Show TO WINTER GRAPE wood should de cut into lengths tied in bunches and then buried in high ground the well ripened wood of this year 1 growth of hardy grapes such as con cord niagara clinton delaware an other hardy kinds should be saved cut the wood into proper lengths containing two or more buds tie in bundles of not more than 25 and bury in high ground or set in boxes of sand or good earth and place the boxes in a cool dry cellar it the eel lar Is too warm the cuttings will wilt and if damp they will rot in the middle counties ot the state when the winters are not too severe the cuttings may be stuck in the earth up to the top bud and the entire bed covered with two or three inches ol 01 leaves concord grapes says a writer in the baltimore american A little brush should be spread on top of the leaves to keep them in place cuttings of currants and goose beA griea can be made and heeled in as you would tor grapes the main point to be looked out for Is to press the earth firmly with the toot around aba lower ends of the cuttings root cuttings of blackberries and raspberries rasp berries may be made this month before the ground freezes up cut the roots into pieces two or three inches long pack in boxes between layers of sand and bury in earth select high dry ground to be free from water and deep enough to prevent roots from freezing this year s growth of black berries currants cur ranta gooseberries goose berries and raspberries rasp berries may be transplanted dig them up eo as not to injure the roots and set them out in good mellow earth four feet apart each way INJURY DONE BY FIELD MICE when there Is winter of deep snowa and severe cold there Is great loss from these pets ihla matter of injury to orchards by field mice deserve more than a passing notice every year there Is more or less injury done by these rodents when we have a winter of deep snows and severe colds there la a great loss sustained from these pests we have no practical means of exterminating field mice but there are certain operations that are helpful in preventing their attacks on trees it has been observed that injury la greater and more general where dead grass mulch or debris of any kind lies close to the trees material of this nature affords a harboring place from under which cover mice prefer to operate batora winter sets in all grass or mulch ma aerial of any kind should bo raked away from the trees tor at least a radius of two feet leaving the ground as bare as possible where mulch culture is used a foot or two about each tree should be left bare injury Is more severe on those trees whose root systems are high on the ground that Is in cases where freezing and thawing have caused heaving such trees afford cavities in which mice harbor and girdling usually results fatally it below the point where root and stem join throwing a few of dirt about the bae of the trees has proven very beneficial in this respect there are some things that we can do to hold the field mice in check such as putting poisoned baits under the mulch in the strawberry patch for them to get then remove all other stumps tufts of grass etc and if by as this means we force them all to the berry tor winter quarters we have them where no doubt we can get them with poison more readily than if they harbored all over the orchard improve bordeaux mixture bordeaux Eor deaux mixture la greatly improved by adding one pound of good parts green or three pounds arsenate of lead which Is an insecticide athla addition eaves one whole spraying for he codling moth another point to remember Is never to spray while tha blossoms are open with any insecticide as it will kill the bees and do a lot ol 01 barm walt until the petals begin to fall and then spray within the next ten days in order to get the codling moth with these precautions almost anyone can sany intelligently and obtain gool results difference in orchard there Is a vast difference between commercial orchards and family orchards for the latter the variety should be geater to meet the of the various members of the family ri r |