Show 31 UI i G HSI S Is III the mother ot of lion hiie In charge of at an station In Welt Western ern I had many I things to tn contend wIth The summer drou ht was bad enough but bul the winter drought was wal wor worse The bright day of nt February e d dun to II as were death on shrubbery I 1 have hae watched a healthy grape vIne die In Inch a day under the clear sun lUll the dr dry air pumping out the moisture while 1 hilI the roots Were Such was hard oat ropes Madam would grow well 11 In summer and kill to 10 the ground In winter The TheIr Ir hard liard to They would IWI root from and I 1 disliked 11 to Ill pill out ever spring for fot n new ones onel One tall they Wade a line fine growth I isid them All flat pa the ground Ilk like th the spokes ot of a wheel and put sI Ix Inch incha of fine earth on them I not take It 01 ft In the I sprint but compelled the young oun shoot I to 10 grow ro u up through the 1111 soil They blossomed wonderfully And grew with great reat vigor an and l I 1 du dug lint front one hilt hili Each sprout prout hash had thrown out a toot Since then therm I have hae sn on II a lar large scale le My loCiy the down JUt just before the ground tresses etl ot Or course the ground roun must mUll bt be tree 1 from weeds I wen well cultivated I Covering with rubbish or stiff lUte cia clay will III not nol answer hood rich earth will nour nourIsh Ish the plant and shelter it during the cold and the young twigs will InstInct itchy throw out roots as they grow No weeds must be allowed to grow and If the soil wishes off put more on onDo Do not allow a twig to be the shoots to push their way through Then is every bud and twig wIll be perfect having been defended from void and drought your plants will have a health growth and the bins corn will he full and perfect bloomIng two weeks than they would otherwise and you have a fine lot tiC young the next S Harrison in AmerIcan |