Tenth month Ortnher 1914 Thirty-one days 
Morning star — Saturn w c. c u u c i , s Evening stars—Venus, Mars, Jupiter 
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i. J) A planting day. 
Bulbs, roots and tubers 
of all kind are to be set 
out now in the garden, or 
planted in pots for win¬ 
ter bloom indoors. 
2. ^ A planting day. 
Move perennials that are 
to be shifted and divide 
them if they have been 
three years in one place. 
Lift and divide all that 
have stood this long, un¬ 
less “no disturbing’’ is 
better for them. 
4. © Full moon oh. 
59m. A. M. 
Look over trees of all 
kinds for borers; dig 
them out or smother 
with carbon bisulphide 
dropped into the holes, 
after which plug these. 
5. © First Bible 
printed, 1535. 
Late apples should be 
gathered by now. Wrap 
each in paper and store 
in a cool place. 
6. © A planting day. 
Put manure to the depth 
of a foot around the 
roots of rhubarb, also 
around peonies. All de¬ 
ciduous shrubs and trees 
may be planted now, ex¬ 
cept those with thin bark 
or fleshy roots. 
II. © Much of this 
month’s work depends, 
of course, upon the 
weather. If it is a late 
fall keep up tillage, etc.; 
if early, get mulch and 
cover generally ready 
for quick application 
when frost threatens. 
12. (§j Last quar. 4I1. 
33m. A. M. 
Columbus Day; Amer¬ 
ica discovered, 1492. 
Wiseacres are promis¬ 
ing an early fall this 
year. 
7. © A planting day. 
Many of the garden 
flowers will do well if 
brought into the house in 
pots. Read about these 
in the Garden Club for 
this month. 
8. © Autumn begins 
to-day. 
Rake up bare spots in 
the lawn and dress with 
sheep manure, then seed 
liberally. Tie endive 
leaves together at the 
tips to blanch it. 
9. © Rake up fallen 
leaves and pile together 
to use for mulch or for 
compost. Oak leaves are 
probably the best; and 
hard woods generally are 
better than soft. 
13. C Chicory should 
be dug up now, roots 
trimmed to 5 inches, tops 
to 1 inch, then plants 
buried in dark place in¬ 
doors in moist earth or 
sand, tops just above the 
surface. 
14. (§) Mercury visible 
in west just after sunset. 
Cosmos, Jap. Anemone 
and the pompon chry¬ 
santhemums are the last 
to go in the flower 
garden. Witchhazel fur¬ 
nishes the last blossom 
in the woods. 
IS- C Pull up tomato 
plants and lay them in 
spent hotbeds; here they 
will ripen naturally for 
another month at least. 
16. (§j Bank winter 
celery. Pull up annuals 
as soon as bloom ceases, 
and burn them on space 
thus cleared, thereby re¬ 
turning much to the 
soil. 
18. @ St. Luke’s Day: 
the patron saint of 
painters and doctors. 
Naturalize a thousand 
snowdrops on the lawn, 
under the shade of trees, 
or the edge of shrubbery. 
19. @ New moon ih. 
34m. A. M. The hunt¬ 
ing moon. 
Geraniums should be 
dug up now, the earth 
shaken off and hung up 
by their roots in a dry, 
cool place, to hang all 
winter. 
20. © Till the soil in 
pots and window boxes 
as regularly as in the 
garden. This is to let 
air, which they must 
have, penetrate to the 
roots ; that is one reason 
for doing it out of doors 
too. 
25. J) First quar. sh. •> 
44m. P. M. Charge of *:* 
the Light Brigade, 1854. $ 
A good hand cider-mill 
for home use costs from *:* 
$10 up—and there is * 
nothing healthier than y 
sweet cider as a bever- *:* 
age. * 
21. © Take in roots 
of dahlias, gladiolis, etc., 
two weeks after the 
“kiling frost” that takes 
their tops. Shake them 
free of earth and store 
in a cool pace in dry 
ashes, sand or tied tight 
in paper bags. 
22. © Autumn color 
of leaves is not due to 
frost — and is not there¬ 
fore a sign that frost has 
made a visit. Chemical 
changes in leaf tissue, 
brought about by ma¬ 
turity, are responsible 
for it. 
23. © Till window box 
and pot soil. Keep plants 
stocky by cutting back. 
Top pruning means 
stocky growth indoors as 
well as out. 
2. J) The best apples 
for cider are the sour, 
juicy ones — Northern 
Spy, Baldwin, etc. Use 
only undersized and 
bruised fruits. One 
bushel will yield from 2 
to 5 gallons, 4 being the 
average. 
27. Clean up and 
destroy all weeds and 
loose materials every¬ 
where, thereby destroy¬ 
ing hibernating insects. 
The army worm takes to 
the borders of cultivated 
areas and spends the 
winter in weeds. * 
28. J|i St. Simon and 
St. Jude — fishermen and 
carpenter saints. 
Transplant to cold- 
frames anything which 
may have had to wait un¬ 
til now. All this kind 
of work should be fin¬ 
ished bv to-morrow. 
29. 31 Leave the roots 
on cabbages and stand 
them on their heads on 
a shelf in the cool cellar. 
Finish all planting of 
shrubs, trees, perennials, 
etc. 
30. 1 Try bringing 
some frozen rhubarb 
roots into the cellar and 
setting them in a barrel 
of earth for winter pie¬ 
plant. 
3. H As fast as the 
garden crops are har¬ 
vested, turn the garden 
soil over and manure it 
for winter. Burn the 
tops of asparagus and 
manure the beds or 
10. © Cut down the 
tops of all perennials 
that have died to within 
an inch of the ground, 
except where this is es¬ 
pecially advised against. 
Have mulch ready. 
17. (§j Winter window 
boxes and pots should all 
be ready for their occu¬ 
pants by now ; and some 
should be occupied, if not 
all of them. 
24. @ Erie Canal 
opened, 1809. 
Cut flowering witch- 
hazel branches and bring 
indoors if this plant 
grows near you. It is 
decorative and amusing 
as well — for it “shoots” 
its seeds great distances. 
31. Flallowe’en — or 
Hallowmas Eve. 
Everything in the 
garden should be in 
order by now and all fall 
plowing and spading 
done. 
‘Except wind stands as never it stood, 
It is an ill-wind turns none to good." — Tusser 
When odors, pleasant and otherwise, are unusually perceptible, expect rain 
An unsettled, typical autumn month, with considerable rain and wind, cold toward the end 
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