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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03

The frosts that have begun TO put
in an appearance have set hover
lovers to thinking about providing
for the cheering blossoms that make
bright the home during winter
months, with promise of more
beauties in the spring. Not only is
the enthusiast who thus grows
flowers for the home repaid in pleas
ures derived from them during the
cold months, but he also has some
thing to set outside in early spring,
giving his yard the earliest blossoms.
Fibre makes an excellent substance
in which to grow bulbs in the house.
Success in Towering bulbs in fibre,
however as in soil, depends upon
proper treatment; that is, fill the
base or bowl to a little below the
rim with moistened fbre-not so wet
that water can be squeezed out
plant the bulbs in it, the tops just
showing above the surface. Do not
press the bulbs down too firmly, or
they may be forced up when they
begin to throw out roots. The bulbs
may be spaced so they almost touch.
After planting, which should be done
soon after the bulbs are received.
they should be placed to make roots
III q detA ~ NoOis iii PAeANSy ett7 "a N~AAHAS
clubhouse or cool garnet, not in con-
fined closet. Tt requires about eight
weeks to develop the root system
sufficiently to produce best flowers.
The fibre must be kept moist all the
time, but not sodden, particularly
before the bulbs have made enough
root growth to absorb the moisture.
If too much water by accident be
given, tip the bowls on their side
and drain 1t off.
Where garden space or cold-frames
are available the following method
of caring for the bulbs while making
roots is less troublesome and fur
nishes more desirable and uniform
conditions; that is, place the potted
bulbs in trench or cold-frame and
cover them over three or four inches
deep with soil, ashes, leaf mold or
similar material If exposed to the
autumn rains no further attention
need be given to- the moisture prob
lem, but if not exposed to the
weather the bowls should be ex-
amined twice a week and The fibre
kept uniformly damp.
When the bulbs have rooted and
made some top growth they may be
taken into the house to develop foli-
age and flowers; by taking them in
at intervals of ten days or two weeks
a succession of bloom may be en-
joyed throughout the winter if a
sufficient number be provided. When
removed to the house place near the
light in a cool room free from drying
furnace heat. A temperature of from
so to 60 degrees produces the best
flowers
In the early spring months there is
nothing more beautiful than sheet
of snowy, graceful blossoms of the
snowdrops. Beds and effects of sur
passing beauty may be arranged with
snowdrops. in the centre, edged with
bright blue scilla sibirica, or chiono-
loxias, or by intermingling them, In
beds of tulips and hyacinths, snow
drops are very. effective between the
lines; they flower while these bulbs
are just moving the surface, and when
the flowers are over there remains an
elegant groundwork of green foliage.
Used as a permanent edging, and in
masses on the edges of lawns, nesting
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03
THE COUNTRY CALENDAR
Practical Hints About Things to Do at This Season in Garden
and Greenhouse, the Orchard and the Poultry Yard.

smothers Strawberries and breaks
down the canes of raspberries and
blackberries. The latter will usually
hold enough snow over the surface
to keep the ground from freezing
very deeply, and with this protection
they may prove hardy, while an
equal cold without the snow would
show the canes dead in the spring.
There needs to be better balance
ing up of the yearly milk supply. so
that less milk should be produced in
summer and more in winter. This
would equalize the prices for the
whole year, greatly increase the con-
sumption in the winter, and in the
end bring great profit TO the dairy
men. 1t is we'll to remember that
it costs only about 10 per cent. more
to keep cow in good milking con-
dition than it does to keep her dry,
as she ought to be kept. while the
returns from winter milk are fully
80 per cent more than from summer
milk.
A well-kept manure heap may be
safely taken as one Of the surest in
dications of thrift and success in
farming. Neglect of this resource
causes losses, which, though little APP
preciated, are vast in extent Waste
of manure is both so common as Ia
breed Indifference, and so silent as to
| escape notice.
If the average theorizer on his pet
variety of chickens knew how futile
his efforts are at convincing the
world, he might save printers ink
/ anyway, or his why l Like" OF
why | Breed His usual argu-
ment is that L do it because l do it,
There is scarcely any limit to the
possible productive capacity of the
| soil when it is fortified heavily and
cultivated perfectly. 1t does not in
| jure the soil to grow two or three
crops each year on it if it is full
of decomposing organic matter and
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03

mon, it would be better to build of
lumber than of brick
To Cure Hams.
How may hams be cured?
West Orange. II n TT
Take four quarts of fine salt. one
half pound of pepper, two ounces Of
saltpeper. Mix thoroughly. Cover
the fieshy part of the ham and hook
with molasses, then rub on the abova
mixture, filling well around the bone
Put the hams in a barrel with tba
hooks up and let them remain fortv-,
eight hours.
After the meat has stood fortv-
eight hours take eight pounds of rock
salt, four pounds of brown s,,par
tor two quarts of moIasses) two
ounces of saltpeper and eight gal
Ions of wafer. Boil until no sc,,n,
rises. When cold pour it over tba
meat. 1t will cure as much az II win
cover-about the right quantity 'fo,
ten ordinary hams. 1t is Just as good
Tor bacon Let the meat remain IL
this brine about ten days: then re- >"
move and smoke. The brine can A.
reDoiled and used for corned beef II
Desired. ISL II
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03

Now is the time to form apple
clubs and the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture in cooperating
with the agricultural colleges or
Northern and Western States is en-
deavoring to interest the boys and
girls of apple growing sections in the
possibilities of apple culture as
profitable and pleasurable occupation.
The organizations for the young peo-
pie on the farm are being planned
and begun in New Jersey, the New
England States, New York, Delaware,
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Idaho,
Montana, Oregon and Washington.
Any young people in these States
wishing to find out the details OF the
new apple-raising clubs should write
at once to the State agent in charge
of club work at the State College of
Agriculture at New Brunswick, or
the United States Department of
Agriculture, Washington, ID. c.
The new clubs will be organized on
the same lines as are those for the
encouragement of potato, corn and
alfalfa growing, gardening and can
ming, and poultry raising. Members
must be not under ten nor over
eighteen years old. Each of the CLUB
members Will DE dilOllCu NV iCoo thtAiA
ten apple trees, six or more years old,
in the same orchard (and all in one
row or block Ii possible) of which he
win have the exclusive care for one
year. Each club must have at least
five members, and these will be under
the instruction of a local leader who
VIII receive instructions from the
State leader in charge or the county
agent Following these instructions
tho young member who knows moth
ing about apple raising will learn
to pick, grade, crate, and market
apples; also to can and label fruit
for exhibition and for sale The in
structions will aim to show each of
these young people how he may get
the maximum results from his ten
trees with the minimum expenditure
of labor
AS in the other clubs for boys and
girls cooperating with the depart
ment. practical prizes will be awarded
by local fairs and interested people
to those who excel; the best prize,
however, will be experience and net
profit on investment to each member
Club agents are already at work
making enrolments for the new apple
clubs During October and November
the plats will be selected and as
signed to the individual members and
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03

Fig s-Plan showing proper position reinforcing

q few shrubs around the manhole
openings, thus effectually hiding all
evidence of the tank
Materials Necessary.
A tank Of the seize specified will
require about four cubic yards OF
crushed rock, two cubic yards of sand,
and seven barrels of Portland cement.
There will also be needed seventy
eight feet OF ss-inch round steel rods,
which can be obtained from the local
blacksmith or hardware dealer. The
tank can be built without skilled
labor II requires but few tools, and
construction methods are so simple
that one man can easilY build 1t.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03

partments. The outside dimensions
Of the boxes should be four feet
square by four feet high. The boxes
or forms will be placed on the freshly
aid concrete floor, Holes for taking
six-inch pipe should be made in the
boxes as shown in Fig, l. The holes
should be four inches from the top
Of the box form, measuring from the
top of the hole. The concrete should
be mixed in the proportion of one part
portland cement, two parts sand and
four parts crushed rock or gravel.
flace four-inch thickness OF con-
crete in the bottom of the pit to form
the floor of the tank. On top OF this
concrete set the box forms, which
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03
BOY AND GIRL APPLE CLUBS ARE
TOBE FORMED IN NEW JERSEY

the trees will be marked to show to
whom they are assigned. As soon as
the present apple crop is gathered
preparations will begin at once for
the next year. Some trees may need
fall pruning, cleaning out and mulch
ing. These details will be attended
to and the young people may be in
structed in the best methods.
During the winter interest will be
kept up through the local club or
CARNATIONS and meetings. The lead
ers will visit the plats of each of
the members to give specific instruc-
ton. Early in the spring records will
be in order and each club member will
be shown how he may keep a simple
account of the progress of his row
of trees. During the next summer
vacation the work will be at its height
and the boys and girls who are per-
severing will not only learn much
valuable information, but may make
substantial profit on the time and
labor they have invested.
Fall will be the occasion OF apple
club fairs and festivals. At these
events there will be exhibits of all
kinds of apples and apple machinery,
devices used for handling both
fresh and cooked apples, of
Piles, of canning equipment, crates and
barrels. Demonstrations will be given
at these festivals of how to pare
and core apples. how to can useless"
windfall apples, how to make apple
jellies, butter and pickles: how to
grade. crate and pack apples, etc.
In awarding the prizes for the year
many features will be considered,
how the trees are pruned, whether
they are free from blight and plant
lice, how the soil has been worked,
the size, color and condition of the
fruit and methods of packing will
all count In. the final reckoning. One
of the most important considerations
is how much profit the club mem
Der has netted from his investment.
In the last analysis that is the final
test of his success
1t is hoped that the organization of
apple clubs will show the younger
generation how apple culture may
be relieved of much Of it's drudgery.
Both profit and pleasure may be de-
rived from such an organization
where properly, directed intelligence
and enthusiasm and a systematic
study of orchard problems as they
arise win tend to secure the best re-
suits,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03

Almost anyone can make beehive,
but the best ones are factory made
and may be had from any reliable
supply house.
IL any plants that have been set
out in the border are to be repotted
40 it early. 1t may be necessary to
cut back both top and roots.
When the cow is comfortable and
contented she responds with flow
OF milk far in excess OF that which
she gives when she has been uncom-
Portable and irritated.
Grapevines that do not bear should
be cut back to the ground this fall
sfter frost Sc that a cane can take
its place next spring. 1t should be
cut back to the roots so as to begin
with an entire new vine.
All hardy, strong growing grasses,
like orchard grass and timothy. may
be sown in early spring or autumn.
It is important that it be Sown on a
fine mellow seed bed in the fall and
the seed must be covered with light
barrow or pressed into the soil by
roller. If sown thus in the fall
early there will be good crop of hay
the next year
Disposition goes a long way in
making a brood SOW profitable. 1t
does not pay to keep a filthy, irri-
table SOW. Keep the young sows kind
and gentle by kind treatment We
must repeat to impress the fact that
I..-aadinQ sfnck rnIlSt not he confined
TO small quarters. They must have
exercise.
The best selling months for chick
ems are June, July and August, but
the demand for old hens is greatest
in September; Michaelmas for geese
and Christmas for turkeys.
a close fence around a berry patch
should be avoided where much snow
prevails. A heavy bank of snow
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03

best for different seasons of the year?
Newark. A. G..
When given dry food only, laying
hens have produced the most eggs at
the least cost for both feed and la,
Dor, and have had better health. The
ration should contain good variety
of economical foods fed in such way
as to induce plenty of exercise. The
hens should have keen appetite at
least once day. L would give to each
thirty hens not to exceed one pint of
mixed grain in a deep litter in the
morning, and at night as much of the
same mixture as they will clean up,
keeping a dry mash before them in
self feeding hoppers from noon until
night, with grit and shell before them
at all times, and giving all the green
food they will eat up during the after
noon unless they have access to green
range.
The following ration is recon-
mended:
Cornell Ration for Laying Hens.
The following whole grain mixture is
fed morning and afternoon in straw
Hitter.
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mineral plant foods. If it will grow
weeds, then why not more useful
crops?
Scientists tell us that the turkey
has much larger percentage of pro-
tein, or fiesh-forming food, than beef
Geese do not thrive when yarded;
ducks do.
Every day you keep a hen after
she has quit laying means drain
on your pocketbook.
The good layer is always busy
scratching and foraging for food and
can be picked out from among the
sluggish and producing kind.
Wheat bran makes an excellent
bulky food and may be fed the hens
freely in summer even being left be-
fore them at all times, and they will
not overeat of IL.
DO not allow any dealer TO sort out
your best lambs. When selling make
your own selection or sell them in a
bunch.
Horses should never be made to
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joints left open, that is to say. no
mortar must be used in the joints.
This permits the discharged fluids to
be absorbed by the surrounding soil.
The drain tile lines should be laid in
the form of the letter "Y," and suffi-
GENTLY extended to cover a large area
of ground. Average conditions re-
quire that each arm be about 100 feet
long. After this Is done cover the
tank with earth to the level of the
manhole covers. 1t is now ready for
use.
1t is sometimes the custom to plant
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Ave feet TWO inches in depth. The
walls of the tank are eight inches
thick and the partitions between the
wo compartments six inches. There
tore the length of the pit should be
nine feet ten inches and the width
five feet four inches.
Making Forms and Placing Concrete
IL the earthen walls of the pit stand
firm only inside forms will be needed.
These inside forms are merely boxes
made of one-inch boards. Two boxes
will be required to make two COM
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kinds of parasites or minute mites.
ointment carefully applied
is often sufficient to destroy them.
but it is advisable to call veteri-
marian when this trouble is suspected.
because of the danger of spreading.
The application of soap and a
thorough scrubbing with per cent.
carbolic acid solution will be of adj
vantage, and tobacco solution Zone
and one-half ounces to two pints of
water) is often effective. More than
one application of any treatment is
necessary, because the eggs of the
parasites are not destroyed by the
solution, and consequently hatch af-
ter its application.
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in the grass. they look charming.
Snowdrops are easily lowered in pots
during the winter or in bowls or in
dishes in fibre.
The snowfiakes are hardy Dubious
plants, closely related to the snow
drops, but of more robust growth,
producing larger flowers on taller
stems. Snowfiakes deserve to be bet
ter known and more extensively
planted, particularly in masses, in
semi shaded places in the garden bor-
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eat moldy hay, as nothing is worse
in leading to worrying, whistling and
other arrangements of the wind
The spotted Poland and the mule
foot hogs both gained classification
at the 1914 International.
Every horse is more or less warm
when it comes in from drive. Never.
strip off the harness and let the
horse rush into a feed of oats or a
trough of water.
Some wise one in days gone by
made the statement that he WHIT
could make two blades of grass grow
where only one grew before was a
blessing to his race, and so he is.
Too many, coming into the possess
sion of land. SO murder the soil that
soon only one stalk of grass will grow
where two grew before. They reverse
the process OF evolution, going back
ward. and hence they must be a
curse to the soil and to the race of
human beings. The future general
prosperity of the country depends
to very large degree upon the way
the land is handled and the quantity
and quality of crops harvested from
it.
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ASK THE QUESTION BOX"
What You Want to Know About Gardening Poultry and COun.
try Problems Ans wered by Experts

service
Initials
be In
eva N j.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03
Molasses Feed.

Would you advise feeding molasses
feed to cows?
$ Irvington. r. w w.
On general principles the mixed
feeds are not as economical or as
pure as the straight by-products.
Very often molasses makes palat-
able and DISCUSSES quantity of
worthless fibre. 1t is better to buy
the pure feeds and add molasses if
necessary. The mo1asses in itself is
a valuable feed, being laxative.
palatable, and almost entirely d.
gestible 1t contains no building
matter and will never supply the pro-
TEN in feed; but as source of energy
Carbohydrates at a cost of from
twelve to fourteen cents a gallon,
based on the dry matter it contains,
it is nearly 81 per ton cheaper than
cornmeai at $50.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03

Flower is a perfect little gem for pot
culture. 1t flowers in very early
spring months. The bulbs are small.
and several should be grown in a
pot. 1t grows about six to eight
inches high. each bulb producing
several pretty star-shaped flowers of
delicate milky-white, suffused with
blue, and emits the perfume of prin-
roses. They are perfectly hardy. and
grown in quantities in sunny Dor
der or for edgings they are effective.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03
Feed for Young Calf.

Without skim milk, what should a
calf be fed for the first six weeks?
Caldwell f. @.
Few calves win pay for raising, for
the first six weeks at least, without
beth whole and skim milk After
that, while they will not do as well,
If they have plenty of wheat bran or
oats with enough linseed meal to keep
their bowels regular, and the additio"
of little blood meal and some succu-
lent food, like grass or silage with
plenty of clover hay, they can be dee
veloped very wen Many of the patent
calf foods are excellent, but all ex-
ceedingly expensive. A calf not good
enough to feed milk for the first six
weeks is usually not worth raising.
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Best Horse for Farm Work.

What breed of horses is best adapt
ed to farm work? What size team
would you advise for general pur-
poses, where there is to be only one
team on the farm? K. B. C.
Morristown
Choose the breed that best suits
the conditions and the markets;
there is no best breed or type. The
lighter types naturally belong to land
devoted to grass, to dairy industry,
to fruit growing and to market gard
ening, where but little blowing and
other heavy work is required, and
the necessity of reaching the market,
the station or the creamery requires
quick moving horses. On grain
farms, where there Is much blowing
and other heavy work to be done.
heavy horses are needed. On gem
.eral-purpose farms. the draft horse
finds his true place. Draft horses
can operate large machinery to adj
vantage, thus saving manual labor
and cheapening the cost of produc-
ton, thereby increasing general
farm profits.
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A Brick or Lumber Henhouse

Which is advisable, brick hem
house or one of lumber?
Belleyille. A. O'C.
1t is difficult to state whether
brick house would be as satisfactory
as one built Of lumber. There are
very few brick houses being used
from which one can make obsefva-
lions. Since such houses are uncom-
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The fowls should eat about one
half as much by weight as whole
grain. Regulate the proportion of
grain and ground feed by giving a
light feeding of grain in the morn
ing and about all they will consume
at the afternoon feeding Gin time
to find grain before dark. In the
case of pullets or fowls in heavy
laying, restrict both night and morn
ing feeding to induce heavy eating
of dry mash, especially in the case
of hens. This ration should be sup
plemented with beets, cabbage,
sprouted oats. green clover or other
succulent food unless running on
grass-covered range Grit, cracked
oyster shell and charcoal should be
accessible at all times. Green food
should not be fed in frozen condi-
ton. All feed and litter used should
be strictly sweet, clean and free from
mustiness, mold or decay. Serious
losses often occur from disease due
to the fowls taking into their bodies.
lungs, the spores of the fungus Gauss
ing molds
To Cure Horse OF Mango
What win cure horse of mango?
Newark J. B. L.
Mango is due to several different
through their intestinal tract or
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Feeding Potatoes.

Are raw potatoes of any feeding
value for laying hens in winter? VIII
boiled potatoes take the place of cab
bage? is a mash consisting of part
boiled potatoes good for hens at
noon? r. ". w.
Newark.
Potatoes are too laxative to feed
raw; a few cooked would be good to
add to fattening ration. They are
of more value fed to pigs.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03

Almost anyone can make beehive,
but the best ones are factory made
and may be had from any reliable
supply house.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03

mon, it would be better to build of
lumber than of brick.