Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-15
THE COUNTRY CALENDAR
Practical Hints About Things to Do at This Season in Garden
and Greenhouse, the Orchard and the Poultry Yard.

or all the important things from
a money point Of view for young
people To learn the growing and ham
ding of poultry is the greatest. This
may seem to be a rather broad state
ment at first, although at second
thought you will find It TO be true.
Some young persons raised on the
farm may not live on the farm after
they grow up and begin life for them
selves. It matters not where you
may live or what you may work at
after you are grown you Will likely
want to keep at least a small flock
OF chickens, and you will want them
to do well and pay their yay. All
know thai chickens and some other
poultry are profitable animals TO
grow and keep, if they are handled
well.
II all parties using the public roads
owned wide-tired wagons the roads
IN the main would be in a much bet
ter condition. as has been demonstrate
ed in sections where such wagons are
now in general use. Not only does
the use Of wide tired wagons mako
and maintain a smoother road sur
face, but such wagons run easier and
do less damage in fields and on the
farm in general.
Land that will produce excessively
heavy crops is full II rich plant foods
in such q form that the growing crops
can readily take up the plant foods
for growth. A tract Of newly cleared
timberland. covered with rotten
leaves, rotten logs, rotten stumps of
trees and brush, is fertile land, but
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Good crops cannot pe grown on Sucn
land till the soil and its coverings are
turned and stirred TO mix the surface
fertilizers
Almost any soil is improved by deep
and thorough stirring. yet soil filed
with manure and other organic mat
ter is benefited more in proportion.
The point IS that in stirring soil for
profit there must be something in the
s1il TO make il worth while TO stir. |
II pays well TO mix the soil much If |
there is something in the soil to be |
mixed. The commonest kind of land |
can be built up and be made wonder |
fully productive IL it is heavily man.
ured, treated with needed commercial
fertilizer and then all eternally mixed
together.
The danger of crowding colonies of
Andalusians and other
fancy breeds is not so great in the
early spring as in the winter, but in
warm weather it is fatal to keep too
many in a pen or range. Weed out
the weaklings and dispose of them,
and give the best specimens a better
chance.
To have June chicks mature for
egg production in December keep
them in colonies by themselves, with
he freedom of a shady range. Feed
all through July and August with
grain diet of wheat, hulled and
cracked oats and a mash of fine
ground oats, fine corn meal and
wheat middlings.
Poultry need shade. Young chicks
exposed to the hot sun all day will
have their constitutions
weakened and many will die. If trees
are not handy provide cheap canvas
coverings stretched on stakes. Good
food, plenty of fresh, cool water and
shade, clean perches at night and
protection from the older hens should
make the young ones grow rapidly
through the hot season.
To get rid of crab grass in a lawn,
cut it by hand. As I. is an annual
It need not be dug out by the roots,
but simply cut to prevent it from
going TO seed. The lawn mower does
not cut it at ALL as a rule.
Vegetable protein does not take the
place of animal protein foods for
poultry. Cottonseed meal is objec-
as 1t gives the egg yolks a
greenish color and is injurious If fed
in large amounts. Pea meal and peas
are rich in protein and a splendid adj
dition to the ration.
August Is a good cleaning-up time
Brush that is cut now is less likely
to sprout next year, and weeds can
be. mown before the seed-pods ma
ture.
You can divide and transplant
peonies by the end of August
Slow primroses. cinerarias and
for next winters inside
window boxes.
Start cuttings of geraniums and
heliotrope In coarse sand. When |
rooted transplant Co small pots.
For bloom in the cold frame next
April SOW English daisy and pansy
seed now.
A number of bulbs should be plant
ed now. Spanish iris, Madonna and |
other lilies, Roman hyacinths.
freesias, etc.
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will flower in September.
Water the tree hydrangeas more |
thoroughly than most other things to |
insure good flowers.
August is a good time to gather the |
seeds Of native plants especially the |
spring wild flowers.
To insure continuity of bloom. |
pick the seed-pods and withered |
flowers from everything In the garden. |
Carnations, dahlias, gladioli, rud- !
beckia and cosmos should be staked !
securely. Raffia is better than Irvine |
to use in tying them.
Newly planted privet hedges may
require watering 1t is also good |
practice to keep the ground worked at
the roots to conserve moisture. To
get thick hedge cut back three
inches every time it grows six.
Shrubbery that is not making sat
isfactory growth may be helped along
with liquid manure.
All coops should often be moved to
fresh ground, to insure for mother
hen and poults protection from YER
min.
Give the chickens all the lawn
clippings and waste leaves of vege-