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Wherein is laid out his daily work for the year, together 
with sundry facts useful or interesting. 
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Seventh month 
Morning star—Saturn 
July, 1914 
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Thirty-one days 
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I. J]) Battle of San 
Juan Hill, Cuba, 1898. 
Planting day; sow 
beans, corn, early peas, 
cucumbers, endive, kale, 
lettuce, white turnip, 
radish. 
2. J) Sun farthest from 
the earth. The middle 
day of the year. 
Cut back H. P. roses 
when they finish flower¬ 
ing, give bonemeal and 
cultivate; may bloom 
again. 
3. 3 | Till to-day. Do 
this in early morning 
that the sun may bake 
roots of turned up 
weeds, killing them. 
Keep bird baths full, 
and fresh water for all 
animals. 
4. jfjD First Independ¬ 
ence Day 138 years ago. 
Read the Declaration 
of Independence, sing 
the “Star Spangled Ban¬ 
ner” and look up the 
events of 1776. 
5. 31 Look everything 
over for bugs, beetles 
and such. Make a note 
of anything unfamiliar. 
Young San Jose scale 
are crawling now on in¬ 
fested trees or shrubs. 
6. © Spray as may be 
necessary, using arsenate 
of lead for eating in¬ 
sects. • For scale use 
whale-oil soapsuds, 1 lb. 
soap to 4 gals, of water. 
7. © Full moon 9I1. 
om. A. M. 
Till to-day. Spray 
roses with potassium sul¬ 
phide and dress beds 
with bonemeal. Spray 
grapes with Bordeaux 
and arsenate together. 
Thin last vegetables. 
8. © Thin fruits on 
trees. Plums should 
hang from 2 to 3 inches 
apart, peaches and pears 
4 to 5, apples 6. There 
will be quite as much 
fruit in bulk and much 
better in quality for such 
thinning. 
9. © Dig out dock and 
plantain from the lawn 
before they seed. They 
prostrate themselves, and 
only hand work will 
fetch them; the mower 
runs clear of their heads. 
10. ©Till to-day. 
Moisture is going off 
into the air constantly at 
an unbelievable rate 
through every leaf and 
blade. Retain as much 
as possible by renewing 
the dust mulch. 
11. © Pinch out the 
tips of dahlias, cosmos 
and chysanthemums to 
make them grow busy. 
Rub off all new buds on 
grapes. Pinch back new 
blackberry canes, also 
raspberries and their 
relatives. 
12. © The vegetables 
sown now will be har¬ 
vested in October. Every 
planting day should see 
something put in, even if 
the year is half over. 
13. © Rework the gar¬ 
den where early crops 
have been harvested, and 
make ready for their 
successors. Cut all flower 
heads the instant they 
fade if you would have 
14. © Till to-day. 
Spray roses as usual. Tie 
everything up as fast as 
growth demands it. Use 
a little bonemeal around 
perennials; sift nitrate 
of soda around the last 
sowing of young vege¬ 
tables, now well up. 
15. Last quar. 2h. 
32m. A. M. 
St. S within’s Day. 
Rain for forty days if it 
rains to-day. 
Pinch off lima bean 
tops when they reach the 
top of their supports to 
strengthen the beans. 
16. A planting day. 
Sow seeds of perennials 
and biennials for next 
year. Sow beans, beets, 
corn, corn salad, cress, 
lettuce, early peas, rad¬ 
ish, spinach, white tur¬ 
nip, rutabaga turnip and 
winter radish. 
17. (§) A planting day. 
Till to-day and sow any¬ 
thing omitted yesterday. 
Set out late cabbage, 
cauliflower, broccoli, 
leeks. Set celery plants. 
18. Pinch out the 
ends of melon vines and 
give plants manure water 
by sinking tin cans punc¬ 
tured on one side into 
earth beside them. Fill 
these with the decoction 
twice a week. 
19. (§j Water is the 
great need of midsum¬ 
mer. Let nothing inter- 
f e r e with the semi¬ 
weekly tillage, else vege¬ 
tables will be tough and 
woody before you know 
it. Always water deep, 
however. 
20. (gj Keep all weak 
shoots cut from toma¬ 
toes. Give young celery 
plants plenty of mature 
water. Cut roses and all 
flowers daily. 
21. C Till to-day. 
Spray roses and grape 
vines as before. Watch 
for smut on young corn 
and cut away any parts 
that are affected, burn¬ 
ing them at once. 
26. © Sow clover on 
land that needs building 
up and turn it under in 
the fall. A cover crop 
of clover in apple and 
pear orchards is recom¬ 
mended for winter. 
27. © Watch the young 
seedlings and thin them 
out as fast as they ar¬ 
rive at the need of this 
being done. Vegetables 
to be good later must be 
well tended during this 
trying weather. 
28. © Till to-day. 
Spray roses and any¬ 
thing else that needs it. 
Destroy by burning any 
sick or dead plants or 
branches. Do not let 
weeds go to seed; burn 
those that have done so. 
22. © New moon 9I1. 
38 m. P. M. 
Canning time is at 
hand. Do a little a day 
and avoid over-weari¬ 
ness, also waste of the 
garden products. 
23. © Sun enters Leo. 
If you have even a 
small patch of garden 
unused now, sow it in 
buckwheat for winter 
bird food. 
24. @ Till to-day. Pre¬ 
pare the earth where 
vegetables have been 
harvested for new crops. 
25. @ Planting day. 
Sow carrots, corn, early 
peas, beans, lettuce, rad¬ 
ishes, spinach. 
29. J! 1 First quar. 6h. 
51m. P. M. 
Gather sweet herbs 
when they are in bloom. 
Lavender should be cut 
and cured now. 
30. All vegetables 
above the daily supply 
from the garden may be 
successfully canned or 
dried; and these are far 
superior to canning fac¬ 
tory products or to the 
dried vegetables sold. 
31. 3$) Till to-day. 
Cut all flowers freely, 
allowing nothing to go 
to seed unless you wish 
particularly to save seed 
of it. Once seed is set 
there will be small 
chance of more bloom, 
even if you cut back. 
This calendar is for the 
latitude of the Middle 
States, but it is available 
for the whole country if it 
be noted that for every one 
hundred miles north or south 
there is a difference of from 
five to seven days later or 
earlier. 
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"If the moon shows like a silver shield, Be not afraid to reap your field; "And ’t is my faith that every flower, Enjoys the air it breathes." — Wordsworth 
But if she rises haloed round, Soon we ll tread on deluged ground.” A generally hot and dry month, with high winds toward the end. 
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