| Show HOMEMADE HAND cultivator i how one farmer made the garden work an easy task I 1 made a band cultivator which does good work in the garden writes a correspondent ot the farm and home old plow handles a may be used but they will need splicing aa shown at b to five feet long the hoe or scraper Is shown at c this handy garden tool should be made ot a piece ot tern steel and brought to a sharp edge I 1 used a plow wheel but one can be made of two inch boards fas bened together then cut on a circle and a piece of band iron put on for a tire CHERRY TREE SLUG how it can be easily killed by poison sprays the colorado station gives this ad vice for treating the cherry and pear tree slug the slugs feed so freely upon the surface of the leaves that they are heyy easily killed by any of the arsenical poisons such as arsenate of lead ot lime or carls green applied in moderate strength one pound of the arsenate of lead to each 25 gallons of water or one pound of the carls green to gallons of water will make a preparation of suf strength to promptly destroy this insect sometimes it Is necessary to make an application when cherries or plums are nearly grown when it la not advisable to cover the fruit with an arsenical poison in this case one can use white hellebore in water in the proportion of one ounce to three gallons if tho hellebore Is used it Is a little better to apply towards evening try to distribute the spray as evenly and thoroughly as possible to all the leaves of tho tree without using enough to cause ib to run oil to any great extent where only a few trees are to bo treated one may use air slacked lime or fine road dust throw ing the dust very freely over the sur face of the leaves this remedy Is not quite so effectual as the preceding but can often be used with entire sat cUon TRAINING TOMATOES method by which the fruit can be kept from rotting the best method I 1 ever tried Is to train them to a stake this Is a safeguard against rot as it keeps the fruit off the ground I 1 cut stakes from sap lings 2 inches in diameter and five to six feet long choosing those with small branches all the way up the branches are left about four inches long stake tho plants as you have time after they are set out when they are one foot tall tie them to the stakes with good strong twine and with some assistance later on they will find support and cling to the branches occasionally casio nally continues the writer in farm and home some will not take hold and you will have to tie them higher on the stake this plan could not be followed in field cultivation but in a small family garden it works like a charm they should be given continuous cultivation all through the season if you want plenty of fruit IMPROVING A GARDEN HOE it Is made by cutting out part of the center the accompanying illustrates a western farmers idea of what he re gards as a very handy garden tool As Is quite true ha states that it is sometimes necessary la cult 1 v a U h g small plants to loosen the ground on each side of the row for this work says the home stead the hoe above in which Is cut out a circular piece of blade Is a first class tool GARDEN AND ORCHARD the grape vine that Is permitted to develop too much vine and leaf will bear little fruit cabbage worms are easily con strolled trolled it taken in hand promptly mix one ounce fresh persian insect powder with four gallons water and or sprinkle tho plants I 1 find it a good plan to sow cowpeas or a mixture of equal parts red and crimson clover in the garden at last cultivation of corn potatoes melons and such crops they make a great growth aud add much humus to the coll plant trees it you would make your home at have an orchard or fruit gar den the man who plants trees gets hla pay day by day and at the same time hullda a monument which will stand long after he Is dead h ya |
