Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-03

Practical Hints About Things t
and Greenhouse, the Orcf
Il the season is dry. Strawberries
VIII be benefited by a thorough
watering
Look out for currant worms and
leaf miners that work on shrub fol-
iage.
Keep seed pods cut off the rhubarb.
It might also be well to add manure
TO the land.
Another sowing of Golden Bantam
sweet corn and late peas may be
made now.
Lillium elegans will soon be in
bloom This is one of the prettiest of
the hardy lilies.
Now the lawn frequently. This will
tnicken the grass, making better
lawn.
! Keep the dahlias trimmed to one or
two main stems. Better flowers re-
suit.
Thin all vegetables that are crowd
ing. Beet and Swiss chard trimmings
make good greens.
Aquilegia, or columbine, should be
in full bloom about the middle of
June. Your garden lacks a good
flower If this has been omitted.
Ants may be destroyed by punch
ing holes in the hills with fork ham
die and saturating cotton batting
with carbon bisulphide Put this in
the hole and cover it with cart
shade and plenty of fresh water
are two essentials to successful poul-
try keeping in July. See that your
poultry has plenty of bath.
Lest it be forgotten, keep after
lice during the warm weather. Plenty
of dust" for bathing and frequent
inspection of perches are very neces-
sary.
1t is a wise plan to pay more at
tention than ever during July and
August to the question of variety in
feeding. Corn is very heating, and
as little as possible should be fed.
Vary the menu, even if the grains,
other than corn, do cost more than
that staple.
Do, not feed too light, however. as
the hens must be gotten into condi-
ton for the trying moulting season,
which starts soon.
Since there is little demand for
fertile eggs now, why not dispose of
the male birds which are not to be
carried over the winter? Give the
.tr4xa -
TO deevlop. Separate them from the
pullets, and see that they have ample
chance to grow.
AS July seems to be favorjte
month for depredations by rats and
weasels, take extra precautions to
keep them out of your crops.
Keep the cultivator going.
Keep the hedges clipped this month.
Stop cutting asparagus.
Head back the blackberry canes to
about three feet, and also the laterals
as they grow.
Dust currant bushes with hellebore.
10 destroy the late brood os eurrant
worms.
Currants will last several weeks on
the bushes in good condition.; they
improve all the time. Cover the
plants with MOSQUITO netting to pre-
vent the birds from eating the fruit.
Turn under the old strawberry bed.
IL it has borne two years or more, and
plant it to some hoed crop. First get
the runners that you have rooted in
pots for planting in August in new
bed.
Peaches, pears and apples must be
thinned. in order to get bigger and
better fruit. It does not cost much
more to pick the fruit now than in
the fall. and it will pay in the quality
of what is left.
Spray the apples twice with Bor-
deaux mixture, to prevent injury
from bitter rot. Put arsenate of lead
in it to destroy late Matched insects,
such as the fall webworn.
Keep the orchard cultivated. Stop
cultivation late in July, and at the
last cultivation sow crimson clover.
This will also tend to help the trees
ripen their wood
Raspberry canes should be given
the same treatment as the blackberry
plants, but two and half feet is the
proper height to head them.
Insects and diseases of grapes must
be held in check with sprays of arse
nate of lead and Bordeaux mixture
Make a sowing of beets for fall use.
These will be much better than the
spring-sown ones. 1t is succession
crop.
On July first make sowing of corn,
planting an early variety. This will
succeed the earlier planted late varie-
ties. It may be killed by early frosts,
but. nevertheless, it's good gamble
to plant it.
You can still set out cabbage, cauli-
flower and celery plants. These, of
course will follow some early crop.
Sow now, for winter roots. some
der by far than those from spring
Eown seeds.
In many localities sowing of peas
is we'll worth while. Sow an early
variety, like Daniel O'Rourke, and
spray the plants to kill mildew, which
sometimes attacks late peas.
Lettuce seeds will not terminate
very satisfactorily during the hot
summer weather. Sow the seed in a
moist, shaded place. and plant hot