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Show Treatment or Old Orchards. Many an old and apparently worthless worth-less orchard might be mado of value by encouraging tho growth of the young shoots. One orchard of tho than enough to pay for tho work and tho after care of the soil. True, It was taking a chance, but tho labor was not groat, and the trees wcro valueless unless treated in somo such manner. Indianapolis News. kind described was supposed to be too old to be worth anything. Tho large branches were cut back freely, and when a young shoot with much vigor was found the cut was made so that this shoot was not injured nor the flow of sap in the main branch retarded. re-tarded. Grafting was done In some of tha smaller branches and the trees bore several good crops of fruit, more |