Show aws ams USING TONS OF TREE SEEDS much has already been planted or sown and balance will beb utilized later in season the united states department of agriculture Is using this year on the national forests over ten tons of tree seed most of this seed has already been planted or sown the rest will be utilized later in the season as favorable conditions are presented it takes a great many tree seeds to make ten tons jack pine the most important tree for planting in the nebraska sand hills by the forest service will average something like to the pound of washington yellow pine the tre most extensively planted throughout the national forests as a whole aeed will make a pound altogether the ten tons of seed to be used this year represent perhaps million cingle seed it every single seed could be depended upon to produce a young tree lul table ator planting the result would be a supply of nursery stock sufficient to plant acres of land buano such result can be looked tor because many seeds do not germinate most of the seeds will be sown either broadcast or in seed spots or planted with a corn planter directly la the place where the trees are to stand even when nursery stock Is raised a liberal allowance must be made for loss in the first place a considerable percentage of the seeds will be found to be infertile of those which germinate many will die before they leave the nursery beds and many more will be lost in transplanting if from a pound of western yellow pine seed that contains individual seeds three year old transplants are available for field planting the department of agrical ture has obtained satisfactory results FASTENING WIRES ON TREES best easiest and cheapest way of performing difficult task Is shown in illustration it Is next to impossible to safely at tach telephone wires to a tree by using the ordinary oak bracket and glass insulator writes J G allshouse in farm and home the best easiest and cheapest way to attach wires Is illustrated herewith take a porcelain house knob of the ordinary inch size place the point of a driver in the bole and with a smart blow you will split the insulator in two pieces as shown at a place the pieces together with the line wire in the bole of the split knob as at b and wrap it with two pieces of small wire one on each side of the small ridge in the groove now take fastening wires a piece of line wire long enough to go around tree several times and after wrapping the trunk using a few sta pies it needed bind the wire over the knob as at c dy splitting the knob you do not need to cut the line wire and thus can quickly replace a broken or pulled off bracket or prevent the line touch ing a tree or other obstacle that gives trouble after line is built perfect in sul atlon and stability of the line are insured CAUSE OF blackberry RUST there Is no effective cure known and practical wisdom requires care in prevention what Is the cause of blackberry rust and Is there any cure for it the cure tor it is like the mad dog cure clip the nose off with a sharp ax eight inches back of the muzzle in other words dig and destroy the affected bushes and it they are numerous better destroy the whole patch if not convenient to burn them bury them a foot deep there Is no cure known and practical wisdom requires great care in prevention this rust is a disease very contagious if wo could ex plain the cause of it we could also explain the cause of a thousand other diseases affecting plant and animal life about the best we can do is to guard against these enemies ud take preventive measures time for spraying spray apple and plum trees before the buds expand |