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compost. They are very easily gathered by spreading 

 out a large canvas or street horse blanket and raking 

 them upon it. Then, taking hold of the four corners, a 

 large quantity can be swung upon the shoulder and 

 carried to the shed or stable. 



Buildings. Continue suggestion given last month 

 until all buildings are snug and ready for winter. Look 

 to the eave-troughs and gutters and keep them clear so 

 that roof water may be carried quickly away. In using 

 paper inside the poultry house cover the spaces between 

 the rafters as well as the sides, and see that the ground 

 for two or three feet away from the foundations is 

 covered with hay or straw so that the frost cannot work 

 through it under the floor. 



The Flower Garden. There are always a few last 

 things to be done in the garden if the weather permits. 

 Roses should be banked up with soil or manure and the 

 tops tied up in loose straw. All rubbish should be gath- 

 ered up and put into the compost heap or brush pile. 

 Most of the tops, leaves, etc., that come from this clean- 

 ing up will in a year or so make good compost and it is a 

 waste to burn it, when we would have only a few ashes 

 of little value left. 



The Vegetable Garden. Everything in the vegetable 

 line should be under cover by the middle of this month. 

 Cabbages, kale, sprouts, and turnips will often stand 

 longer without injury but it is unsafe to leave them 

 much later than this. Celery, if left out longer than the 

 ist, should be banked to the top, covering nearly or 

 quite all of the leaves after the middle of the month, 

 but should be put into the pit or cellar on a cold, dry 

 day. This crop in the home garden is often kept in the 

 ground where grown until used. When the top of the 

 ground has frozen an inch or so deep a light covering of 

 hay is put over the whole bank, and when colder weather 



