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building which has been done in recent
years and the millions of dollars lost
by fire, all through the country.

Forethought.

✓ A deal of fall work should be
done this month; lettuce sowed and cold
frames prepared for lettuce plants and for
cabbage also if any care to winter the
plants; sweet potatoes should be dug early.
Lima beans gathered, dry and green.
tomatoes, all, ripe and green before frost.
Celery should be well "banked". and bring
some into the cellar. Take up cabbage in Nov--
It was old custom to pull it up Election Day
not, I suppose, because it was a political vegetable
except by being somewhat heady!
A fodder shelter, with room enough for
a good circulation of air is good.
Country Life says tie two or three heads
together by the stalks and hang in the cellar
pack carrots and beets in sand in the cellar
Parsnips and salsify are improved by winter
freezing.

In the flower garden, plant bulbs,
hyacinths 6 in. deep and 6 in. apart with
crocuses between, 3 in. deep. Tulips 4 in.
deep 6 in. apart. snowdrops and narcissus
3 or 4 in. deep. Divide perennial phlox
After frost has killed the tops of salvias
store the roots in the cellar. Divide clumps
of peonies, leaving two or three eyes to each.
Bed out roses if you must but spring
is the best time for that work. Six inch
cuttings of hardy roses may be taken
before hard frosts, tie in bundles and bury in