The Busy Woman s Garden Book 



terminate all with which it comes in contact, as 

 worms are far more sensitive to hot water than 

 are the plants which they infect. 



CORN 



Is one of the most profitable of the garden's 

 offerings; there is, practically, no loss connected 

 with it; a dehcious vegetable for the table in its 

 green state, fresh from the stalk ; it is equally wel- 

 come when it appears sweet and toothsome from 

 the can in winter or, conserved in a dried state, 

 is soaked and cooked the same as fresh corn. 

 There is no waste in the unused corn that remains 

 ungathered on the stalks for it may be saved for 

 seed another year or fed to the poultry, while 

 the stalks, cut and cured, make excellent feed 

 for cow, horse or rabbits. Cut while green and 

 made into ensilage it is the best substitute for 

 green feed in winter for any animal that eats 

 green food. Much green feed for stock may be 

 secured from the corn patch in summer by re- 

 moving all the side shoots that do not bear ears 

 and feeding them to the pigs or rabbits. This 



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