rasor S AND rulea FOR PRUNING an ali iowa fruit grower at a farmers 1 institute recently KIVO gave some rot goal re aona and rules for pruning lie ho said we prune for two reasons to produce A symmetrical long alved broo nd to cause fruitful ie 8 s A ti thrifty ir if ty fajt a t treo tree is 3 not apt to pro iauco much fruit anything that will diall Imia nish kh tile the how flow of oc sap to tho the top ter at 0 tho the tree will check tho the erces s ive limb growth end and tend to the production of fruit this my may be accomplished py by root the s same a me r result 0 h obtained by sonio b ai y running a thin bladed knife entirely around tho the trunk of the tree cutting clear through the bark this will almost invariably cause ft a thrifty barren tree to produce fruit without injury to tho the tree it if it ho be done as voon soon in fit the spring as tho the tree ima has entered into vigorous growth and the wound As Is leapt from the direct rays of the th e sun june is I 1 sald said to b be a tho the best month in III which to prue april may july and october aro are fairly good it if properly lone dono lit in the spring or early summer tho wound of nr IL a limb win will tatu tp Tu about thrpo three years it Is vot not usually ily advisable to prune prime tit in the winter if done during or shortly beloro before severe th tho lark baric about ban tho the wound will split spilt and die back to an uncertain certain Ain extent makins making tho the wound slaw low to heal acal and yet ifft if it be impossible to prune at tiny any other time ait it had better bo be done dona in winter than not at all at the base anse of ench each limb ts Is an enlargement more or less prominent i called tho the collar by some cut as close to this as possible and upon tho the slant whether that bo be straight acroca or at an anzie anile uso use tho saw upon the under side of nf the limb farsi fars sawing about as far no an pos possibly then finish front from tho the top abi being sure sura to cut tho the bark entirely around before tho the limb breaks smooth with a ralfe or chisel if necessary and rover cover all large wounds you kids with thick paint inina frequently but never excessively recessive sive pruning ta tends ends to tho the prod produs tic atou ol of water sprouts which are not desirable de never remove the leader or allow two or more mora branches to start front from tho the same point of the trunk never remove a limb that starts near the trunk of the tree from another limb is the latter will almost invariably break oft off after a time j at tho the point where the other limb was removed