The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29
FARM, CREDITS IMPORTANT PART
OF FINANCING IN GERMANY

could answer. Possibly some one who
tried this first thought Of school gar
dens. Anyway. school gardens are a
great success where properly con-
Quoted and are increasing at such a
rapid rate that 1t is difficult to keep
4 record OF their progress.
California is one of the States lead
ing in the encouragement Of schoo'
gardens and the city of Los Angeles
will devote about eighteen acres q
and in vacant lots to school gardens
The interest Of the 10000 children
working in the gardens has been sufii-
cient to encourage the city to devote
t35. 900 to the undertaking. employ
ing many teachers, with a superin-
tendent to take charge Of the work
In many schools throughout the
United States and Canada agriculture
is now one OF the regular school
courses.
The city OF Cleveland. Ohio. Is
credited with starting the present
school garden movement. New York
city Is in line owing to the deter
mined energy OF n woman. Mrs. Henry
Parsons. now a member of the school
board. Philadelphia has special gar
den teachers and so have other cities,
and the Federal Government Is en-
c%ouraging the movement.
School gardens give the children ex-
ercise in the open air at the time
1t Is needed. II is a welcome relaxa-
ton from the d~rudgery of book
learning and captures the interest.
as gardening is a practical Illustration
of how things are actually done. and
because every garden plot and the
result OF every students work differs
az greatly as "a school garden does
from another. Members of school
boards who are not familiar with this
work will do well to obtain the facts
from the boards OF education where
school gardens are In operation.
Holland nurserymen use a machine
for packing trees. rolling them up
into bundles. covering them with straw
and tieing up the bundles. This work
IS all done by hand In America.
Where magnolias thrive there Is
ll'NiiAik DiVit Sll'NA NldH Nut 'HlIlfSt
varieties. The flowers appear in the
spring, with the tulips and crocus. be-
fore the leaves come ut. Spring is
a better time than autumn for plant
ing m~agnolias. The mistake of
planting magnolias in autumn Is fire.
quently made,
II Ia reported that creosote will
drive away ants, rats. mice and other
troublesome little animals and Insects.
\ few small creosoted wood blocks
scattered about where the unwelcome
guests are troublesome. it is said,
will do the business.
In setting out orchards this fall
keep them up on h hills and out of
the valleys.
The bank along the shore OF the St.
Lawrence River changes in charac-
ter at B~rockville, on the Canadian
side, and below that point. nearly to
Prescott. is almost perpendicular, over
grown with vines. wild flowers and
,eedar trees, growing from the small
crevices in the rock. The modest nat
ural beauty contrasts wonderfully
with the shores OF the various islands
around Alexandria Bay. laid out in
beds OF various Towering and foliage
plants. the entire shore in some places
completely covered with flowers.
The water OF the st. Lawrence is
as clear as a crystal. and when the
sun ~ at Just the right angle the
rocky bottom Of the river bed can be
seen down many feet. The water
looks as though it was purity itself
and yet, owing To the reckless care.
; lessness of man. every drop Of that
clear crystal IL dangerous. Like the
waters Of all the great lakes. tn,
beautiful st. Lawrence is polluted b,
the sewage emptyinE into il from tn,
! various towns and residences alonl
its banks. and ms n result typhoic
is everywhere along the river wher,
it's water is used for drinking pur
= poses. n strange To say. PRACTICAL!
rvcrywherc along the river II IL tn
= only water to he had.
The American Peat Society vii
Q hold it's ninth annual ~conclave al DE
4 troit, Mich, an September 90, 81 an,
-. Every one interested i'm convert
ing the swamp lands of America int,
Q green meadows M fertile farms q
8 using them for making cheap fuel
gas, fertilizers, stable litter and othe
= products is invited to attend.
The Hotel Statler will he the head
quarters and meeting place of tn
society. julius Bordollo. K~ingshridge
New York city. is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The dues are s. a year, which in
> cludes a subscription to the Journd
' Of the AmcricdH Peat Society, pub
' lished monthly, edited by Prof. Charlie
u A. Davis, Washington, ID. c.
70 Cultivation in orchards should b
= discontinued and a cover crop sown.
1 DO not permit any weeds to go &
:, seed. Better not to permit the see,
:, pods to form. &c carefully over tn
- garden and clear out every weed; ol
, farms the weeds that grow along tn
fences before the seeds scatter, max
Z ing The crops go much fouler and tn
= wedding so much harder neXt year.
lf there is a compost heap, som
t gardeners carry all refuse from vege
q tables and add them to the compost
II permitting them to thoroughly rot he
d fore they are used again, Some main
t.i, thnt thfa a. hon, 90. 80. l.