SATURDAY FRIDAY THURSDAY WEDNESDAY TUESDAY MONDAY SUNDAY 
July, 1916 
47 
The GA1 
KALENBAR 
Seventh Month 
Thirty-One Days 
JULY, 1916 
Morning Star: Jupiter Evening Star: Mars 
30. Sixth Sunday after 
Trinity. 
What about cover 
crops for the orchard? 
This is a good time to 
start them. They are in¬ 
valuable, and every or¬ 
chard should be sowed 
down in this way. 
31. Russia declared 
war on Austria, 1914. 
Sun rises 4:55. Sun sets 
7:17. 
Carnations may be 
planted now in the green¬ 
house. Select a dark day 
and shade the house until 
the plants have rooted. 
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This Kalendar of the gar¬ 
dener’s labors is aimed 
as a reminder for under¬ 
taking all his tasks in 
season. It is fitted to the 
latitude of the Middle 
States, but its service 
should be available for 
the whole country if it 
be remembered that for 
every one hundred miles 
north or south there is 
a difference of from five 
to seven days later or 
earlier. 
2. Second Sunday after 
Trinity. Pres. Garfield 
shot, 1881. 
This is the last call to 
set out late celery, cab¬ 
bage, cauliflower and 
kale. Young plants set 
out now must not lack 
water at any time. 
3. Battle of Santiago. 
1898. 
The rose leaf beetle 
does considerable dam¬ 
age at this season. Do 
not neglect them because 
the plants are through 
flowering. 
4. Independence Day. 
There is an old sayin 
that corn and wheat are 
the same height on July 
Fourth. Spray gooseber¬ 
ries with sulphite of po¬ 
tassium. Do not neg 
lect the currant bushe: 
after picking. 
5. Huerta elected Pres¬ 
ident of Mexico, 1914. 
Cut all dead flowers 
from climbing roses and 
remove at the ground 
line any very old shoots 
to give younger on 
chance. 
6. John Paul Jones 
born, i747. 
liquid manure. 
1. Dominion Day in 
Canada. Sun rises 4:31; 
sun sets 7 :34. 
Don’t neglect succes- 
sional sowings to keep up 
a supply of fresh vege¬ 
tables, like lettuce, corn, 
beans, cucumbers, etc. 
will run to growth rath¬ 
er than flowers. 
hausting vitality. 
9. Third Sunday after 
Trinity. 
It is well to get the 
flower gathering down to 
some system. Cut the 
flowers early and late, 
and plunge them in water 
immediately. 
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16. Fourth Sunday 
after Trinity. Santiago 
Surrender, 1898. 
Watch for tree borers 
and paint or tin over any 
scars discovered. A small 
bruise, if neglected, often 
kills a tree. 
23. Fifth Sunday after 
Trinity. 
Hot days and damp 
nights are apt to cause 
mildew on roses both 
outside and under glass. 
Dust with flowers of sul¬ 
phur. 
10. Order strawberry 
plants now for setting out 
late this month. If the 
plants are given a good 
chance they will • bear a 
full crop next season. Be 
sure you get both the pis- 
tilate and staminate types. 
17. Franco - Prussian 
War, 1870. 
Considerable artificial 
watering has to be done 
at this season of the year. 
Early morning or late 
evening is the ideal time 
for the work. 
24. Eastland Disaster, 
Chicago, 1915. 
During excessive dry- 
spells deciduous trees will 
become infested with 
woolly aphis and other 
pests. Spray with strong 
tobacco solution. 
11. This is a critical 
month in the vegetable 
garden with all plants 
that are subject to blight. 
Melons, cucumbers and 
celery are the most sus¬ 
ceptible and should be 
sprayed with Bordeaux. 
18. Summer mulching 
is becoming more popu¬ 
lar, and it is surely pro¬ 
ductive of good. Any 
rough material can be 
used for roses, perennial 
borders or specimen 
trees about the place. 
25. Don’t neglect the 
plants in the frames and 
plunged outdoors prepar¬ 
atory to forcing in the 
greenhouse next winter. 
Keep sprayed to prevent 
red spider and be sure 
they are fertilized. 
12. Orangeman Day. 
Early potatoes should 
be ready for use now. 
Be sure the plants are 
well hilled so that no po¬ 
tatoes are exposed; and 
don’t dig any large quan¬ 
tity at one time. 
19. Some neglect cut¬ 
ting their grass when the 
hot weather comes, be¬ 
lieving that to do so 
would expose the roots. 
This is a mistake; cut the 
grass frequently and you 
will have a better lawn. 
26. Just as soon as the 
fruit is picked from the 
cane sorts go over the 
plants and remove all the 
old canes that have borne. 
Tie several of the new 
shoots in position with 
tape or soft string. 
13. Berlin Treaty, 1878. 
Practically all weed 
growths are now or soon 
will be in full seed. They 
should be destroyed be¬ 
fore they have a chance 
to self-sow and make 
trouble for the future. 
20. Pope Leo XIII 
died, 1903. 
Keep all runners re¬ 
moved from the straw¬ 
berry plants; keep the 
bed cultivated, and if rust 
appears spray with Bor¬ 
deaux. 
27. Wireless communi¬ 
cation between Japan and 
the United States, 1915. 
This is a good time to 
start some seeds for pot 
plants in the greenhouse 
next winter; cinerarias 
and schizanthus are good. 
14. French Revolution 
began, 1789. 
Sow string beans, let¬ 
tuce, corn and cucumbers 
again. Thin out and hill 
up early, as this not only 
protects the plants but 
acts like a heavy mulch. 
21. Battle of Bull Run, 
1861. 
Summer mulching 
should be practiced on 
the fruit trees. Remove 
all thin, weak, interior 
shoots and reduce all 
leaders. 
28. Alabama sailed, 
1862. 
If you have the room 
this is an excellent time 
to start a batch of peren¬ 
nials from seed. Plant in 
beds and protect over 
winter. 
15. St. Swithin’s Day. 
Full moon. 
Sow now for winter 
• use beets, carrots and 
1 rutabagas. They are eas¬ 
ily kept in an outside 
trench and are very ac¬ 
ceptable in winter. 
22. This is the season 
for feeding the chrysan¬ 
themums in the green¬ 
house. Liquid manures 
like diluted cow manure, 
sheep manure and guano 
are the best. Keep all 
suckers removed. 
29. Evergreens can be 
transplanted now ; in fact, 
this is the best season of 
the year for the work. 
Use plenty of water 
when planting, and “pud¬ 
dle” every plant when 
setting it out. 
“Give me a garden where the grateful sound 
“Of murmuring water cools the still green shade; 
“A hidden seat, some place about the ground, 
“Where an old book but waits till the scarred spade 
“Shall be put down : from that worn coign of rest 
“I watch the gold-white lilies, nor can say 
“If they, or the golden printed words, shine best— 
“Earth is so tuned to the mind’s holiday!” 
St. Szvithin’s daye, 
If then doth raine, 
For fortic dayes 
It ivill remaine. 
To destroy musquetoes take a few- hot 
coals on a shovel or chafingdish, and burn 
some brown sugar in your bedrooms and 
parlors. The experiment has been often 
tried by several of our citizens, and found 
to destroy the musquetoe for the night. 
— Farmer’s Almanac, 1833. 
