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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

In spite of every precaution. every
window gardener will have more or
less trouble with insects. but 1t may
be largely minimized by working on
the theory that prevention is easier
than cure, and, as a precautionary
measure, placing all new plants
those that have been loaned and used
where mixed with other plants, and
those that have been bedded out-in
quarantine, until sure that they are
not infested.
The varieties of insects are many,
but may be divided into two main
classes-leaf- and sap-suckers.
In fighting the first class some sort
of poison must be sprayed on the
leaves, to be taken into the stomach
of the feeding insect. The most eff
fective way of applying is to mix the
remedy with water and spray it over
the plant in the finest possible mist;
for, the more mist-like 1t is, the more
general its distribution and the better
1t adheres to the leaves. A cheap
perfumery atomizer is good for such
applications, as the spray is very fine
and the size of the sprayer makes 1t
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

crete will decrease in thickness from
twelve inches at the bottom to six
inches at the top. At the proper
height to meet the tile drain, set a
first class drain tile Cat least one size
larger than the regular string) in the
forms so that its front ends will be
flush with the outside of the wall
after the concrete is placed. Bore
four one-inch holes in the front form
around the tile and place in them
well-greased wooden pegs. After the
concrete has become hard, the pegs
are removed, and, by means of CO.
ment mortar, belts are fastened in
these holes supporting a grating for
keeping out muskrats, skunks and
rabbits.
Mix the concrete one part Portland
cement to two and one-half parts
sand to five parts crushed rock, or
one part cement to five parts bank
run gravel. If the trench should
contain a little water, mix so much
of the concrete dry as will be re-
quired to take up the water Make
the remainder mushy wet. For the
front of the WALL work a wooden
paddle or a straight spade back and
forth between the concrete and the
forms 80 as to force back the pebbles
and to give a neat mortar finish. At
intervals of one foot in height, lay
old iron rods in the concrete at the
junction of the head and wingwalls.
Smooth off the top of the wall with
"a wooden float and finish with steel
trowel Remove the forms after one
week and fill in earth behind the wall
to its top. With bolts, attach an iron
grating or a screen of woven wire
fencing to keep small animals out of
the tile.
For a bulkhead of the dimensions
given above there will be required "a
cubic yards of crushed rock, rs cubic
yards of sand and u bags of cement.
Ten dollars, the cost of the materials,
may prevent the drowning out of
several acres of growing crops and
save the expense of digging up and
relaying the tile drain.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

Rose growers who allow the flow
ers TO be damaged by the ravages OF
the rose aphis, have only themselves
10 blame. according to the United
States department of agriculture. Al
though the aphis is widespread over
the entire country, as well as abroad,
it is easily controlled. Careful spray
ing of the plants with solutions Of
nicotine will remove all danger, and
neither the expense nor the trouble
involved is sufficiently great TO be a
real obstacle.
The rose aphis is small insect,
with a body about one-twelfth of an
inch long. The young and some
adult forms are wingless, but GER
tain adults develop wings from time
to time. The color varies from green
to pink. BY means of its slender
beak the aphis sucks out the juices
of the plant on whose buds and I'M
folding leaves it feeds. These, pre-
vented from attaining their perfect
form, become curled and distorted,
and the beauty of the flowers is in
large measure ruined. Moreover, the
aphis secretes a sweet sticky liquid,
called honeydew. which spoils the
Appearances Of the foliage on which
it is deposited.
Under favorable conditions 1t prop
agates rapidly throughout the year.
For example, some recent investiga-
tions conducted in California by the
department of agriculture showed
that one female gave birth to forty
l.. - A
of that time the mother aphis was
knocked from the rose and persisted.
This is not at all an uncommon
fate. A heavy rain, which washes
the insect away, is one of its most
natural checks, though birds and
other insects prey upon the aphis to
a considerable extent. Extreme heat
Is also unfavorable 10 ME aphis.
The rose lover should not, however.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

as an egg machine is the small
amount of food consumed for the
large number of eggs produced. An
other thing that helps Campines to
attain big results is that they are
non-sitters and they spread their egg
laying all the year round, not beng
sprinters at certain seasons.
During my years of experience with
poultry, l have kept nearly every
noted variety, in fact, the past season
I had four pens of other varieties for
the sole purpose of watching and
comparing results, and must say for
the little Campines, although they
have not yet been scientifically bred
for egg production, that they do, in
a. flock, outclass all other breeds 1t
has been my pleasure to experiment
with, when it comes to laying large,
white eggs, and lots of them, for the
small amount of food consumed.
F. L. Platt, when he called the Cam
pine hen "a heavy layer of heavy
eggs" told the poultry public in six
word. what the Campine really is,
but would add "at small COST" call
ing them 'heavy layers of heavy eggs
at small cost"
I hear criticising reader say:
'sThe laying results are all very well,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

A breed of poultry that has made
amazing strides in popularity during
the last few years is the Silver Cam
pine. Originally from Belgium, these
popular birds have been wonderfully
developed in England as premier egg
layers. A prominent breeder of this
variety says about them:
The secret of the Campine's success
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23
INSECTICIDES THAT WILL
HELP WINDOW GARDENERS

easy to apply the remedy to the under
side Of the leaves.
The warfare against the sap-suck-
ing insects is a more strenuous one,
for the reason that 1t is impossible
to poison their food--the sap-and
the remedy must be by external con-
tact with each individual bug.
Perhaps the simplest of all reme-
dies for aphis and other leaf-eating
pests is as good as any. 1t consists
merely in dipping the tops into water
heated to 1e1 degrees Fahrenheit.
Another excellent remedy is to set the
pot into a pan of warm suds, made
from either naphtha, or tar soap or
pearline, and give the foliage thor
ough washing. In personal expert
ence these soaps, found in every
home. have proved as effective as the
whale-oil and other much advertised
soaps made for the special purpose.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23
THE COUNTRY CALENDAR
Practical Hints About THINGS to Do at This Season in Garden
and Greenhouse, the Orchard and the Poultry Yard.

plants, like cannas, are to be used,
the bulbs must be removed.
If green rations, as named above,
are not plentiful, it is a good plan to
SOW Swiss chard, the tops of which
may be cut frequently and which
grow out again in short time.
Before you put away incubators
and breeders for the season, give
them a thorough cleaning. 1t is a
good plan to wash them with boiling
water and some disinfectant and let
them dry in the sun.
Spray the poultry-house thoroughly
and often with kerosene or some
LIQUID lice-killer. The small orchard
ray-pump is very handy for this
purpose.
It is usually a practise with regard
to asparagus to stop cutting the
shoots when peas begin to mature.
Late cutting of shoots has tendency
to weaken the plants.
It is not too late in June to SOW a
row or two of beets in order that you
may have tender, succulent roots for
the fall.
The main crop of celery may be
planted in the next few weeks and
ordinarily 1t will do very well 10 fol-
low some of the early crops.
Bear In mind that celery, cabbage
and caulifiower are heavy feeders,
and will need a good deal of fer
tilizer.
If you SOW lettuce seeds late, place
them in flats in shaded places and
afterward transplant to the garden.
During hot weather, lettuce that has
garden does best. Pick out a heat
resisting variety if possible.
Sow green or wax beans for ten
days OF two weeks, In order to main
tain a succession. When the early
beans have finished bearing, burn
the vines, in order to prevent any i'll
results from fungus or insect pests.
Cucumbers and melons are warmth
loving plants and, If planted early
in June will mature almost as soon
as those which were put into the
STOulQ tdllitA Ia liic occioOhs
Be sure to watch the melons al
ready planted closely, so that you
may fight the striped beetle as soon
as it appears. 1t is a wise practise
to cover the melon vines with cheese
cloth boxes until they are tough
enough to withstand the ravages of
this pest.
Squashes need much the same at
tention as melons. If you would pre-
vent loss from the stem borer, cover
the joints of the squash vine here
and there with O little soil, so that
they can take root.
June is also not too late to plant
lima beans in the northern States.
Those of the tall varieties that are
already up should be trained on
poles.
In the northern States June is not
too late to plant some melon seeds
and, IL the fall is a late one, a very
good crop can be had.
Keep the ground about the onions
we'll stirred and free from weeds. II
onions have been sown in drills they
should be thinncd to four or five
inches apart.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

paris green to destroy this pest.
When the fruits are half grown use
hellebore for this purpose, SO that
there will be poison on the fruit when
1t natures.
If you would prevent mildew on
gooseberries, spray with potassium
sulphide, one-half ounce to a gallon
of water.
For a spray for cherries, peaches
and plums to prevent the brown rot,
dilute the home-boiled or commercial
concentrated solutions of lime sui
phur until the specific gravity is 1.0Q6.
The commercial solutions can be use
by diluting with water, one part to
sixty of water. For self-boiled lime
sulphur, use eight pounds of sulphur
and eight pounds of lime to fifty gall
Ions of water. The addition of arse
nate of lead is desirable.
Apple scab on apples and pears can
be prevented by the use Of the same
spray.
Raspberries, blackberries and dew
berries may be sprayed with Bore
deauX mixture to prevent anthrax.
nose. If the disease is already in the
old canes, nothing can Z be done to
remedy conditions.
If you have an old strawberry bed
that has borne two crops, pillow it up,
as usually 1t will not pay to keep 1t.
In the same ground plant some late
crops. Cabbage is good for this pur-
pose.
After the young strawberry bed
has borne its first crop it should have
a thorough cultivation. Pull up or
hoe out all weeds and keep the ground
clean the rest of the season.
AS the days begin to get hot see
that the brooders are kept in shady
places and that the chicks have an
abundance of water and green food.
If you have not provided shade for
the grown stock, do so at once.
AS soon as the breeding season is
over, remove the males from the
breeding yards. Keep the best for
another season and dispose of the
surplus.
1t is also a good plan to begin to
lWOTk or Ij1c less fdludDlC VI the nS1S.
BE sure to have an abundant supply
OF water. There is no more important
rule IT, he borne in mind during the
summer by poultrymen than this.
If you have no trees in the poultry
yard and cannot grow anything for
shade. provide an artificial shelter of
burlap hung over light frame.
Use The lawn clippings and refuse
from Inc garden for green food for
the chickens. They will need plenty
curing the warm weather, and it is
the cheapest kind of ration.
When the Towering bulbs have
sfn.sEcd blooming they may be fol-
lowed by bedding plants, such as
zinnlas, marigolds, pntunias or other
plants which arc shallow-Tootcd. or
course. where deep or largo-rcoted
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23
ASK THE QUESTION BOX"
What You Want to Know About Gardening Poultry and Gonns
try Problems Answered by Experts

This service full
n,e OF
address, Initials only
describe . eaSe) II
question G'e""s 0'-s
Newark, n. j.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23
hours in the field. s.S5.

In this table the investigators were
compelled on account of limited data
to average the three crops. 1t should
be remembered, however, that sweet
potatoes can be planted somewhat
more rapidly than cabbage, and to-
matoes a little faster than sweet po-
fatOeS
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

What is the best way OF extermin-
ating wild carrot? w. A. A.
Montclair
Wild carrot is a biennial. Either
pull it up by hand before the seed
natures, or cut Off the top root at
least three inches below the surface.
Clipping does no permanent good.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

NoIl's Catalog Of Seeds, Plants and Bu1bx
is 8 trustworthy guide for dependable vsrls@
ties. It contains 1i2 pages. with beautiful
Illustrations from photographs and ie q Book
OF valuable and reliable information wifh
many suggestions. The cataion will be lady
sent TO all who appreciate QUALITY In sae11.
A postcard will bring it.
]. F. NoLL & CO..
lis Ani6efry street. Nswerk y. =
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23
Planting Giadiola-

Planting Gladiola-
When is the best time to plant
gladioli bulbs2 j. 4.
Newark.
Right now. They may be planted
every two weeks up until July l. The
old rule is when all danger of frost
is past or when the apple is in
bloom" =
MiIdew en- Roses.
Please tell me what TO do for
mildew on rose bushes.
Morristown. MRS. l.. r
This is a fungus trouble affecting
many roses, especially the Crimson
Rambler, and is prevalent in moist
shady locations. Keep bushes trim
med, to let in sunlight and air, and
dust thoroughly every FIVE or ten
DAYS with flowers of sulphur
Ferns for the House
Which variety of fern is best for
household plants2 MRS. Mem.
Newark.
The well-known Boston fern is the
best all round variety.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

Large Hens and White Eggs.
Do any of the large breeds Of fowls
lay white eggs? {. +. n
East Orange.
There are very few heavy breeds OF
fowls which lay white-shelled eggs,
the principal ones being Houdans,
Minorcas and Dorkings, an English
breed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23
GOOD ADVICE

Be sure to provide stakes or trel-
Uses for the tomatoes. Where neith-
er is convenient. put down some
brush for the plants to run over.
This will keep the fruit cleaner and
drier and lessen the chances of rot.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

W utII lIIt pIhIIlIIIS Is uOIIt uy IHa-
chinery the two-man type Of planter
though slower, is usually preferred
to the automatic-feed type. This is
because the two-man type is con-
sidered more certain in placing seeds
in every hill and less likely. also,
to spread disease from one seed tuber
to another.
A normal days work in planting
sweet potatoes, cabbage and tomatoes
by hand, giving the average daily
acreage for designated crews and ad-
of row:
Net hours in the field. 9S5.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

Look out for currant worms on cur
rants and gooseberries They should
be sprayed with arsenate of lead or
paris green to destroy this pest.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

As soon as the spring Towering
shrubs have finished blooming they
should be pruned, but be sure that
YOU do not cut them back too heay-
lily. Take out any dead wood. This
win produce more growth and, OF
course, more flowers.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

All shoots from blackberries and
sraspberries should be pinched off, ex-
ccpting those that are needed for new
plants.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23
WHAT MAKESDAY
IN POTATO FIELD

According to data collected by the
Department of Agriculture, an or
dinarily industrious workman should
ut approximately eighteen to TWEEN
ty-two bushels of potatoes for seed
IN a ten-hour day. He should plant
by hand approximately Is acres.
These figures are included in the
results of a systematic Investigation
INTO what constitutes a normal DAVIS
work in various farm opera lions. In
some districts fifteen OF less bushels
are days work, but more extended
and complete studies in the large
potato districts show that an aver
age of fifteen bushels a day is too
low. To obtain this information the
specialists of the department obtained
actual figures iii a large number of
instances.
The following tables show what
should be done in cutting and plant
ing Irish potatoes.
A normal days work in cutting
potatoes for seed, giving the aver
age number of bushels per day for
cutting by hand and with cutter:
Net hours at work, 9.4S.
Method of Cutting. Cut Per Day.
Bushels
BY hand NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1900
with cutter ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1924
1t will be noticed that cutting by
machinery is vastly faster than cut
ting by hand, but despite this fact
only one practical grower in five uses
the cutter. The majority believe that
the extra time and expense involved
in hand cutting is offset by the GER
tainty of having an eye in each seed
piece. The following table shows the
time required to plant:
A normal days work in planting
Irish potatoes. giving the average
acreages reported and adjusted fac
tors for each method:
Net hours in the field, 9.5S.
No. of No. of Prt'd
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

Plan to sow some turnips for fall
use. They may well take the place OF
some of the earlier crops.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

plants, like cannas, are to be used,
the bulbs must be removed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23
Packing Eggs for shipping.

In shipping eggs for Matching which
end of the egg should be packed up?
Dover. H. r. L.
Always pack eggs with the large
end up. This allows more room for
the yolk, which rises, than does the
small end of the egg.
Nest Eggs.
Is it necessary to have nest eggs
in the hen house? MRS. W. d.
Newark.
Nest eggs are noh. necessary.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

Before you put away incubators
and brooders for the season, give
them a thorough cleaning. 1t is a
good plan to wash them with boiling
water and some disinfectant and let
them dry in the sun.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

The shrubs which should be pruned
in spring, after blooming, include
spirea, forsythia, lilac and weigela.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

If green rations, as named above
are not plentiful, it Is a good plan to
sow Swiss chard, the tops of which
may be cut frequently and which
grow out again in a short time.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

Spray the poultry-h house thoroughly
and often with kerosene or some
liquid lice-killer. The small orchard
spray-pump is very handy for this
purpose.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

1t is not too late in June to SOW a
row or two of beets in order that you
may have tender succulent roots for
the fall.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

When the fruits are half grown use
hellebore for this purpose, SO that
there will be poison on the fruit when
1t natures.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

The main crop of celery may be
planted in the next few weeks and
ordinarily 1t will do very well 10 fol-
low some of the early crops.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

In the northern States June is not
too late TO plant some melon seeds
and, IL the fall is late one, very
good crop can be had.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

1t is usually a practise with regard
to asparagus to stop cutting the
shoots when peas begin to mature.
Late cutting of shoots has a tendency
to weaken the plants.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

Keep the ground about the onions
we'll stirred and free from weeds. II
onions have been sown in drills they
should be thinncd to four or five
inches apart.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

Bear In mind that celery, cabbage
and caulifiower are heavy feeders,
and will need a good deal of fer
tilizer.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

When the Towering bulbs have
sfnsEcd blooming they may be fol-
lowed by bedding plants, such as
zinnlas, marigolds, petunias or other
plants which are shallow-footcd. OF
course. where deep or largo-rcoted
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

June is also not too late to plant
lima beans in the northern States.
Those of the tall varieties that are
already up should be trained on
poles.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

Irae The lawn clippings and refuse
from Inc garden for green food for
the chickens. They will need plenty
curing the warm weather, and it is
the cheapest kind of ration.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

If you would prevent mildew on
gooseberries, spray with potassium
sulphide, one-half ounce to a gallon
of water
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

If you SOW lettuce seeds late, place
them in flats in shaded places and
afterward transplant to the garden.
During hot weather. lettuce that has
a position in a shaded place in the
garden does best. Pick out a heat
resisting variety if possible.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

Apple scab on apples and pears can
be prevented by the use Of the same
spray.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

Squashes need much the same at
tention as melons. If you would pre-
vent loss from the stem borer, cover
the joints of the squash vine here
and there with a little soil, so that
they can take root.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23

If you have no trees in the poultry
yard and cannot grow anything for
shade. provide an artificial shelter of
burlap hung over n light frame.