lotH Month. 



OCTOBER. 



31 Days. 



Calculated for the I^atitude of the Southern States. 



First Quarter 2d. 



Full Moon lOd. 



llh. 31m. After. 

 lOh. 42m. Mor, 



Last Quarter.. I8d 3h. 



New Moon 257d. 5h. 



9m. 

 28 m. 



After. 

 After. 





Sun 



Sun 



Moon 







Sun 



Sun 1 Moon 



Day of Month ond Week. 



rises. 



sets. 



r, &s. 



Day of Month and Week, 



rises. 



sets. ' r. & s. 





h. m. 



h. m. 



h. m. 







h. m. 



h* m. 



h. m. 



1 



Friday 



5 53 



5 45 



9 46 



17 



Sunday 



6 4 



5 27 



10 29 



2 



Saturday 



5 53 



5 44 



10 52 



18 



Monday 



6 4 



5 26 11 27 



3 



Sunday 



5 54 



5 43 



11 57 



19 



Tuesdav 



6 5 



5 25 



morn 



4 



Monday 



5 55 



5 41 



morn 



20 



Wednesday 



6 5 



5 24 



5 



5 



Tuesday 



5 56 



5 40 



1 1 



21 



Thursday 



6 6 



5 23 



1 25 



6 



Wednesday 



5:56 



5 39 



2 4 



22 



Friday 



6 7 



5 22 



2 27 



7 



Thursday 



5 57 



5 38 



3 5 



23 



Saturday 



6 8 



5 21 



3 29 



8 



Friday 



5 58 



5 37 



4 3 



21 



Sunday 



H 8 



5 20 



4 34 



9 



Saturday 



5 58 



5 35 



4 59 



25 



Monday 



6 9 



5 19 



4 43 



10 



Sunday- 



5 59 



5 34 



5 55 



26 



Tuesday 



6 10 



5 18 



sets 



11 



Monday 



6 



5 33 



rises 



27 



Wednesday 



6 11 



5 17 



6 34 



12 



Tuesday 



6 



5 32 



6 30 



28 



Thursday 



6 11 



5 16 



7 35 



13 



Wednesday 



6 1 



5 41 



7 8 



29 



Friday 



6 12 



5 15 



8 42 



14 



Thursday 



6 2 



5 30 



7 52 



30 



Saturday 



6 13 



5 14 



9 49 



15 



Friday 



6 2 



5 29 



8 40 



31 



Sunday 



6 14 



5 13 



10 54 



16 



Saturday 



6 3 



5 28 



9 33 













October is a month of great importance to our truck farmers as a good deal of sow- 

 ing and transplanting has to be done. IN THE VEGETABLE GAKDEX 



" If the weather permits, Artichokes may be dressed and the sprouts taken off and 

 transplanted, but as the weather is generally dry it is advisable to wait until next month. 



Creole Onion seed can still be sown yet up to the fifteenth of this mouth, but Bermuda, 

 which is much earlier, can be sown during the entire month. At the latter part Black- 

 eyed, White and Dwarf Marrowfat Peas can be planted; also English Wihdsor Beans. 

 This is the best time to sow the Frotscher Company's Winter Market Pea. 



Sow Cabbage, Spinach, Early Cauliflower, Broccoli. Brussels Sprouts, Kale, Mus- 

 tard, Swiss Chard, Carrots, Beets of all kinds, Salsify, Leeks. Corn Salad or Doucette, 

 Parsley, Roquette, Chervil, Kohlrabi, Radishes, Lettuce, Endive, Escarolle, Turnips 

 and Parsnip. 



Transplant and divide Shallots which have been previously planted. In order to be 

 successful with Salsify, it should be sown now, and in well prepared, deeply spaded 

 ground. Salsify is generally sown too late, in insufliciently prepared ground, and, as a 

 consequence, the roots will be short and full of small side roots. In fresh manured ground, 

 Salsify will not do well; it is, therefore best to sow in beds that had been well manured 

 in the spring. 



Celery, which had been transplanted during the previous month, may be hilled up 

 at the end of this month, if large enough. A liberal application of soap water will be 

 found beneficial to them. IN THE FIELD 



Begin sowing Rye, Barley, Wheat, Red Oats, for stock food; also Orchard, English 

 and Italian Rye, Kentucky Blue. Red Top, and Rescue Grass. Crimson, Red, White, 

 Alsike, Burr and Alfalfa or Lucerne Clover. IN THE ORCHARD 



Pay attention to Scale and other insects, and prepare land to set out more trees dur- 

 ing the winter. Some years, when the weather is favorable and the trees are in sap, 

 Orange trees may be budded on to sour i-tock, but not on to trifoliata. 



Transplant Strawbeiry plants; the young plants should be used for that purpose, as 

 old plants will not take well. Strawberry plants must be transplanted every year and 

 the ground renewed. They cannot be left for two years in the same ground. 



IN THE FLOWER GAKDEX 



Considerable work has to be done during this month. For early blooming. Hya- 

 cinths, Narcissus, Jonquills, Anemones, Ranunculus and Tulips, may be planted from 

 now on in succession during the following months up to the end of December. 



Sow all winter and spring blooming annuals in shallow bosses or seed pans, to be 

 transplanted when large enough. The following are the principal varieties for sowing: 

 Pansies, Daisies, Sweet Alyssum, Candytuft, Petunias, Phlox, Verbena. Columbine, 

 Chinese Japan and Carnation Pinks, in fact all winter and spring blooming varieties may 

 he sown now. 



In sowing the flower seeds, especially the finer varieties, do not cover them too deep; 

 twice the thickness of the seed is suflicient; have your soil fine and mellow, never allow 

 the seed to become too dry, but never overwater them. One is equally as bad as the 

 other; the little grains of seed, especially while they are germinating, are easily destroy- 

 ed, and as a common occurrence, the blame will be laid at the seedsman's door when 

 they fail to come up. 



