August 1922

A CHAT WITH THE PUBLISHER

I WISH I could show all of you Fruit, Garden and Home readers the splendid letters which have come into the office concerning the July issue. If you could read them and note the excellent spirit which they voice, I am sure you would be as full of enthusiasm for the future as we all are here in the office.

How Landscaping Made a Real Home

Expenditure of $1500 Returned $3500 In Increased Sale Values

Getting a Real Backyard for $25

The Results Are Not Always Measured by the Money Spent

How a Peony Grew Into $60,000

A Missouri Boy Found a Fortune in a Root, and Grows Forty Acres of Them

Short Cuts In Refurnishing

Renovations That May Be Undertaken During Fall Housecleaning

Consider Celery

John Cencott, an Indian Gives Blanching Pointers

Lawn Building in the Fall

Springtime Is Not Always the Best Seedtime

Keeping Your Vegetables In Winter

Proper Storage Facilities Are Necessary For Every Garden

August Reminders

Potted House Plants set outdoors during the summer often suffer for lack of sufficient moisture. Then we fall into the habit of turning the garden hose on them, or watering from a sprinkling can. This is a grave mistake. Always water potted plants from the bottom by setting the pot in a receptacle full of water and allow to remain until top soil is thoroly saturated. This draws the roots down, where they belong.

You Can Save Those Friendly Trees

Before Cutting Down Those Trees Read This Suggestive Article

TO PLANT IN AUGUST

Direct From Farm To Consumer

The "Home Hamper" Solves Problem and Makes Everybody Happy

How Two Women Won With Bees

Earning Pin Money at Rate of $100 per Week

Culling the Backyard Flock

IF you have half a dozen hens-- or a dozen-- on the backlot, you have a better chance of spotting the slackers than the poultry man with a large flock. If you are a real poultry enthusiast you will soon learn to know each individual hen or pullet and to realize that each one has a definite personality.

Bulb Growing As a Business

Two California Women Find Pleasure and Profit In Bulbs

Save the Bees Wings

Routing The Dandelions

Nothing Lost But Pure Water

Dehydrated Products Grow In Popularity

Snails as Pests

An often little-suspected pest in some new and many old gardens is the snail. A voracious eater that drags his slimy trail over and consumes most anything, tho he shows decided preferences when a variety is offered. In early spring the tender spinach or lettuce just beginning to show nicely in the rows will mysteriously disappear over night.

Two Modest Bungalows

I'M sure you'll be interested in looking over the plans of a typical little three-room California bungalow. The walls are built of hollow tile, covered with stucco; the roof is flat, with no projecting eaves, except in the rear. In the sunny southwest, snow loads do not have to be considered; however, if you use heavier beams and good, well-cemented composition roofing, a bunglow built like this will be thoroly weather-proof, almost anywhere in the United States.

Summer Care of Babies

It Is Important to Keep Them Cool and Comfortable

What Shall I Do?

A Missouri man writes: "About two months ago a girl refused a personal invitation of mine, giving good reasons, but said that she would go at some future time. Would it be polite for me to extend another invitation after this length of time?"

Summer Sewing

Make It Up Yourself

In Late Summer or Early Fall Materials

Odd Names For Delicious Dishes

They Fit Well In the Dinner, Party and Luncheon Menus

Happy Lanterns

TOMMY was hopping merrily about the floor in a brand new pair of shoes. He was oh, so happy.

QUICK WINDOW WASHING

Along the Garden Path With the Editor

MY good friend, Henry Field, the Sage of Shenandoah, says there ought to be a law against planting peonies any time except in the fall. And he is right, as all peony growers will agree. There would be no reason for trying to transplant them in the spring if everybody would, think of it at the right time, and get them into the ground the last of August or the first of September.