Show 4 7 TO PROTECT AGAINST MICE wire screens are quite effective but they are expensive wood cylinder also good various methods are adopted to protect young trees from being mark marked ed by rabbits or mice wire screens are expensive but are also Z C 3 guard against mice most effective wood veneer taste fastened ne d around is a good protection it if it can be readily procured the illustration shows a paper cylinder held tight by a cord it should be removed in spring SOME QUICK GROWING TREES poplar family used quite extensively along streets or on newly la d out land the poplar family is used very ex ten to make a quick showing mong along streets or newly laid out land near cities the carolina is perhaps the favored one next to this the lou lom bard and of course the maples are frequently seen the maple says the agronomist is beautiful and will al ways be used in spite of the fact hat many varieties are afflicted with and bugs and it is a very biffl nit proposition to coax an individual much aluch less a community to properly spray and care for its shade trees the norway maple Is undoubtedly he best of the species for our condl condi ions of the poplars the carolina Is erta certainly not worth while it has too nany troubles the lombardy is berely weird as we see no beauty in t it is the spindling straight up and lown thing that Is so often seen in european landscapes painted or atheaise ise all we ne have seen in this auntry were filled with dead limbs vere were unsymmetrical and scrawny coking generally the japanese poplar has proved a render wonder ot of remarkable rapid growth has as a beautiful clean bark grows very thick has a beautiful foliage Is lot act injured by anything was in full eat this year over two weeks before my any other tree and its leaves remain after most other foliage trees are stripped catalpa specioso spec iosa losa makes juick growth sometimes it comes aut ut very late has a leaf leat like a palm eat fan and is not pleasing in the inter therefore we most heartily lecont abend the japanese as the best dt df all quick growing trees ventilating AN APPLE BIN mr air may be furnished by making cyl riders of slats should have small holes in center apples placed in large bins will not keep well unless they are well ven yen dilated effective ventilation can be accomplished by making cylinders of slats and placing two of them in a ventilating apple bin sin big eight feet square the disks ifor or the cylinders are twelve inches alln in It ameter with holes in the center nas s chown in the sketch the manner att t leing the ie is obvious pop ar mechanics TO HANDLE FRUIT PROPERLY success of grower depends largely on speed care and timeliness of pick ng and shipping on the speed care and timeliness of fruit picking dep depends ads the success of the grower the man who piles hia his apples in big heaps under the trees ind waits tor for an opportunity to get them to market or into the cellar never makes a shining success as an apple grow grower er labor Is the big problem when fruits begin to ripen good two hand ed pickers are as hard to get as good two handed says a michigan writer in the farm progress I 1 will not allow the pickers to use bags in gathering apples they bruise enough apples to make them unprofitable get baskets the canvas kind if possible those with the hingley handles are best he as the basket can be emptied then without allowing the apples to drop and roll hooks to hang the baskets to the limbs can be made by the neighborhood blacksmith they are more than worth all they will cost when get ting ready for the apple harvest do not neglect to provide enough lad ders clambering around through the branches of the trees should never be tolerated light strong ladders of the extension variety can be bought for low trees or peach picking use a stepladder step ladder a little platform on the top where the basket may be placed leaving both hands free A great deal depends upon picking fruit at the right time test it hy by lifting the fruit gently and giving it a slight turn it if ripe enough for pick ing it will come loose without much of a pull it the fruit Is to be used at home let the wind ind and sun color it all they will if it Is to be shipped it must be picked a little earlier apples should be allowed to get fairly ripe pears tor for shipment must be picked some what greener peaches should be al lowed to color rather brilliantly but they must be firm and hard when they are picked this holds good for plums grapes and cherries HANDY FRUIT PICKING SACK much easier to handle than basket as both hands are left free best for apples this fruit picking bag la Is much handier than a basket and it leaves both hands free it also 1 Is easy on the fruit especially apples as they are let out easily and carefully from the hot torn tom to make the bag use a grain sack cut right length so as not to be too long or too short the front side of the bag at the bottom Is cut away fruit picking bag and the opening covered by drawing the other side around for a lap andi button as shown in the illustration make suspenders to cross over the shoulders and fasten the suspenders together with a strap alt 0 res a As soon as the currants and rasp berries are picked pruning should be done early apples especially are very ten der and will not stand rough ban adling until the trees begin to shade the ground they should be cultivated frequently pollen Is a most essential facton in the production ot of all fruits and grains it is a difficult matter to properly sort and pack apples without some kind of a sorting table cut away the old canes from black berry and raspberry bushes thin new growths to three or four it Is almost impossible to ship red raspberries and as a rule it Is biffl cult to secure good ones in the markets strawberries need continual care new beds should be kept clean and shallow cultivation continued until october th cherries erries unlike other small fruits cannot be counted on to give heavy crops each year consequently the price varies keep all fallen fruit picked up the best way to do this la Is to have sheep or bogs in the orchard they will wili eat the fallen ones for the home garden red ries are much more profitable than blackcaps although some people do hot like their odd musky flavor the manure makes an ideal mulching fertilizer tor for young and old apple trees A great many are literally dying from terra tion |