Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-31
THE COUNTRY CALENDAR
Practical Hints About Things Do at This Season Garden
and Greenhouse, the Orchard and the Poultry Yard

parts 30 that when wanted next
spring they will scour and save the
time SO many farmers lose in putting
their implements into working order
Don't be sparing OF water on your
window boxes. Ninety-nine cases OF
failure out of a hundred result from
d lack of sufficient water Being ex-
posed to the air on all sides, evapora-
ton takes place rapidly. Apply water
by the pailful instead of bowlful and
there need be no failure to grow just
as good plants in the window box as
in the garden beds.
There are number OF reasons
why" autumn is surely the best season
for transplanting. Among shrub
berries and flower borders 1t is much
easier to judge now where to plant
new things than when the other
plants have died down and no land
marks" are left to show where they
grew, as is the case in very early
spring.
1t is generally considered advisable
TO remove all wood from both cur
rant and gooseberry bushes that is
more than four years old. Then thin
out the new canes that came up from
the ground or near the ground last
season to three or four of the strong
est ones, and head these back to about
two feet in length.
In popular practice alfalfa hay has
been found so satisfacto that ap-
proximately four-nfths of the coun-
try's crop is consumed in this way.
There are, however, other uses to
Which 1t may be put. Notable among
these is its value as a soiling crop.
After each cutting It renews its
growth with great readiness.
All wealth comes originally from
the soil. The so-calied economic
plants are workers that create wealth
for the human race. BY their efforts
we are fed and supported. It is OF
obvious Importance, therefore. that
we should know which of them are
the most efficient and capable pro-
ducing the largest output In terms of
value.
If manure is not available in gem
erous quantities a compost heap will
help to supply the needed humus,
and commercial fertilizers will pro-
should have place in every garden,
anyway 1t is made simply by throw
ing in Pile all the leaves and garden
refuse which comes to hand, with the
addition of some manure. including
that from the poultry yard. 1t may
be turned occasionally, and when
thoroughly decomposed spread on the
garden.
In case no winter cover crop l.
used the level land should be disked
or narrowed two or three times dur
ing the winter, provided If Is dry
enough. Give good drainage to all
parts OF the field. and any cultiva-
ton done after the deep fall break
ing should be shallow, not more than
three or four inches deep.
The necessity of thoroughly clean
ing the poultry house OF this season
of the year is obvious to all who give
the subject much thought. During
the summer the hot weather has quite
likely added filth and disease germs
to those which already existed and
has assisted any lice and mites that
were present to multiply their num-
Der rapidly. To put the fowls in win.
ter quarters filed with vermin. dis
ease germs and dirt is TO invite
trouble before cold weather fairly
sets in and to kill the profit In adj
vance.
1t is very easy to propagate most
varieties of grapes, and others arc
very difficult. The ordinary is from
mature wood of the last years
growth. cut from tho vines almost
any time when there are no leaves
on them, OF from November to April
The wood should be of strong, Wig.
orous growth. The cuttings should be
about Sto 10 inches long and with q
bud near each end. They are beg.
buried in the ground after being tied
in small bundles and left until the
time for making early garden. when
they should be set In nursery rows
in good soil.
Having found concrete foundation
and cellar wall construction to be
farmers now are beginning to Use
cement and concrete extensively IN
the superstructure work of buildings.
The all-concrete farm building has
not become success and Ii may
never become practical reality. yet
steady and substantial advances have
been made along these lines. How
ever good some things may be for
special purposes, they cannot in the
nature of things be good for every
thing.
Is your shock corn cured enough to
husk out? II 80 get at it before cold
weather comes.
There is always a greater demand
and consequently better price, for
n nice fat fowl than for q lean one.
especially in dressed poultry. You
thus make a gain in the price per
pound as well as In the number of
pounds by fattening your poultry be-
fore you put 1t on the market.
On the farm In any section where
fruit thrives making some kind of
fruit q speciality Is very interesting
and profitable employment No mat
ter how large the fruit crop Is any
year, there is ALWAYS a market at
high prices for extra choice fruit
packed in attractive approved pack
ages and displayed in attractive man
ner for prospective customers to ex-
anime. There Is never any danger of
Cutting the market with choice fruit
of any kind. The best can always be
moved at an attractive price.
All kinds Of pears will rlpen II
picked a week OF more before they are
ripe. And there are several advan-
tages in doing this. One is that they
are prevented from dropping off and
getting bruised which will occur in
great numbers IL the wind blows hard
while they are maturing. and IL pears
lie on the ground very long they are
almost sure to be damaged more or
less by being gnawed by rabbits.
picked at by chickens and variously
injured by numerous other destructive
agencies