. Biggle garden book; vegetables, small fruits and flowers for pleasure and profit. pported,top and sides, six feet high, and leaves the netting therepermanently. Crows and blackbirdsfrequently pull up planted corn, andpigeons are fond of peas, etc. Scare-crows are of little use. The best pre-ventive is to tar the seed, as follows:Put the seed into a pail and pour onenough warm water to cover it. Adda teaspoonful of coal tar to a peck, and stir well. _ Throw the seed out on scarecrows are of a sieve or m a basket to dram, little use and then stir in a few handfuls of land plaster (gypsum), or
. Biggle garden book; vegetables, small fruits and flowers for pleasure and profit. pported,top and sides, six feet high, and leaves the netting therepermanently. Crows and blackbirdsfrequently pull up planted corn, andpigeons are fond of peas, etc. Scare-crows are of little use. The best pre-ventive is to tar the seed, as follows:Put the seed into a pail and pour onenough warm water to cover it. Adda teaspoonful of coal tar to a peck, and stir well. _ Throw the seed out on scarecrows are of a sieve or m a basket to dram, little use and then stir in a few handfuls of land plaster (gypsum), or air-slaked lime. Do not pour thetar on the dry seed. (In this place let me say that nearlyall birds are beneficial to the garden in some way—crows eatfield mice, and birds in general eat many insects that doharm. Toads, also, are friends of the gardener, because ofthe many insects they devour. Never kill or drive away atoad. Lady-bugs or lady-birds are friends, too; they eat thetiny lice that suck a plants juices. Bees are beneficial, forthey help the pollination of blossoms.). CORRECT WAY TO USE AN ASPARAGUS KNIFE. BY PUSHING DOWN,SLANTWISE, THE CUT IS MADE WITH LEASTDANGER TO OTHER STALKS Chapter VI ASPARAGUS. RHUBARB. HORSERADISH Spring is almost at hand, hut do not he too hasty tobegin outdoor operations. Wait until the soil is sufficientlydry and warm. Nothing is gained hy heing in too great arush.—Farmer Vincent. SPARAGUS is a hardy perennial,which, when well started and caredfor, should produce annual cropsfor twenty or more years. I havelearned that the plants prefer a deep,well-enriched, loamy, moist but notwet, soil. Heavy clays are to beavoided; the ideal soil is a light,sandy loam. A sheltered spot with a sunny exposurehelps to bring an early crop. Spade or plow theground deeply. Many writers insist that trenching,two feet deep, is necessary, but very good results areobtained with a working of only about half thatdepth. Subsoiling after plowing is the ideal meth
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