Emmons County record., 1918-10-10
ORCHARD AND, GARDEN,

ORCIlARDs4 AN ~ S11Alhli
4 Save pleaty Of seed corn and seed
potatoes for next years planting.
Apples keep well wrapped in paper
ana. stored in n clean csllar where
tlrsro arc noeodors
Apples will keep if they,.are picked
,areeully from the trees and wrapped
immediately in paper and placed in
hoxcs In cool cellar. Rough hand
ling causes quick delay.
Fail plowing disturbs many insects
and weed seeds in the, garden conse-
quently they do not come back next
season. Assa rnle tlss land can be
used earlier If fall ploweh.
/ lit is best to feed liquid manure to
Iplants after they have been watered
with clear water as they are likely
fb tREe th sliddaiid iarhe up too
rapidly. .s
Rutabagas cut il. two and hung in
+! the chicken house make good green
feed for the chickens during the win
tter. Mangles large 3beets and cabbage
are also good.
Euonymus OF Wahoo and Japanese
barherry fruits smake good table dec
Iorations at this time of the year.
Other plants with bright colored bsr-
[ries are the wild rose and thornapple.
Well rotted dow manure around
chrysanthemuns plants make good
mulch or it.rnay he put in water ana
Ethe liquid used once i week for water
ing the plants.
The commercial tobacco prepara-
tions will keep in check the green and
black aphis found in chrysans,emums
at this time of the year. Tobacco
tea is easily made by soaking stems
in water until the liquid is the colo>
of strong tea. Spray this over the
plants as often al insects are found
lon them, It is of course desirable to
spray the plants with clean water Is
or, 20 hours after using thes tobacco
water.
Trim and lay down the grape vines,
Fready for covering as soon;as the
ground begins to freeze
/, Good celery can only be obtained
'lby liberal supply of moisture food
and careful blanching.
/ Cover roses with either ;soil or
straw taking particular pains!to keep
them dry during tho winter.
4 Tulips hvacirths daffodils and cro-
cuses planted at this time of the year
will give a variety of flowers in the
window garden next spring.
| A good collection Of butternuts
walnuts and other hon:e grown nuts
/, should be made at this time. Thes.
rroperly drisd and stored will be
NH anpr.ci9ted d'rinr tho winter.
| Plant outdoor t,lirs about three
-ches deep in well drained land. If
'ha b''''>- ~---ct +, caI-:.,-j barore
the rrrund freezes it is we'll to cover
the h2d with sraw to nrovont Freezing
until tho bulbs are p',-t-d.
In order to ret eooG saei of sweat
cdrn o. ronccrn It musA NJ t-iorc,r.,-
'-- dr'ed hNfors it Is subject r., co,d
Hanging in IN opcn warm -entilatel
room or shed O. even outdoor, on
bright days is good way to ar
icor'olish this.
Prt good supn'v Of ri-', eo-den
soil IN the basement O.. cel-,r wi,ar,
it VIII rot frceZ. I'D ,vl,o-., is --.;', be
available for use in sowing sced and
making the hotbed next spr:nc..
It IS said t'''tt oak lcaves az. r--c,-
did matcr;al for .etori-~ vcr-4oblos in
o"''' winter. The le-ves fro-, ~,
soft maplc and basswcod aro zoo 1~,.
md collect moisture too casilv. On-v
. dry coarse leaves are desirable for
this purpose.
Mary Of. bh, Garden. flowers sur,
y Ferarfnris nicotiiana pet.niss ard
othars may be'lifted and grown until
a7riy winter. in. the house. Their
'aces may be taken in lat. winter
and early spring by judiciors sa!ec-
.on of Towering bulbs. These all
:. nrove especially valuable for uso in
lick rooms.