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Show NECESSARY WORK IN GARDEN AND ORCHARD Growing Fruits Depend Largely Upon Bees to Help Distribute Pollen Among Trees. Horticulture and apiculture are very closely related. Growing fruits depends de-pends very largely upon bees to help distribute pollen from one tree to another an-other and not leave every flower dependent de-pendent upon its pollen or fertilization. fertiliza-tion. Then the flowers of fruit trees and the cover crops in the orchard provide honey for the bees. We are as farmers beginning to appreciate ap-preciate the interrelation of the various vari-ous divisions of agriculture and are therefore making better use of our opportunities op-portunities as farmers. Taking flowers for instate. They beautify the home grounds, provide honey for bees and give the mother and daughters outdoor exercise, experience ex-perience with plants and a love for the ethical and beautiful. This makes the keeper of the home a better companion, com-panion, which of course encourages the farm manager to do his best farming. farm-ing. The garden and the orchard teach very valuable lessons in intensive cultivation. In the garden, the orchard or-chard and the flower beds one sees the advantages and opportunities for using manure; application of fertilizer; ferti-lizer; mulching, intensive tillage; selection, se-lection, training of plants and many other things that might not be fa-served fa-served in the field. |