DECIDUOUS PLANTS
Trees
and
Shrubbery
CAR
Should
Not Be Disturbed While
Showing Growth.
Deciduous plants %re ordinarily
moved when dormant or during the
period from a little before the leaves
drop in the autumn, until growth
starts in the spring. With extra care
they muy be moved at other times.
The secret of successful transplanting
is getting a good root growth started
before top growth makes too heavy
dnnands upon the roots.
In cool
moist cllmutes there Is not the eiune
care demanded as tn warmer or drier
ones.
If possible, pluuts should be
put In their |>ermunent places Immedi
ately. Otherwise, they should be put
In the ground temporarily to prevent
their drying out, states the United
Th« Successful Gardener Plante the Seeds in a Flat Tray, to Be Set .n
a Window on the Living Room Floor or In the Basement Where It le Warm
and Sunny.
Stable
Manure,
Soil
Crops, or Commercial Fer
Bright Sunshine.
tilizer Necessary.
A window box for starting early
vegetable plants will give the home
gardener from ten days to three weeks
advantage In earliness over his neigh
bor who does not have acme means of
starting early plants. Tomatoes, pep
pers, eggplants, cabbage, cauliflower
and lettuce are the crops that lend
themselves beet to starting early in the
house. It does uot matter what kind
of a box la used, but for convenience
16 should be about 3 or 4 Inches
The Home-Made Flat.
deep and of a size that will readily
fit into the window space. The box
can be set on a small table or on
special legs or supports.
One method of providing a window
box 1s described by the United States
Department of Agriculture.
Take a
soap box or some similar packing box
and saw it horizontally lengthwise Into
two sections. If the box Is too deep
for sawing through the center, two
cuts can be made, using the top of the
box with cover nailed on to form
the bottom tray and the bottom part
of the box for a second tray.
The
middle section which is cut out may
have a bottom nailed onto It, form
ing still another tray. Only one tray
will be needed 1 n the window at
first for the sowing of the seeds. Later
additional trays or flats, as they are
called, are required for transplanting.
One point of great importance in
starting early plants In the window
Is to see that they are not over wa
tered.
Another point is to turn the
box from time to time so that the
plants wiU not grow crooked and
drawn toward the window. A supply
of good soil should be stored In the
cellar or in some dry place in the au
tumn in order to have It available
along in February or March when it
is wanted for filling the window boxes.
This soil should J>e of a light loam
or sandy nature and the part used in
the transplanting trays should contain
a very little finely sifted manure well
mixed with the soil. The plants should
be shaded for a day or so and kept
well watered after transplanting, but
as the season advances the trays
should be carried into the open air
whenever it Is warm enough aad the
plants exposed to outdoor conditions
so that they will be sturdy and accus
tomed to the open air by the time it
Is safe to set them In the garden. Tn
removing the plants from the trays
for setting In the ground a knife or
trowel should be run between them so
that they may be lifted with a nice
block of earth adhering to their roots.
BEET CONTAINS IRON
The beet is said to be especially
valuable as an article of diet because
it contains a larger portion of lroa
jhan other vegetables.
Most farmers can spare enough
manure from their other crops to fer
tilize properly a one-fourth acre gar
den plot, but in some sections, espe
cially neur towns, manure is no longer
to be had in quantity and other means
must be found for fertilizing garden
soils.
In brief, states the United
States Department of Agriculture, at
least three methods of adding fertility
to the soil. First, by the application
of manure; second, by the use of soil
building crops, and, third, by commer
cial fertilizers. No one method is as ,
good as any two or the three cone
blned, and if we are to get the best
results from the use of commercial
fertiliser a reasonable amount of ma
nure or organic matter must be in the j
soil.
The amount of manure required will
depend entirely upon the soil Itself,
but very’ few cases are found where
the use of manure on gardens is being
overdone. The same might be said
about the turning under of manure
crops or soil building crops. Even the
weeds that grow upon the surface dur
ing the late summer, aside from their
seeds, are often valuable for working
into the soil. The method of applying
the manure will also depend upon lo
cal conditions, but as a rule manure
that has been piled and thoroughly
composted will give better results than
that which is in the raw state.
Too much cannot be said in favor
of the compost pile by means of which
equal parts of manure and soil or
sods, which are even better are piled
to rot. Tills compost heap should be
turned once or twice during the win
ter months and the material applied
to the garden as a top dressing dur
ing the spring. Ten tons of this kind
of material will not be too much for
Intensive Fertilization.
the ordinary one-fourth acre garden.
Commercial fertilizers are used for
adding plant food to the garden and
give best results when used in con
junction with stable manure or com
post. Commercial gardeners often w
as much as 4,000 [aiunds to the acre
for special crops like celery, but gen
erally speaking 400 or 500 pounds of
a fertilizer containing 3 or 4 per cent
Ditïogen, 8 per cent phosphoric acid
and 2 to 4 per cent potash, will be all
that Is needed on a one-fourth-acre
garden.
Fertilizers should be nse<l
most heavily on corn, potatoes, cab
bage and the root 'Tops and more
lightly on beans, peas and tomatoes.
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SHARP TOOLS
The majority of gardeners enjoy the
task more when the tools are sharp.
File the edge of your hoes and spades
before time to work in_tbe open.
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Service Brake*l'e<lal.
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Emergency Brake Hand ¡.ever.
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Timken Front Axle
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Spicer Universal Joints
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START THE PLANTS
SHOULD FERTILIZE
IN WINDOW BOXES
TO GET GOOD CROP
All Vegetable and Flower Seeds
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States Department of Agriculture. The
Soil must be so dry that there will |>e
no danger of its packing hurd enough
about the roots to bake or become
brickllke on drying, and will spring
upart again after being squeezed
tightly in the hand.
The holes should be dug sufficiently
wide to take all • the roots without
doubling them back, and deep enough
to set the plaDt a little deeper than It
grew before and still have 2 or 3
inches of gixid new soli under it. The
good top soil should be saved for put
ting back In the hole about the roots
of the plant, the sub-soil should be
taken away and be replaced by good
soil. Well rotted manure and ground
bene or cotton-seed meal may be lib
erally mixed with the earth about the
roots of the newly set tree. These
should be well mixed with the soil
but should not come In direct contact
with the roots.
The roots should be placed as near
ly In the position they grew as Is pos
I
sible, care being taken not to leave
them In layers without fine soli be
tween. "Hie plant should be gently
worked up and down to be sure there
Is no opening left under the place
from which the roots branch. After
I
the hole is partially filled, the soil
must be well tamped to bring the I
roots and soil into close contact with
one another. If the earth Is very dry i
water should be applied before the
hole Is finally filled. After It has
soaked away the balance of the soil
should be replaced but without any
I
tamp.ng or firming of any kind
When the work is done in the fall it
is well to make a mound about the
plant to prevent wind from swavlng
It and loosening it in the soli. This
mound about the tree should be used
only in fall transplanting and should
be leveled down as early as possible
In the spring. If the plnnt Is large
It should be securely staked to serve
the same purpose. Mulching with
coarse manure or straw will aid In
cold countries by preventing frost
from penetrating the ground so deeply
and In dry countries by holding moist
ure.
The top of the plant must be pruned
somewhat In proportion to the amount
of roots that were destroyed In dig
ging. This usually means that one-
half of the top should be cut away
when the plant has been well dug nnd
handled and three-fourths or more If
it has been poorly handled. As far as
possible this should be done by re
moving whole limbs or branches
rather tlinn by cutting back the end*,
in order that the general shape or
character of the plant may be kept.
Tl Is often a help In protecting the
roofs from drying ont too rapidly and
naslstlng them In coming In Immediate
close contact with the soil to dip them
In very dilute clay and cow manure
just before planting, or even in dilute
clay alone.
EGG SHELL SEED POT»
Half egg shells make good seed pots
In which to -tart cucumbers.
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