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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1915 



Poultry, Kennel and Live Stock Directory 



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 Cures of diseases 

 Breeding, and Feeding Charts 

 Plans for trap nests and fixtures 

 Timely Poultry Pointers 

 Daily Egg Records (Spaces for Keeping) 

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If the soil is very sandy, it will need lime quite 

 often. Test the soil with blue litmus paper. Plow 

 the land, put on the lime and let the rains wash it in. 

 Later spread the manure. They should not be put 

 together. 



Plow the soil in the fall as soon as the crops are 

 gotten off. Plow again later on when the weather 

 is open and after the manure is spread over it, and 

 let it lie roughly tossed throughout the winter; 

 the constant freezing and thawing mellows the soil. 



By early plowing, worms are exposed and are 

 eaten by the birds. Encourage birds by planting 

 as many berry-bearing shrubs as possible. Birds 

 are a protection to fruits and vegetables as well as 

 flowers. Where there are many birds, less spraying 

 is required. Build bird houses. 



Begin earthing up the celery the latter part of 

 the month. Directions were given in October, 

 1914, number of The Garden Magazine for an 

 easy, simple method. Another plan is to put small 

 tile over each plant. They will grow through the 

 tile to the light and will blanch nicely. This, of 

 course, is a more expensive method. Heavy paper 

 cones are now sold for the purpose. 



Moles are very destructive of celery and some 

 other root crops. Bits of carrots soaked in paris 

 green, dropped in a hole in the run and covered over 

 carefully have proved effectual. Moth balls placed 

 here and there in the runs will chase them away. 

 It is best to poison them, however, as otherwise 

 they appear in another part of the garden. 



Plant hyacinth, tulip, and narcissus bulbs out- 

 doors. They can be planted up to the first of 

 December, and even as late as January, but it is 

 not advisable as they need cold weather to make 

 good root growth and the spring might open early. 



October is a good month to move deciduous 

 shrubs and trees from the woods, and to separate 

 shrubs and perennials in the borders. 



Sow a number of annuals in the borders. Forget- 

 me-nots are particularly lovely in the early spring 

 and are desirable in a tulip bed, either with the pale 

 pink Cottage Maid or with a corn-colored Dutch 

 Hyacinth. 



Strawberry plants can be set out as late as 

 November. 



Kale and spinach can be sown now if the weather 

 is open. 



Whitloof chicory or French endive should be 

 dug and the tops cut off down to two inches of the 

 crown. Place them in damp sand in a box and 

 put in a dark cellar. They will sprout again and 

 be white and tender for winter salad. If the boxes 

 are put in a cool place, and every two weeks brought 

 into a warmer place under the bench of a greenhouse 

 or in a furnace room, one can have salad all winter. 



Plant fruit trees, except the stone kinds — peaches, 

 plums and apricots, which should be set out in the 

 spring. 



Protect the late vegetables (peas, string beans, 

 and lima beans) by a covering of thin cheesecloth 

 against cool nights. 



Prolong the blooming of dahlias and chrysanthe- 

 mums by cheese cloth protection. A sudden frost 

 would destroy them. 



Leave salsify, parsnips, and turnips in the ground. 



Examine the peach and plum trees for peach 

 borers. Gum exuding will indicate their locality 

 which is usually at the base of the tree. Dig away 

 the earth from around the trees and dig out the 

 borers with a sharp stout wire or long knife. Wet 

 the trunk of tree with bordeaux mixture, with 

 arsenate of lead, winter strength, even saturating 

 the ground around the tree for several feet away in 

 order to destroy any eggs or injurious germs. Then 

 paint the base of the tree with thin tar one foot 

 above and one foot below level of ground. Leave 

 the earth pulled away from base of tree, taking this 

 extra precaution of freezing out the borers around 

 the roots. 



Deciduous trees and shrubs can be planted from 

 now on throughout the winter as long as the ground 

 is unfrozen. However, this is the best month as the 

 leaves being still on, one can more readily recognize 

 the varieties. 



Virginia. J. M. Patterson. 



New Use for Gum 



ARM chewing gum will successfully hold rub- 

 ber washers in garden hose. 

 Missouri. J. H. Burk. 



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The Readers' Service will give you suggestions for the care of live-stock 



