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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Mat, 1911 



Protect and Beautify 

 Your Grounds 



Only one moderate-priced fence has ade- 

 quate strength for protective purposes 

 and a beauty of outline that harmo- 

 nizes perfectly with its surroundings — 



Barcalo 



Sensible 



Steel Fence 



Barcalo Sensible Steel Fence is almost as much 

 superior to iron fence as iron is to wood fence 

 — a truly modern fence. 



It meets every requirement for estates, schools, 

 parks, cemeteries, railroad and factory yards. 



Strength of Steel— Price of Wood 



Barcalo Steel Fence is ex- 

 tremely light, but possesses 

 marvelous resisting powers. 



The Barcalo V- Joint is the 

 greatest improvement 

 made in this type of fence 

 in years. It gives the entire 

 fence a present and perma- 

 nent unity. The price is 

 practically what a wood 

 fence would cost. Very easy 

 to erect. 



Let us tell you about the undupli- 

 cated poiDts of superiority in The 

 Barcalo Fence. Information and 

 prices mailed free on request. 



We need aggressive representa- 

 tives. If you appreciate an at- 

 tractive offer on an easily sold 

 fence, send for our agents' prop- 

 osition- 



Ba.rcalo Mfg. Co. 



Dept. E-4I, Buffalo, N. Y. 



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some on both kinds of soil again this season, to 

 see if the red clay is really better for them. 



Continue to sow peanuts, sorghum cane and 

 chufas, or earth almonds. Keep runners cut 

 from the strawberry bed and the plants will grow 

 larger and stronger. 



House plants should be taken outdoors where 

 they can get fresh air and sunshine, but not too 

 much sunshine, especially the tender ones. Don't 

 allow them to flower during the summer, if you 

 want the best flowers nest winter in the house. 



Sow seed of okra at once if you have not already 

 done so. The young pods give a pleasant flavor 

 to soups and can be used either green or dry. Okra 

 plants do not require any special attention — give 

 the same cultivation as to beans, ^"hite Velvet, 

 Perkin's Mammoth and Kleckley Favorite are 

 among the best varieties. 



Georgia. Thomas J. Steed 



Raising Corn with Dynamite 



BY BREAKING his land to a depth of four 

 feet with 150 pounds of dynamite, a farmer 

 in Fairforest, S. C, last year raised 200 bushels 

 of corn on land that had heretofore produced from 

 20 to 30 bushels. The land was prepared in 

 March. Into holes two feet deep, at intervals of 

 five feet each way, a half stick of dynamite was 

 dropped, which was exploded almost simultaneously. 

 Actual test showed that the ground was thor- 

 oughly pulverized to a depth of four feet. After 

 this, his mode of culture differed but little from 

 the ordinary way, except that the hoe was not used. 

 (For directions as to how to use dynamite in plant- 

 ing, see The Gasden^Magazine for April, 1911, 

 page 176). 



"Dynamite farming," as this method is pop- 

 ularly called, has two advantages — the clay is 

 thoroughly pulverized and the phosphates made 

 available; and the pulverized clay is exceedingly 

 porous and will hold surprising quantities of water. 



As proof of the second, the corn on the land that 

 had been prepared with dynamite was as green and 

 luxuriant all year as if it had been grown on a 

 river bottom, while at times that but a few hundred 

 feet away and otherwise grown under the same 

 conditions was suffering from lack of moisture. 

 Even in the driest times the clay two feet below 

 the surface of the ground was saturated with water. 



Preparation of the land cost just $35 per acre. 

 S30 for dynamite and S5 for labor. A manufac- 

 turer of dynamite has stated that he will put 

 on the market a quality prepared especially for 

 agricultural purposes and so the same results 

 can be obtained at a cost of not more than Sio 

 per acre, exclusive of labor. When land is once 

 broken in this manner, it is never necessary to 

 repeat the operation. 



South Carolina. Archie Richardson. 



Jelly Glass Gardening 



I HAVE no coldframe — ignominious confession 

 — so when a number of small rose plants were 

 delivered — at my own request — too earl}- to be 

 set out unprotected, I had to evolve some scheme 

 to save them. The frost was out of the ground 

 all right, so I planted the bushes in their permanent 

 places, and covered each with a quart Mason 

 preserve jar. They all grew nicely although we 

 had some pretty hard freezes later. Last year 

 I saved in the same way several roses that had 

 nearly succumbed in the spring to too heavy 

 mulching with too fresh manure. 



Then I tried what could be done for seeds. I 

 planted tomato, pepper and eggplant seeds in the 

 open ground long before it was safe to do so — 

 the last week in April, to be exact — covered them 

 with glasses borrowed from the preserve closet, 

 and had very nice plants ready to transplant when 

 the weather settled. 



Lettuce can be hurried along by the same 

 method, and is extremely tender. A pint jar is 

 the right size for a head of lettuce. 



Of course, slips of all kinds can be started under 

 jelly glasses, and the glasses and jars are easily 

 cleaned and returned to their legitimate uses when 

 the gardening season is over. Besides, cracked 

 ones will do just as well in the garden. 



New Jersey. A. C. Brown. 



RUSTIC 

 HICKORY CHAIR 



Beautiful and strong for porch, lawn, or 

 den, made of the toughest young 

 hickory and hickory bark. Frame, 

 whole saplings with bark on, 

 just as it comes from the 

 woods, sand-papered 

 smooth, no paint or varnish 

 to hide natural beauty of wood. 

 Put together by craftsmen of the 

 old school, will outlast anyone 

 Irving today, no matter how used 

 or abused. Comfortable, restful, 

 graceful. Fits into the scenery any- 

 where. You feel the spirit of the 

 hickory — its rugged strength, hon- 

 esty and simple beauty whenever 

 you sit in a Rustic Hickory Chair. 

 But little hickory remains in American forests. Hickory Furniture will 

 cost more each succeeding year. This chair handed down to next genera- 

 tion will be worth many times its cost now. 



Shipped to any point east of Rocky Mountains prepaid for tf*^ QO 

 With rockers 75 cents extra. *r**:^= 



Look for our trade mark. Get the genuine and original Rustic Hick- 

 ory Furniture. If your dealer will not supply you we ship direct. 

 ¥^ T} T^ t* Fine illustrated catalog showing over 1 00 styles of Rustic 

 * XVI-jJ-j Hickory Chairs, Rockers, Settees, Tables, Swings and 

 Odd Pieces. Write for it now. 



Rustic Hickory Furniture Co. 



75 State Street La Porte, Ind. 



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CYCLONE 



Fences and Gates for Farm, Home, Parks 

 or Cemeteries. Increase property values. 

 Strong. Lasting, Handsome. Easily erected — all heights up to 10 

 feet. Our catalog and prices will interest you. We pay freight. 



The Cyclone Woven Wire Fence Co. 



1232 E. 55th Street Cleveland, Ohio 



Mushroom Growing 



Will Make You Independent 



MEN AND WOMEN can raise them in 

 large quantities in cellars, stables, boxes. 

 sheds, etc. Crop seUs fcr 50c to $1.50 a lb. 

 Visitors welcome at our farm. Start now. 

 Big booklet telling how to do it. free. 



Nafl Spawn Co., Dept 9, Hyde Park, Man. 



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DO waSi TO BE A BETTER SHOT? 



Write us and we will give you some good pointers. We will 



also send information about Guns and Rifles. 



J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co., Dept. 2S4, Chieopee Falls. Mast. 



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Place a sundial in your garden or 

 on your lawn and it will return an 

 hundred fold in quiet enjoyment. 

 Write us for free booklet of 



Sundial Information 



Chas. G. Blake & Co. 



787 Woman's Temple, Chicago, I1L 



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