Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-05
THE COUNTRY CALENDAR
Practical Hints About Things Do at This Season in Garden
and Greenhouse the Orchard and the Poultry Yard.

For some years past a number OF
dairymen in Australia have adopted
The practice Of blanketing cows dur
ing wet and cold weather. The re-
suits in every case are spoken Of as
being highly satisfactory. When
COWS are kept warm the food they
consume, instead of being utilized to
maintain bodily heat, is largely de-
voted 10 the production of milk, and
in this way the dairyman realizes d
large profit on the very small outlay
required To provide blankets for his
cattle in cold weather.
There is no better time to prune the
grape vines than right now. Most
gardeners have the leisure to attend
TO this work, as there is no danger OF
the vines bleeding, as would be the
case II pruned IN the early spring.
Prunings from grape vines made nov
can be used for cuttings, if you wish
more plants.
If YOU haze been thinking Of doing
some grating in the spring, you must
select the eions; tie them in bundles,
label them, pack in damp sand or
moss and store in u cool place.
Why not do your pruning of fruit
trees? There is no better time than
the present and you will be glad when
the spring rush comes for this sug-
gestion.
The asparagus beetle has nearly de-
stroyed the asparagus industry IN
some localities. Many remedies have
been suggested, among them apply
la 70 in
the fall, after the tops and bed have
| been burnt over with another liberal
application of lime in the spring.
! Where the COW or horse is inclined
| to eat too rapidly for pefect masti-
| cation of grain scatter the feed out
well in the trough and mix several
cobs, sticks or any clean articles with
| it. which viii cause the animal to
| lose much time and take smaller bites
in showing the obstacle around to Sc
! cure a mouthful.
| Mulch tho soil around all newly
| planted trees. This viii help them
| through the winter. The mulch need
not be applied until the ground has
| frozen.
Be sure to provide some green food
/ for the poultry now. Alfalfa meal
makes an admirable diet for the
fowls during cold weather.
] Spray a light solution of carbolic
F, acid over the walls of the poultry
house occasionally. This will tend to
prevent lice and disease germs.
! One important thing to remember
/ III connection with poultry is that
they must have fresh water always
| before them. Try to give them q
supply often. especially in freezing
weather.
| Scatter the grain in d deep litter
these cold days in order to make the
| fowls work for their food and give
them sufficient exercise.
! Chopped vegetables and cut greea
bone may be added to the poultry ra.
! ton now. Beef scrap or meat meal
and table scraps are good. Some.
poultrymen feed bran in open hop
pers
Look out FOR sickness in the flock
| during the cold weather, when they
are SO closely confined. Remove to
separate quarters any bird that shows
signs of dropping. Give the poultry
plenty of fresh air. The muslin-front
house is the ideal proposition. You
must avoid draughts and dampness,
however, if you would have healthy
flock.
As the weather grows colder corn.
may be fed much more literally than
during the summer. During the win
| ter months many poultryrnen make
| EVERY GARDEN REQUISITE
! ALSO
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