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BEAUTY OF HOME YARD
By H. H. SHEPARD.
The Immediate grounds about the
home can be made beautiful, and an
effort should be made in that direction
The home grounds should be ample, as
large as is consistent with the size
of the dwelling.
An acre is not too much. Some
think that an acre of land is too much
to waste on a simple door yard, but
the better the home grounds the bet
ter will be the life of the family.
It is a wrong estimate of life and
property to be forever making money
to enlarge the farm in area, in buying
extra tracts of land for future use, and
not improve and make the best of the
ground where the wife and children
spend nearly all of the best of their
life.
Some look forward and prepare too
much for pleasure to come, and do
not expend any means on making the
present the very best that it can be.
They let the home grounds and sur
roundings remain shabby and unim
proved, spending the extra money on
property to be handed down to the
children or putting it in the bank.
This is wrong when there is any
neglect In home improvement. If the
children need help, by all means, they
need it now while they are helpless
more than when they grow up and
will be able to fully caro for them
selves, perhaps much better than we
ever shall be able to care for them.
They need the comforts, healthful
ness, and beautifying influences of
good homes and surroundings in or
der to make them healthy, strong,
beautiful and good. These are in
finitely better than inherited real es
tate, personal property, or money.
The child whose home life is per
fect for physical and mental develop
ment will go out into the world with a
rich heritage
The grounds around the home
should be well drained and graded to
suit the locati/in. The main open
part of the space should be lawn of
good grass and be'kept mowed low at
all times so that the air and sunlight
may purify the soil.
Abundance of flowers, shrubs and
trees are essentials for completing the
picture, but flowers and shrubs must
be massed in clumps and borders
along the sides and the trees must
be grouped in one place, somewhat re
moved from one side of the dwelling.
Pergolas add much to the beauty of
the home grounds.
Under the tree In the cool shady
part of the grounds a children’s play
house or rustic, open structure Is a
good place for play and rest for both
young and old.
We can never get too much of the
open air, even though we live in the
country; and such a covered place un
der the trees makes a fine nook in
which to read or take a nap and fully
enjoy the sweets of outdoor life.
For wet weather concrete walks are
economical. They are cheaply and
easily made. They need not necessa
rily be wide, but there should be
enough of them so that all the out
buildings and other much frequented
spots can be reached without walking
on the wet ground.
The grounds about the barn and
other stock juildings should be as neat
and clean as the home grounds proper.
This is both good farm management
and a mark of good taste and charac
ter on the part of the farmer.
Good fences around all the home
grounds and lots are a necessary con
venience, and keeping them in good
repair adds to- the neatness and beauty
of the picture as a whole.
GARDEN HINTS
Whenever possible procure peren
nials—they are the most satisfactory
class of plants, and especially adapted
to the farmer’s garden. During this
month, if possible, procure seeds that
have just ripened, from your friends,
and plant them at once. Or maybe
you can find self-grown seedlings
about the base of the early blooming
sort.
Keep on hand a good supply of in
secticides. Bordeaux mixture as used
in the orchard is good to destroy mil
dew and rust in the flower garden. To
bacco water will kill aphides which
Infest chrysanthemums and golden
glow.
Cut the rhubarb blooms as soon as
they appear. They weaken the plant.
Treasure the weekly wash water
and apply to the roots of the flowers;
it will enhance the beauty of the rose.
If slugs bother the roses sift ashes
on the bushes when they are wet with
dew or rain. See that the ashes reach
the under side of the leaves
Sow the seeds of annuals—phlox,
candy-tuft, poppy and the like—for a
fine fall showing.
Autumn
Signs
Browning and falling
leaves again call our at
tention to the promise
that summer and win
ter shall not cease.
Prudent people pre
pare. Are you ready
with your autumn
dress? If not, why
not?
We can help you.
Thomas
Kilpatrick & Co.
EMERSON LAUNDRY
F. S. MOREY, Proprietor
1303-05 North 24th Street
Phone Webster 820
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Phone Webster 1785
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JEWELRY STORE
is just the
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Merchandise or Repairs of
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1520 Douglas Street
YES—ICE CREAM
any style, for any occasion
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Quality First
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H. GROSS
Lumber and
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21st and Paul Streets
J. A. Edholm E. W. Slterman
Standard Laundry
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Phone Webster 130
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r 1111 Farnam St.
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