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Do you Mend to build a poultry house? 

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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1910 



The Unseen Power 



As man's mechanical skill increases he conceals the means by which 

 work is done. Compare, for example, the earliest locomotives and 

 their exposed mechanism with the modern "iron horse," or the early 

 walking-beam engine with a modern motor-boat driven by a sub- 

 merged propeller and seeming to move as if alive. In your country 

 home there is no need to insult the landscape with a towering, clat- 

 tering, unreliable windmill. Leave windmills to the days of "New 

 Amsterdam," and the old flint-lock muskets to lovers of antiques, 

 and let your water supply be furnished by the little, inconspicuous 

 Hot-Air Pump, which can be tucked away in the corner of the cellar, 

 barn, or outhouse, works silently, and independently of wind or 

 weather, and is reliable always. Once installed it is out of sight and 

 out of mind. 



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 table dealer in your locality, who will sell you only the genuine pump. Over 40,000 are in 

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GARDENERS 



Knd in the Iron Age Book devices of which they never dreamed for tl 



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Seeds to be Sown Now 



EARLY in the month sow seed in the uplands, 

 of tomato, pepper and egg plant in hotbeds. 



Sow sweet peas and seed of the early varieties of 

 garden peas in trenches in the open ground before 

 the 15th of February. 



At about the same time plant early white potatoes. 

 Do not use a rich, nitrogenous fertilizer for potatoes, 

 as it makes them produce foliage at the expense of 

 the tubers. 



Sow beets, lettuce, turnips, radishes, spinach, 

 celery, kale, mustard, carrot, parsnip, parsley, and 

 salsify in open ground where it will be convenient 

 to give protection, if it is required. 



Also sow the seed of half-hardy annuals and 

 perennials in a sunny place, where they will be 

 protected from the frost. By getting them started 

 early they will not only produce earlier and better 

 flowers, but will also develop a stronger root sys- 

 tem, and thereby be enabled to stand the* hot, dry 

 weather better. 



In the Middle and Lower South, plant garden 

 peas and white potatoes for main crops. 



The cheapest and best method of growing onions 

 is in the open ground. Sow the seed now. 



Sow pepper, egg plants and tomatoes after the 



Sweet potato plants that have been grown In a 

 hotbed 



tenth of the month in a sunny place in the open 

 ground. Cover them on cold nights. 



Plant out dahlias, gladiolus and tuberous 

 roots now; also make hotbeds for growing sweet 

 potato plants. Directions for doing this were given 

 in Volume VII of The Garden Magazine, page 83. 



After the tenth of the month, sow seed of sweet 

 corn and early bush beans, also cucumbers, squashes, 

 muskmelons, and watermelon. Cover on cold 

 nights. Use horse stable manure in .making the 

 hills. The Improved Georgia Rattlesnake is one 

 of the best early watermelons for the home garden. 



Bermuda grass is the best lawn grass for the 

 South. Plant out pieces of the grass now, or sow 

 the seed. 



Every suburban gardener in the Middle arlti 

 Lower South should plant some sugar cane; chil- 

 dren are very fond of it, and it is good for them. 

 Plant the variety known as Green Cane; it is softer 

 than the Red, although not so sweet. Late in the 

 month is the best time for planting cane. 



