Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-30
THE COUNTRY CALENDAR
Practical Hints About Things TO Do at This Season in Garden
and Greenhouse, the Orchard and the Poultry Yard.

Don't wait until the currant worms
have got ahead of you; begin now.
One large spoonful of hellebore to
two gallons of water we'll showered
on at night will do the work.
Now is the time to determine
whether we will own our own or
chards or let the caterpillars have
them.
Improve your bees by always rear
ing queens and increasing from col
onies that have gathered the most
honey.
If possible keep the bees from cast
ing more than one swarm, and you
are certain, in a normal season, to
get a nice surplus of honey.
Dandelions may be killed in the
lawn by spraying with an iron sui
phate solution made by dissolving
two pounds of iron sulphate to each
gallon of water. This solution kills
the dandelions, but does not harm the
grass If properly put on.
Breed from old hens, if you wish.
large chickens, but breed from early
laying pullets If you wish eggs the
year around and let size go.
Every time you go among the fruit
trees remove unnecessary young
sprouts and sappy growth from the
trunks and larger branches. Unde
sirable growth, removed early, will
leave no sears and the vitality of the
trees will be saved.
fully look out for injury by the root
aphis Watering the soil from time
to time with tobacco water will help
keep this pest away. 1t is also a
good plan to put a handful Of to-
sbacco dust in the ground when plant
ing.
Be sure that the newly set trees
and vines are started right. Break
off all shoots, especially at the base
and on the branches.
1t is not too late to plant your
dahlias and gladioli. Plant the lat
ter as late as July for a succession
of bloom.
Tender ANIMALS that are planted
after June 1, as a rule, will develop
with remarkable rapidty.
Plant some portulaca and dwarf
nasturtiums in places that are par
2 TALLY shady, to take the places of the |
ANIMALS that blossom early.
Both currants and gooseberries |
thrive in limestone soils, provided the
climate is not too warm. Both of |
these small fruits are cool-weather /
crops and demand fertile soils. There |
is an increasing demand among can I
neries for these fruits.
Don't fail to plant grape vines.
There is no fruit more easily grown /
than grapes. A grape vine will live
and bear fruit for over a hundred {
years.
Raspberries when grown without /
supports the canes should be pruned (
back in summer so as to make them /
stocky and self-supporting; when .
fastened to supports they may be left .
longer.
While horses are hard at work in
hot weather they should be given the
greatest possible stall comforts. Ma
nure should be removed daily and
ample dry, clean bedding supplied A
clean. cool, soft bed will rest an ami
NAL over night.
Early crops for the fowls Will re-
duce the cost of feeding and give the
birds succulent food, which is essen
tial to egg production. As soon as
the winter crops are eaten off have
early spring crops ready. Oats,
wheat, rye, barley. rape, alfalfa, clo
yer and many other crops are suit
able.
A sound horse, well fed and
handled, is able to do a surprisingly
large amount of work during the year
on the farm. On the other hand,
good horse may be so poorly nour-
ished and carelessly- handled as to be-
come worthless as a work animal in
a short time. The care he receives
will make him valuable, Indifferent
or worthless.
If you have a rough. rocky pasture,
such is an ideal place to turn the
colts frequently to harden and de-
velop their feet. Wet stalls and soft /
lots are dangerous to all horses feet /
Colts and young horses must have
exercise regularly on hard ground to
make the hoofs wear off as fast as
growth takes place to give a neat, |
well-shaped, strong and hard hoof. /
Allowing a colt to run with hoofs
too long will result not only in poor
feet, but most likely in poor legs.
There is a tendency now to plant
corn later than formerly. This is
really better, all in all. for the April
cold spell can often overcome the eff /
fects of early sprouting. Then, the
main thing now is that later planting
permits that extra preparation of the
soil bed by repeated disking and har
rowing, which is the key to success |
now
It pays to take a little time in
making rows in the garden. Long,
straight ones will make an easier job
of cultivating.
The dairyman has no right to COM
plain Of the labor problem unless he
is willing to give a good, faithful
man steady work all the year around.
Raise a first-class article, whether
grain, vegetables, chickens or pigs,
and there will be no difficulty in
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