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Every Day in My Garden 



No. 33 



Wood Ashes. Kills insects. — Put a heaping 

 tablespoon on each of the annual plants as 

 soon as planted in the open ground, for they 

 are almost immediately attacked. 



No. 34 



Tar. — Crows are prone to pull up corn as soon 

 as it comes up. To prevent this, put tar on 

 the seed before planting; a very little should 

 be used. Drip a thin thread-like stream on 

 the corn, then mix well with the fingers. 

 The taste disgusts the crows and they cease 

 pulling it. If too much is used, the corn 

 will not germinate. 



No. 35 



Tobacco Water kills black aphides, also green 

 aphides. Fill a pail with tobacco stems, pour 

 on as much water as this pail will hold ; let 

 it stand three hours, when it is ready to use. 

 It is good for twenty-four hours only. 



No. 36 



A good fertilizer for shrubs, vines and peren- 

 nials, is one wheelbarrow of manure, one pail 

 each bone-meal and wood-ashes, well mixed. 

 Apply early in April. 



