Show horticulture tt J POLE FOR STRIPPING VINES how it may be made and the manasr in which it Is used use a pole or a piece of scantling 12 or 14 feet long to make the doice shown in the accompanying allus slope the front end from the top side to the bottom as andl bated and fasten a chain 2 feet pole arrangement for stripping vines from the end to which to attach the team when it Is desired to strip sweet potato vines from the bed preparatory to digging says the prairie farmer the back end of the pole should be held so as to run the pointed end under the vines to unload stop tho team carry the back end of the pole around to the side of the team and start up four or five feet then drop back into position again as before by using a little care the vines can be left in windrows wind rows then turn crosswise and pile them WHY CULTIVATE AN ORCHARD because it will make the trees more fruitful for the same reason that we culta vate a hlll of corn we plant apple trees 30 feet apart while we plant orn three and a halt feet apart for the reason that the foliage of an apple tree bears the same relation to 30 feet that the foliage of a hill of corn bears to three and a halt feet also that the roots of the tree occupy the entire 30 feet of space as well as the roots of corn occupy the 3 feet feet of space cultivation is as absolute ly necessary for the one as for the other cultivation will give thrift to either and unthrift without it to produce a good crop of corn break the ground eight inches deep and pulver ize a alno seed bed in cultivating the orchard we break three inches deep only on account of roots and make tho came finely pulverized surface this bed contains moisture to the very furfare an fn a dry season by this hind of preparation and a fine level cultivation we retain moisture to the treetops tree tops during a drought and con thrift to trees and large smooth apples fit indeed tor any market A hill of corn half cultivated apt in pasture for the same reason produces fruit hardly fit for worms the downfall of thousands of orchards declares green s fruit grower corn mencas when their foolish owners sow them to grass and turn their stock in and if possible tramp them still harder than they were before A belt ft grass around a tree Is about as fa tal as a rope around a criminal s neck especially if it be timothy the great robter of moisture use of potatoes in europe in great britain potatoes are used al most exclusively tor human food but on the continent about halt of the en tire crop Is used for other purposes starch and alcohol are the two great commercial products coming from the potatoes grown in france and oer many about 40 to 60 per cent of the entire potato crop of these two nations Is thus used for food the yellow fleshed varieties in europe are preferred to the white fleshed varieties this seems strange to the amer lean who wishes to have his pota toes mealy in europe the yellow fleshed varieties are reported to carry a larger amount of protein than the white and are therefore regarded as more nourishing they are somewhat watery when served a thing that Is objected to by the americans roots of apple trees the roots of the apple trees should be carefully protected especially in the orchard where crops are being grown A notion exists that roots borm themselves so quickly that it they are cut off the tree will be able to redevelop the roots in a comparatively short time roots grow slowly just as other parts of an apple tree grow slowly the tree Is dependent on it roots for the aggregate amount of moisture and plant food it receives therefore a tree that has made a good start in the development of it rooting system should not have its roots pared many times trees are in aured by ignorant persons who are in trusted with the delicate task of cul the orchard the horse Is mans best friend therefore he Is deserving of a friend a treatment ya jame r BRUITS FOR exhibition prof longyear of colorado cultural college tells how A great many experiments have been made in the attempt to find some fluid or solutions in which the more perishable fruits could be kept tor ex at fairs and expositions some of these have proved very sat Is factory for certain fruits but it Is doubtful if any process will ever be discovered by which the softer kinds such as strawberries and raspberries rasp berries can be kept for any considerable length of time without much change in color the specimens to be preserved should be the most perfect obtain able free from all blemishes and am perfections in most cases fruit of a fair degree of ripeness Is better than partly green specimens exhibition jars should be of clear white and preferably with ground glass stoppers the tall aylin form Is desirable especially tor the smaller fruits the sorted fruit Is first carefully placed in the jar which Is then filled with clear water after standing a short time the water should be poured off so as to remove all particles of dirt from the jar and contents the lar may then be filled with the preserve ing fluid and kept in a dark cool place until the time for exhibition frequent examination should be made to determine how well the fruit Is keeping it the liquid becomes colored from the fruit it should be poured ott and replaced by fresh fluid the following formulas have been successfully used at the colorado ag ri cultural college especially with plums grapes cherries currants and gooseberries goose berries five parts saturated alon of common table salt ten parts water boiled and cooled enough to make parts this may be made up by measures as follows one pint salt solution two pints water 17 pints when made up the solution will keep indefinitely another solution weaker in has also been used at the colorado agricultural college satisfactorily the proportions are three parts salt alon ten parts water enough to make parts for raspberries rasp berries the following mix ture Is recommended one part glycerine ten parts water 89 parts strawberries may be preserved fair ly well in a saturated solution of corn mon salt and better still in a fluid compound of one ounce alum one dram glycerine five ounces water three pints red currants keep best in a solution of corrosive sublimate one part glycerine ten parts water 89 parts the corrosive sublimate must be dis solved in hot water and the solution and fruit preserved in it should be labeled poison as it Is very deadly it swallowed the glass stoppers of bottles and jars may be made perfectly tight by smearing the ground surface with a small amount of light colored vaseline this will also prevent in great measure the sticking of the stoppers when it is desired to remove them RAMBLER ROSE TRELLIS reandy contrivance for the garden out of three wagon tires set a post in the ground so that it will be five feet above the ground take three wagon tires cut them once then bend the ends down and drill so as to fasten to post with wood screws bolting the tires er at the top so that they will be wagon tire rose trellis equal distances from each other now take wire and run around the ball ao formed from rivet hole to rivet hole in the tires this will give something to tie to explains the rural new yorker train a cane to each half or section of tire and one cane be tween each section for quick results I 1 used five bushes each equally dis tant from the other and trained and fastened to post RULES FOR PEACH GROWING J G hale gives the following ten rules for success 1 high dry sandy or sandy loan soil 2 careful selection of most hardy in fruit bud 3 vigorous healthy seeding stock budded from bearing trees of ed parity and health cices tices given the entire possess loi of the lind from the start 5 thorough culture from the be ginning of spring until the new growth Is well along 6 liberal annual broad bait with commercial manures rich in potash and phosphoric acid and lacking in nitrogen 7 low beading and close andua pruning for the first five years 8 keep out most borers with some suitable wash and dig out all others 9 search tor traces of tho yellows every week of the growing season and at alist sight pull up and burn avery infected tree 10 thin the fruit so that there ahall never be what la termed a full crop |