| Show APPLES OF SECOND QUALITY picking out inferior and wormy and feeding to live stock Is good plan dy R 0 weatherstone WEATHERS TONE the question ia often asked how can we dispose of second quality apples at a profit the best answer to this question seems to be to use the spray pump early and often to the end that scabby wormy and inferior milt may be practically eliminated in years when there is an abundant crop and at any time when we find that the trees are overloaded pick ing out the interior and wormy sped mens and feeding them to the sheep or hogs will often improve the ity of the fruit and save the necessity of propping up the limbs to keep them from breaking down hen we have a large crop and prices are low it is tolly to place any but first class fruit upon the market every community should have an evaporator where the cull fruit may be profitable utilized if a man has large quantities it will no doubt pay him to own his own evaporator but when a number of farmers living in close proximity to a good location have orchards it Is usually quite easy to interest someone to establish a plant to utilize this waste fruit HANDY LADDER FOR ORCHARD central shaft attached to trunk of tree and arms are fitted at the top and bottom ordinary ladders when used for picking fruit from a tree often damage the tree and to overcome this a new form of ladder has been adopted by some orange growers of california says popular mechanics A central shaft is lashed to the trunk of the tree while horizontal arms are fitted at the top and bottom so that they revolving ladder support for fruit picking may be swung about in all directions notches cut in the tops of the arena provide support tor the rungs of the ladder at varying distances from the tree with this device every part ot the tree may be picked without als a branch PROPER PRUNING OF GRAPES principle are samo whether alnet have been trained to Four Arm fan or other it allowed to go grapes are likely to be shaped and undesirable it makes no difference says the horticultural department of the nebraska university farm whether trained to the the grapes have been tour arm system the tan system or to any other the principles or arun prun ing are the same in doing this work to remember that the it la important buds which produce the crop should be chosen from the canes a year old growing on two year old arms gen brally from thirty to forty buds or eyes distributed over four or five canes may be saved but this depends upon the vigor ot the vine never save water sprouts or canes growing directly from wood more than two years old as these do not produce fruit buds tor renewal may be secured by choosing a cane located at the base ot one ett or bearing fruit and cutting it back to a spur of three or tour bude or eyes COVERING FOR CUT SURFACE not detrimental to any substance growth will prove shield for wound no artificial medium can be applied surface of a wound made in lo 10 the pruning a tree which will induce it to the activity of the heal more healing process depends upon the character and position and the time of when the wound la made the year rather than upon protective number of waxes paints A large ind washes have been tried and the of the whole matter may summarized in the statement that oe substance which Is not corrosive my detrimental to growth which will r protect the heart wood from the at lacks ot rot spores will prove a satis factory covering tor a cut surface such substances may be men among white lead yellow ahe coal tar and craft lne vai f A ft |
