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Eleventh month Nfnvpmhpr 1914- Thirty days 
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i. J) All Saints’ Day. 
Wild geese will soon 
be on the wing. An old 
proverb warns against 
trusting a stranger on 
this day. 
8. © Choice bulbs are 
to be cheap this fall, some 
believe, owing to the Eu¬ 
ropean war reducing the 
market. Planting may 
be done as long as the 
ground is open. 
2. © Full moon 6h. 
49m. P. M. 
Start a mushroom bed 
now if you intend having 
one. Spawn put in now 
will give you this delec¬ 
table vegetable during a 
g 00 d portion of the 
winter. 
9. © Set all bulbs onto 
a little cushion of sand to 
insure perfect drainage. 
They cannot endure 
water standing around 
them. 
3. © Burn up all gar¬ 
den litter to insure de¬ 
struction of insect breed¬ 
ing and hibernating 
places. Spread the ashes 
of everything burned 
over the garden. 
10. (£ Last Quar. 6h. 
37m. P. M. 
Sprinkle lime through 
the compost heap, and 
turn it over occasionally 
to insure its disintegrat¬ 
ing evenly. 
4. © Get your mulch 
ready everywhere, but do 
not apply it to beds until 
the ground is frozen to 2 
inches deep. Then get it 
on quick, before it thaws. 
11. C Put heavy dress¬ 
ings of manure on rhu¬ 
barb, on asparagus beds, 
and on peonies. All are 
heavy feeders. 
5. © Guy Fawkes’ Day. 
Strawberries may be 
covered 2 inches deep al¬ 
most any time now, how¬ 
ever, for with these it is 
tops as well as roots that 
are protected. 
12. (§j Look for mete¬ 
ors from now to the 15th. 
Root vegetables, except 
salsify and parsnips 
should be out of the gar¬ 
den and in the cellar by 
now. Dry earth is a good 
storage medium if you 
have no sand. 
6. © All fall planting 
ought to be done before 
this date, but the work 
may go on if the ground 
is in condition as long as 
it is in condition. Re¬ 
member to mulch every¬ 
thing well for the first 
winter. 
13 - C Take up tender 
bulbs and tubers; shake 
them free of earth, and 
store in an average tem¬ 
perature of 40 degrees or 
less — never more. See 
that they are in the dark 
also. 
7. © First newspaper 
printed 1663. 
The transit of Mer¬ 
cury is partly visible and 
affords the opportunity 
of studying this coy little 
planet. 
14. (§j Sow corn salad, 
kale and spinach broad¬ 
cast in patches in the 
vegetable garden for 
very early spring use. 
15. Look fruit trees 
over carefully for bor¬ 
ers. Hyacinths for 
Christmas bloom must 
be potted not later than 
now. 
22. © Cider and mo¬ 
lasses steeped together 
on a pod or two of red 
pepper, drunk hot, is an 
old-time remedy for a 
cold. Hot sage tea taken 
at bedtime is another. 
16. (§j Inauguration of 
Suez Canal 1869. 
Thin out cane fruits if 
this has not been done 
earlier. Begin putting 
m u lc h of manure or 
leaves around roses, cov¬ 
ering the tenderest first. 
23. @ Mercury in the 
East now just before 
sunrise, a morning star. 
Deep hotbeds for win¬ 
ter lettuce and radishes 
should be made and 
started now. 
17. © New moon nh. 
2m. A. M. 
Wild waterfowl will 
take refuge in protected 
ponds, and sometimes 
remain if proper condi¬ 
tions are provided for 
them. 
24. U First Quar. 8h. 
39m. A. M. 
Colder weather is to 
be expected with this 
change of moon. 
18. © Trench or store 
celery for spring use 
now. Trenches need not 
be covered quite yet, 
however, but the cover¬ 
ing should be at hand 
and ready. 
25. 31 New York evac¬ 
uated 1783. 
Ice 2 inches thick, it is 
said, will allow passage 
of a row of men single 
file on planks laid on it, 
if the rows of planks are 
not nearer together than 
6 feet. 
19. @ Salt hay is a 
most desirable mulch, be¬ 
ing free from weed seeds 
and clean and dense. It 
is especially good for use 
on strawberries. 
26. © Thanksgiving 
Day. 
Ice 6 inches thick will 
allow horses and wagons 
to cross, while 10 to 12 
inches is strong enough 
to support the heaviest 
load ever likely to ven¬ 
ture on it. 
20. © Do not rake up 
the leaves that have fal¬ 
len and drifted under 
shrubbery, etc. They are 
Nature’s own mulch and 
fertilizer, and all plants 
are better for having 
such a blanket over their 
roots. 
27. J) Venus becomes 
a morning star. 
Every forest fire de¬ 
stroys a game cover—let 
us remember this. And 
every individual should 
constitute himself game 
warden and conserva¬ 
tionist. 
21. © Spinach for win¬ 
ter use should be mulched 
lightly as the cold 
weather advances, espe¬ 
cially if in an exposed 
position. 
28. J) Bulbs for suc¬ 
cession of winter bloom 
should be potted by now 
and brought into growth 
as wanted by bringing 
the pots successively into 1 
heat and light. 
29. © The Baby Ram¬ 
bler rose will bloom ac¬ 
tually twelve months of 
the year. Now is the 
time to get choicest pot 
plants from florist or 
nurseryman to have in 
flower at Christmas. 
30. H All tender roses 
should be quite covered 
by now. Oak leaves 
make a splendid protec¬ 
tion for them, banked 
over them in a chicken 
wire “box” set up around 
the beds to a depth of 
10 or 12 inches. 
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Dawn breaking low on the horizon presages fine weather; breaking 
above the horizon and over a cloud bank indicates much wind. 
Generally a pretty fair and mild autumn month; colder 
towards the end with rain or snow 
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