New Britain herald., 1927-01-03

Seeds for the Home and Market
Garden"
Three other suggestive bulletins
are relative to the poultry industry
one deals with poultry house con-
struction, another marketing eggs
poultry.
The care and management of
dairy cows. practical hog houses,
lettuce growing in greenhouses,
/ blackberry growing. are further
topics to enumerate.
Rural planning is Interestingly dis
cussed in Bulletin 1441. This re-
fleets the country wide effort 10
make our rural communities more
beautiful. Under the heading, types
of planned features in villages, rail-
way trolley, waterfront and road
entrances. are taken up in success
sion. followed by schemes for the
layouts of streets, parks and COM
mons, and the architecture and
adaptability Of public buildings.
/ Bulletins are devoted TO the
planting and growing of trees.
Among these might be enumerated
l4S2 on. Trees for Roadside Planting.
No. 1853 on. Growing and Planting
Conifcrous Trees on the Farm and
No. 1881. Planting the Roadside.
Pamphlets on Strawberry diseases,
diseases Of raspberries and black
/ berries. apple scald, and its control,
further testify TO the wide range of
work OF the d 'partment.
| Bulletin 1871 Is on Breeds of Dogs
and Is well illustrated and replete
with. valuable information on the
characteristics and points" of the
various types.
For TIE garden lover, there is
particularly fine group of helpful
bulletins. No. 1881 "Herbaceous
Perennials" devotes 80 pages to such
topics as gardens and borders, beds
among shrubbery, naturalized plant
| ings; rock, wall and wild gardens
and propagation. There is 4 useful
chapter on regions with similar
growing conditions, and an index of
common names completes the pam
phlet.
The problem of insect enemies of
the flower garden is fully taken up
in Bulletin 1895. This covers the
preparation and use of insecticides.
There are discussions of insects that
eat plant tissues and insects that
suck plant juices, then follows chap
! tiers on miscellaneous and soil pests.
No. 1906 on garden irises presents
at once lovely picture to the mind
and one is further rewarded upon
perusal. Here may be found sur
vcy of botanical types, including
bearded, crested and dubious irises,
chapters upon landscape and garden
uses. Propagation and hybridiza-
ton are fully treated and diseases
and insect pests are not overlooked.
1t is a particularly useful pamphlet
for the garden enthusiast.
But these Farmers bulletins cover
an even wider field than their name
would indicate, for they go quite
extensively into the realm of home
economics. There is excellent ma
terial on the feeding and care of
young children. Home baking (No.
1850 has on its cover a tempting
loaf of home made bread, fast be
coming a luxury in this age of
bakers
No. 1871 on Canning Vegetables,
furnishes practical processes, all SO
simply stated as to be useful TO the
inexperienced housckeeper. Making
and using cottage cheese, and fer
mentcd pickles. again show the wide
range of usefulness of the pam
phlets.
There are valuable aids on house
building written to help those who
have to consider expense. Bulletin
1913 is on convenient kitchens and
is practical In its suggestions for the
woman doing her own work. This
is we'll illustrated and includes a
large number Of possible layouts.