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Show ORCHARD AND GARDEN. Contluuo to hoe and cultivate tho strawberry bed, but do not let the run ners set too thickly. Treat all surplus plants Just ns If thoy wero weeds. No combination of chemicals will exactly tnke tho place of stable manure slnco tho latter supplies vegetable matter nnd cortnln bacteria. The chemicals and green crops provide a good substitute. Tho little kingdom of Belgium Is something of nn applo orchard. Then wero exported last year 30,472,779 pounds of apples, valued at $815,914, An nbundnnt crop Is reported this year, Belling nn the tree at 48 to 68 cents per lOu pound" |