Evening star., 1915-11-07
All Around the Place.

All Around the Place.
Tulips, narcissi and hyacinths may be
grown in all parts of Maryland. Vir-
ginia and the District of Columbia
| where the temperature falls low
enough to cause the soil to freeze for
several weeks during the winter. the
flowers. among the very earliest 10
bloom in the spring, make most de-
| sirable addition to the attractiveness or
any farm or suburban home. Although
| they are usually grown in beds or
borders, better effects may be obtained
If the bulbs are planted among the
| shrubbery and allowed to become nat
| uralized in a permanent location.
The latter part of October or early
bulbs. Any we'll drained. light. loamy
| soil will do, but soil that is SANDY Will
give better results than one which IS
| composed of clay. In heavy SOILS IL Is
advisable to place layer of SAND under er
! the bulbs; in very heavy soils 1t is
best to surround the bulbs with SAND
to insure drainage. Although rlcn
| soils give best results, fresh manure
should never come in contact with the
| bulbs; where the soil does need fert1-
| lizer at time of planting add only we'll
| rotted manure or compost. Dig up the
soil to depth of eight to ten inches ana
| prepare it thoroughly. Rake the beo
| SO as to leave it in a rounded shape
| so as to shed water.
Tulips should be planted four inches
, deep. while hyacinths and narclssl
should be planted six inches deep. BE
| sure to measure to the top of the bulb
| In order to secure uniformity IN time
| of blooming 1t will be necessary to
have bulbs of the same size ana 10
plant them at a uniform depth. After
| over the bed or border with several
| inches of straw manure. This should
| be removed in the spring when danger
OF severe freezing Is over
Bulbs increase in number in much
| the same way as potatoes, and for
| this reason they need to be dug up
| and replanted occasionally. In the
case of tulips this will become nee
essary in about three years, and with
other bulbs about five.
Bulbs planted in the sod on the lawn
are very attractive. If this is done they
should be hit and miss. an irregula:
here and there. just as one would f1nd
wild flowers. This is especially pretty
for the small flowers The tops Will dle
down soon after blooming, and nothing
following spring. Tulips show to best
advantage when they have pack-
ground of shrubbery.
There will be much spoiled hay this
season because of the excessive rains
that have interfered with hay harvest
With some farmers 1t may be prob
lem what to do with this spoiled hay
BY all means do not burn 1t. Where 1t
is not so badly spoiled as to be inju-
tn or
salted and fed. There is much feeding
value in it If stock can be induced TO
eat 1t, and what is not eaten can be
used as bedding and thus be maze INTO
manure Rather than burn this hay
sea tier it over the fields that are to be
p1owed for corn next spring. In this
way the fertilizing value would not pe
lost.
To keep the fertility of clay soils 1t
is necessary to add considerable vege-
ia BILE matter. This is best done by using
all available manure and in addition pv
turning under an occasional second crop
of clover or other legume. Even in the
natural state clay soils rarely contain
much humus. The supply of phosphorus
lis also limited and should be increased
by the addition of phosphate fertilizer
to supplement ths farm manure
To keep the separator clean is one or
, the most important things to DO. A
separator that is only little 1oui VIII
| impregnate with bacteria the next mix
! and cream, usually to their detriment
| 1t is desirable to remove the ahlii1ai
heat frem the milk as soon as posslbi
after 1t Is drawn. and ice is usualls
recommended. On the farm, however, 1t
| is often not practicable to store ice,
but the same purpose can be served a
very little expense by putting the h'i,h
! as soon as drawn into cooling tank
! hntt n
and the watering troughs so that all
| the water passes through it Will keep
the cream or milk at low temperature
until ready for delivery A concrete oox
can be made on the farm tnae VIII seiSI :
| excellently for this purpose 1t should
| be provided with cover and shaded 10
| keep the water cool when the pump IS
| not running. There are also several
forms of wooden and galvanized meta
tanks for this purpose on the market;
Some of these are now insulated ana
| covered so that they retain the 10"
Itemperature for some time.
! Following are some hints from a good
housekeeper on things to serve and how
| to serve them, and on how to combine
vegetables with other items that go to
| make up the dinner:
| For dinner salads use only the simpie
green salads with French dressing.
| Serve tomatoes in some form with
| veal.
| Serve caper sauce only with mutton.
with roast lamb serve mashed pota-
| toes, green peas or string peans ana
mint sauce.
| with roast chicken serve mashed po-
| tatoes. onions and a sour Jelly.
| Anv vegetable harmoniZes with beef
with roast beef serve potatoes baked
| in the pan and a sweet watermelon OF
peach pickle.
| With roast pork serve baked pota-
| toes. a green vegetable and sour ap-
| pie sauce.
| with broiled steak serve creamed po-
| tatoes and crisp fried vegetable like
egg plant.
| tatoes.
mashed or roasted in the pan with the
| meat.
| In selecting ten ears of corn for exhi-
| bition the first thing to remember is
| that the sample will be judged as a
whole: and not in part on the merits OF
few exceptionally good ears. TWO or
three unusually fine ears cannot
| make up for the deficiency of the rest
of the Sample. They will bring out
more prominently the poor qualities OF
the other ears and therefore detract
from. rather than add to. the appear
ance of the sample.
Uniformity should be one of the prln-
| cfpaI considerations In selecting corn
| for exhibition. Have every ear IKE
| every other ear. in shape, size, charac-
| Ter ~ kernel! color of cob and in shade