Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-21

should be at their pest now.
Cabbage. il stored in the cellar
zaould be gone over frequently.
Vow is good time to make up a
hst OF trees and shrubs to order Tor
planting next season.
If the ground is not frozen too deep,
tulips may still be planted or peonies
sci out
Good bulbs have been cheap this
year, and should be more used Tor
winter flowers and plants.
Strawberries should be covered with
from four to six inches OF clean straw
10 protect them over the winter.
Hyacinths make one of the best
potted bulbs. Put one in a four-ineh
pot or two or three IN six-inch pot
Clematis paniculato Is one Of the
pretty fall towering vines, Its white
blossoms are much appreciated lac IN
the season.
Flowerng shrubs are more useful
about the home yard than ANNALS or
perennials. as they do not REQUIRE 50
much care.
Now is q good time to give the gar
den its final cleaning. \ clean garden
now means fewer insects next spring.
some of the berries SHRUBS. such as
barberry and wahoo, make sood
bouquet material now, II they have
plenty OF berries.
save a good supply Of leaves in
some out-of- the-Way place, ana let
them decay. Leaf mold is OF much
value when pottlns plants, and IL
lower beds.
Clean straw is much better to uss
for covering strawberries and pc en-
mails than straw manure, since i Is
not so apt to smother the plants when
snow settles on IL.
Gamma, gladiolus, dahlia an. ether
Towering bulbs must be looked after
occasionally during the winter. TneY
must not be allowed to start 5row.a
or to dry and shrivel.
Ferns should be looked after closely
now. They should not become TOO dry
or too wet. The air Of most living
rooms is too dry. for the best develop
ment Of the fern.
The day before shipping live fowls
feed hard grain.
After rnoulting, a little mihseed
meal Is a fine thing 10 round out q
good poultry ration.
Don't forget box OF fine, cry dust
FIR win Use I'm hen I1.1-sp
Meat in soma form must be feo
poultry at least awice q week. also
green food, il yau want results.
The best fatiea.ag grains Tor tuT-
keys are corn, NAeat and cats. An
occasional iced of barley is beneficial.
although turkeys 90 not always take
kindly to it.
Have a light poultry house, admit
ting plenty OF fresh air without pro-
dueing direct drafts O. air. The
germs of most diseases cannot live in
fresh air or very strong light.
Have from eight inches 70 a foot o.
leaves or straw on the chicken house |
door, and feed whole grain in this lit
rer II straw is used it viii be neces-
sary to stir it up occasionally, to pre-
vent packing.
Sunshine IS absolutely necessary
for the health and vigor Of the lay
ing hen. Low windows should be set
so that the sun will shine into every
part of the house during some part
Of the day. Roosts should be placed
on level and not too high, as the
hens are apt to inJure themselves
either by crowdipg, falling or flying
against a projection about the house.
Push the ploughing in fair weather.
Better get some protection about
the young trees.
Cracks ought not to take the place
of ventilators.
This is a good time to provide bed
ding for the horses.
Save the middle grains OF the finest I
ears of corn for seed.
Anyone who tries 10 get along |
without a good sponge in his stable, |
does not realize what he misses.
If all OF the garden space is to
grow profitable crops, no large trees
must stand closer than thirty to fifty !
feet from the garden fence.
Prune out old canes. or raspberries |
and blackberries and burn them /
Thin the hills to three or four shoots |
Cultivate and add some manure to
the soil.
The hens must be fed and fed lib
orally if one expects eggs ia large
quantities, especially winter eggs.
The balanced ration is the ration
for hens as well as for cows, and it
Is the cheapest Any ration that
contains an excess. Of any particular
food will be fed at d loss. The safest