in the open. 

 Seeds of melons, cucumbers, pumpkins, marrows, and similar plants 

 may be planted in frames for transplanting after the frosts have gone. 



Flower Garden. 



After digging, the surface must be kept constantly stirred with the 

 hoe, so as to have it loose and friable for cooling and for moisture-con- 

 serving purposes. All weeds must be kept down, as they are robbers of 

 plant food and moisture at this season of the year. Shrubs of all kinds 

 may still be planted out, and these should be well watered after planting. 

 Rose and other aphides must be watched for, and sprayed when they 

 appear. Rose scale sliould be sprayed with lime sulphur wash or with 

 kerosene emulsion. This pest will soon disappear if the bushes are kept 

 open to admit the air and the sunlight freely. Rose mildew Avill now be 

 appearing, and the plants, as well as the soil, should be sprinkled with 

 liberal dustings of sulphur. Sulphide of potassium is also a good specific 

 for this fungus trouble, using it at the rate of 1 oz. to 3 gallons of 

 water, 



Cannas, early chrysanthemums, and early dahlia tubers may ■ be 

 ])lanted out, as well as all kinds of herbaceous plants, such as 

 delphinius, perennial phlox, asters, &c. These clumps should be well 

 divided, and in planting they should be fed with a liberal quantity of 

 stable manure. Beds sliould be prepared and well dug over for exhibition 

 chrysanthemums and dahlias. 



REMINDERS FOR OCTOBER. 



Live Stock. 



Horses. — Continue to feed stabled horses well, add a ration of green-stuff. 

 Rug at night. Continue hay or straw, chaffed or whole, to grass-fed horses. 

 Feed old or badly-conditioned horses liberally. If too fat, mares due to foal 

 shortly should be put on poorer pasture. Mares with foals at foot should receive a 

 good ration of oats daily. Those intended for breeding, if not already stinted, 

 i-hould be put to the horse. Colts not intended to be kept as stallions should 

 be gelded. Working horses due for a spell should be turned out to grass. 



Cattle. — Except on rare occasions, rugs niay now be used on cows at night 

 only. Continue giving hay or straw, if possible, to counteract the effect of green 

 grass. Be prepared for milk fever. Read article in Year-Book of Agriculture, 

 1905, page .314. Give calves a warm dry slied and a good grass run. Contiinie 

 giving milk at blood lieat to calves. Be careful to keep utensils clean, or 

 diarrlinea will result. Do not give too much milk at a time for the same reason. 

 Feed regularly with regard to quantity and time. Give a cup of limewater in the 

 milk to each calf, also place crushed oats or lucerne hay in a trough so that they 

 can eat at will. 



Pigs. — Supply plenty of bedding in warm woll-ventilated styes. Keep styes 

 clean and dry, and feeding troiiglia clean and wholesome. Sows may now be 

 turned into grass run. Sows suckling young should bo well fed to enable them 



