April, 1914 



THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 



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A little hard cube of soil will 

 have si.\ sides or surfaces. If it is 

 broken in two, the six sidcj> be- 

 come twelve, and if these two are 

 aj^ain divided, i.liere will be tweu- 

 ly-four sitles, over each of which 

 a water lilm can cling, and so the 

 work of dissolving out plant food 

 substances from the soil can be 

 extended over four times a g'rcat- 

 er area in the last-mentioned case 

 than m the lirst. In fact, a cubic 

 foot of soil such as is used lor 

 potting purposes represents in real- 

 ity about an acre of absorbing area 

 for roots. As long ago as the 

 year 17:^3 Jethro Tull, when advo-. 

 eating the thorough cultivation of 

 soils, referred to this extension of 

 the absorptive area as the " root- 

 pasturage," and so in sober truth 

 it is. kemembering that all gar- 

 den soils contain practically an uii- 

 exhaustible supply of plant food,' 

 if only it could be. made available, 

 and also that the only natural way 

 in which it can be so made ready 

 for the roots- is through the dis- 

 solving- action of tightly-clingmg 

 water films, it follows that fining 

 the soil is equal in effect to man- 

 uring it. Furthermore, such tho- 

 rough cultivation, by increasing 

 not onh- the water-holding po-wer 

 of the soil, but also its air-holding 

 capacity, encourages the growth 

 and general activity of useful bac- 

 teria in the soil. — The Garden. 



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The Rubbish Heap. 



A valuable addition to the sitock 

 of domestic fertilising materials is 

 the results of what has fitly been 

 termed the " annual roast of rub- 

 bish." The great spring cleaning — 

 in doors and out — accumulates a 

 large amount of waste materials, 

 such as brush, rotten wood, and 

 rails, chips, sawdust, weeds, leaves, 

 wet straw, oM bones, old boots and 

 shoes, rags, old papers, old mortar, 

 perhaps oyster and other unsightly 

 things, too numerous to mention, 

 that have outlived their usefulness. 

 To get rid of all this stuff is worth 

 something, and it may be disposed 

 of in a way both convenient and 

 useful. 



First, I select a spot suitable for 

 the great autotafe, usually back of 

 the house, and far enough away 

 from the buildings for safety. (Here 

 lay a foundation of rotten rails, 

 timbers, or anything of a woody 

 nature, that is of no value for 

 other purposes, and upon this 

 start the fire. 



The trimmings of the orchard 

 trees, and bush fruits, etc., are 

 piled on next, until the fire is go- 

 ing on briskly. The come the yard 

 Takings, and the house sweepings, 

 chips,- wet sawdust, wet leaves, 

 grass, and weeds, with what old 

 bones, oyster shells m^'ay be on 

 hand, or a small quantity of lime- 

 sitone, also wet straw, old sods, 

 and anything else of a similar 

 nature. The rakings and sweep- 

 insrs are usually quite damp, and 

 mixed with wet soil, etc., and 

 should be spread ])retty evenly over 

 the roasting heap, so that the 

 fire is merelv glowing underneath 

 an outside covering, not blazing up 

 in open flame. 



The entire mass may thus re- 

 main glowing and glimmering 

 a way for several days and nights, 

 perhaps for weeks, and left thus 

 until the stuff is wanted as a top 

 dressing for the garden. Exposure 

 to air and rains will slake the 

 caustic lime. — Exchange. 



Planting Sweet Peas. 



No one should think that rows tin- 

 the best and only means of planting 

 the Sweet I'cas. Rows undoubtedly 

 arc the most satisfactory means where 

 cut flowers and economy of labour arc 

 tlie main objective, but where a pleas- 

 ing artistic effect is desired, then we 

 may place in clumps at the back of 

 herbaceous borders, or in beds or in 

 curved lines, or yet in tubs for stand- 

 ing on terraces- or verandahs, or they 

 may be planted to hide an unsightly 

 wall or building; in fact, there is al- 

 most endless scope for the grower's 

 ability in forming harmonious colour 

 combinations and pleaesing effects in 

 general by the proper disposition of 

 this charming plant. 



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Dust should be kept out of the milk, 

 for its presence means bacteria in the 

 miilk in increased numbefrs. 



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The Fence is sent out in 5-chain Rolls ready for erection. 



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