Show REMOVE THE LARGE BRANCHES to facilitate healing pc process in tree all wounds should de be left smooth in id order to facilitate the healing process in ili the plant all wounds which aro are made should be left smooth that 1 Is if ifft it Is necessary to uso a 1 saw in removing a largo branch tile tho L cut ut surface should be loft left smooth anil and clean particularly aro around the edges says homestead the saw should be sharp shari and leave a clean cut and this sho should in turn bo be made smoother smooth r by the use of the pruning knife ur or a i sharp clil ohlsen sel as the healing process remove large Branc brancker Branci ner ei stalls quicker and progresses moro rap filly when this precaution Is observed s than when a rough and lagged jagged surface la Is left it frequently happens that in order to obtain the best rei re i su suits its in removing large branches two 1 cuts should be ba made that is tile the branch should be sawed oft off eighteen indies inches or feet above tile the point of its origin in ili order to vre prevent splitting down an and tearing oft off wco a considerable portion of bark after the weight of the b aebli has been lessened lesse nied by cutting away the main part al u second cut c can arrtie bo wade n ade and tho stub bield in position until the cut is completed thus preventing the splitting down and tearing of the bark as ag shown in accompanying illustration which Is 13 likely to result re suit from froin the careless camless removal ilo I 1 of large br branches anthes the evil toi results of splitting can frequently be overcome by cutting first on oil the under side ot of the limb end and then upon tho the upper side so that the breaking of f the occurs near the middle of the wound instead of at one side shift ahert this Is the case tearing and splitting seldom occur |