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RHUBARB ONE OF
BEST PRODUCERS
Early Spring Vegetable Responds
to Liberal Supply of Best
Soil Available
PLANT IN OUT-OF-WAY PUCE
Along Garden Fence Where Roots Will
Not Be Injured in Cultivation
of Rest of Garden Is
Good Location.
Rhubarb, or "pieplant," ns It Is
hometlmes called, cannot be grown uni
versally, but is limited to certain defi
nite sections. Informutlon as to
whether rhubarb will or will not grow
in n given locality can be obtained
from the local seedsmen or from neigh
bors who have had experience In grow
ing It.
Rhubarb Is propagated by planting
pieces of the roots secured by divid
ing older hills, ami six to ten hills will
usually supply plenty of rhubarb for
the nvenign rntnlly, states the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Ilhubarb should be planted exactly
the same vay as asparagus, that !,
the roots or crowns should be covered
four or lvo Inches In deeply spaded
Rhubarb a Generous Producer.
nnd well enriched foil; there Is little
danger of having the soil too ilcli for
rhubarb. The hills .should be three
nnd a half to four feet apart, If more
than one row is planted.
Tills wonderful staple of the family
garden can generally be planted along
the fence where it will be out of the
way of cultivation.
The thick leaf stems are the part
used, and none should be pulled from
the plants the first year after seeding,
but n lnrge supply will be available
(he second season, nnd the hills will,
as n iul continue to produce satis
factory crops of stems for several
years, after which they should be di
vided and reset.
Ithubnrb should receive the same
nttentlon and treatme.it during win
ter as asparagus, and the plants
should never be allowed to ripen and
seed. The roots may be brought Into
the greenhouse, pit, coldframe, or cel
lar during the winter nnd forced.
Ily plncing a barrel over a rhubarb
plant much longer and tender stalk
inny be grown.
This Is one plant that does not thrive
In warm climates. It Is most popular,
especially In the sections where It Is
grown, In the early part of the spring.
The use of rhubarb Is principally for
mnklng pies nnd sauces, and many
housewives can the stems for winter
use.
CHICKEN FENCE WIRE HANDY
Small Gardeners Will Find the Woven
Two-Inch Mesh Valuable Takes
Place of Stakes.
Many vegetable nnd flowering
rlne8 can bo successfully grown on
chicken fence wire. In the fall the
wire can bo taken down and used for
succeeding years for similar purposes.
It will enable the smnll gardener to
rulso more vegetables and flowers thnn
If they were allowed to lie on the
ground and spread out over valuable
space.
Cucumbers, lima and climbing string
beans, nasturtiums and numerous oth
er vegetables of spreading variety, as
well as almost any vine-flowering
plants can be successfully trained on
the wire tiellls permitting of the uso
of the ground space ordinarily covered
by vines being used for something else.
(live the vine plants plenty of ulr and
sunshine, and water when needed, and
they will give an excellent accounting
of themselves on the wire.
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' TO GROW EARLY CABBAGE $
Cabbnge Is one of the most de
sirable of our early green or leaf
crops nnd should be Included In
every home garden. The seeds
should be sown indoors and the
plants set In the garden about
the time that dnnger of frost is
pnst, or a few plants can be pur
chased froic the seed store. Cab
bage requires a rich soli, and the
plants of the smaller early sorts
should be set 18 Inches apart in
each direction for hand cultiva
tion. It Is a good plnn to pour
n little? inter around the roots
of each plant ns It is being set In
the garden.
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TOOLS THE BUSY
GARDENER NEEDS
Hoe, Rake and Spade, the Com
bination Soil Tillers Find Abso
lutely Necessary.
WHEEL HOE IS LABOR SAVER
Little Implement Suitable for Small or
Large Garden; Trowels Are Handy;
Spraying Outfits Are Es
sential. With the first warm days of spring
sounding the earth call, there Is n
hasty scurrying around for the tools
of the gardening cult. A gardener can
get along fulrly well with four, a spade
or spading fork, a hoe, a rake, and a
trowel. It Is oven possible to get along
without the last, but who wants to?
The nrt of gardening Is reaching
such a point of special development
that there are tools for almost every
thing nnd the wise gardener by a care
ful selection will ease his work an
much as possible by securing appro
priate working implements.
The greatest labor saver for gardens
of any extent Is a little wheel hoc.
This saves many a headache, does tlio
work thoroughly, and has appliances
for various purposes which are Inter
changeable from u little plow share
to cultivators of various kinds. It can
be used in the smallest garden.
There are numerous hoes of various
types and designed for different pur
poses. The pointed hoe for ninklnf
rows Is a convenient tool. The hoj
with rake teeth on the back of the
blade Is one of the very handiest all-
Ln round garden tools for light work
there Is. It is particularly well adapt
ed for women gardeners. Three toothed
cultivator hoes do a tine Job of stir
ring the soil. Scuffle or shove hoes a
they are sometimes called that can be
pushed instead of pulled, permit hoe
ing rows which ure too close to walk
between conveniently.
Trowels of various shapes to suit
various plants arc now on the market,
stiff, sharply tingled small bladed trow
els are Ideal for splitting off pieces
from perennials which have grown so
large they need dividing for their best
growth. They are line to set under a
recalcitrant carrot or parsnip whose
leaves are so tender they part com
pany from the root, leaving It In the
ground.
Long bladed trowels are especially
adapted for digging holes for gladiohls
or other bulbs In the spring and tu-
Necessary Garden Toots.
lips and fall bulbs later In the season
and equally useful In digging them up,
There are little hnnd rakes which
are Just the thing for hand cultivation
among plants which need special car
and the earth kept stirred.
Sprinkling cans nnd sprays must bo
added to every well regulated garden
outfit, especially a spray.
While looking over spraying outfits
get In a supply of poison for the pests
that devour and for the fungUB that
blights. The seedsmnn will tell you
what to get. Uordeaux mixture for
fungus pests, parls green or some other
arsenical poison for those that eat the
leaves, and a tobacco poison of some
kind for plant lice are standard. Often
they can be bought In, combination.
National Garden IHireuu.
FRESH VEGETABLES EVERY DAY
Whnt is a back yard good for? It
may bo made to supply tho average
family with fresh vegetables through
the growing season.
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COOKS TO PLEASE ANY TASTE
F. G. Galpln, Historian of Texas Post,
Brings Odd "Cargo" From Aus
tralia to England.
One of the few persons In the United
Stn4es who can cook up n meal for n
wallaby, or satis
fy the fastidious
cravings of a
wombat, or play
chef to a cuckoo,
Is I (3. Qalpln,
historian of Kl
I'aso (Tex.) post
30 of tho Ameri
can Legion aud
ex-anlnial-cook of
the White Star
liner Medic. Gal
pln Is never more
at home thnn
when he Is busily
engaged in brew
ing up a stew for a cassowary.
Upon his return from a recent trip
of the liner, bearing lizards, carpet
snnkes, rat-kangnroos, and other things
(800 altogether) from Australln to
England, chef Galpln expounded dletct
cs to his Legion comrades. They
had to believe everything he said. It
seems that the bird of paradise, para
doxically, has secular tastes and
squawks vigorously when offered such
seemingly compatible delicacies as
angel cake. "I fed 'em bananas and
hard-boiled eggs," said Galpln, "and
not one of 'em lost a, single heavenly
tenther."
"And on the other hand," he added,
"I had a couple of Tasmanlnn devils
aboard, nnd they wouldn't touch n
Ihlng the whole trip except Heating
Island."
DOSE OF HIS OWN MEDICINE
German Submarine Commander Who
Sank Lusltanla Alco Now at
Bottom of Sea.
The commander of the German sub
marine that sank Hie Lusltanla is now
at the bottom of the sea, according to
a story which has reached American
Legion headquarters. Flogged and
Hung oer the side of u l'araguan wnr
vessel, he met deatli with a dose of
his own medicine.
The story Is that the commander,
fleeing from allied Justice, took refuge
in Paraguay, where he at once took
nut naturalization papers and swore
ulloglanco to the Paraguan republic.
I'rlendH In the bblpplng world secured
for him the command of a l'araguan
innti-o'-uar, the Adolph Itlquclml. lie
had hardly set his heel upon the decks
alien he inaugurated the rules which
"liitl been his custom. The crew, wltl
heir Latin blood, could not stomucfc
the diet as the stolid Teutons had
lone in the old days. So they passed
him around for a beating, and the?
Jirew him into the sea, far from sight
Df land.
HAD THE "THEODORA" ODOR
Fancy French Pets Saturated With Un
welcome Perfume of Marshal
Foch'o American Mascot
Fifty thousand franc' wortli of pet
dogs voro temporarily ruined by Mar
bhnl Koch's wild cat on the voyage to
France. When the marshal, as guest
of the American Legion, had picked
up Theodora from an admiring friend,
he hurt little reckoned what devasta
tion was in store.
Theodora was idaced In the kennel
room nt op the liner Paris, under care
of the ship's butcher, who acted us
animal alet for the trip. Believing
that tiic fluffy Pekinese, and poodles,
and Mexican halrlesses that shared
her compartment did not rcprcsciit,
like herself, the true red-blooded pi
oneering spirit of America, Theodora
lay quietly In her cell nnd exuded the
nromu peculiar to wildcats. When the
Paris touched tho shores of France,
the valet handed the pet dogs around
to the group of dnlntlly-sccntcd mad
amolsclles and was greeted with loud
shrieks. '
Parachute In Shell.
A shell which blows off Its head at
an altitude of '2,000 feet, expelling u
parachute from its Interior, Is fired
from a gun nt Lympc, England, ns nn
experiment In physics. Attached to
the parachute is a brilliant magnesium
flare, which lights autpmatlcally when
the parachute opens and lights the sky
for miles around.
Error in Judgment.
Ilcr plan for assuring the support
of the women voters to him moved
tho statesman to admiration.
"Whatever steps you take will carrj
weight, I'm sure," he said cordially.
Hight there he lost the whole wom
en's delegation. She had been diet
ing in secret for three months. Amer
ican Legion Weekly.
A Heavy Load.
Krlss After wo hod sampled the
home brew Inst night wo organized a
vocnl quartette.
Kross Who carried the boss?
Krlss It took three of us to get him
hotim Amorlrnn I.eirlon Weekly,
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WHY THE WAITERS LAUGHED
Some Way, There Does Seem an Ele
ment of Incongruity In the
Situation Described,
A Birmingham man went Into u
restaurant recently and ordered a de
cidedly plebeian dish to wit, calf's"
liver and onions. As lie was eating
with a good appetite and a clear con
science, it occurred to him that he
would like to hear his favorite piece
of music so he called his waiter and
sent a request to the pianist, who was
Industriously pounding out Jazz In one
corner of the establishment, to play
Schubert's serenade.
Tho musician had barely started to
play the selection asked for when the
guest noticed that bin waiter nnd sev
eral other waiters seemed to lie vastly
amused about something.
Iteckoulng his waiter, he asked:
"What's the Joke!"
The waiter looked embarrassed, and
hesitated, hut finally said, with a grin
and In broken English: "The gentle
men eats calf's liver and enjoys Schu
bert." Iiirnitnghnm Age-Herald.
Had Mllliono Under Arms.
According to olllcial llgures gleu
out by tlie Wnr department at Wash
ington, the total strength of the United
States army when hostilities ceased In
the World war was .'1,701,077 men.
Of that number 'J.iJOO.OOO had been
sent to France, Italy aud Russia,
while the remainder were under arm'
In various camps In the United State,
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