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Show I HANDY BARK SCRAPER. i IB? Every WlcIe-AtvuUo OrclmrdUt Should ft" Sluice Ono at Ouco. jf Hundreds of old orchnrds Invc the I t- tree trunks covered with locno, hanging f bark, lint terves n3 breeding iilaccs fo: ' borers and other 'injurious insects l i Such old loosi;, bark should be carefullj If scraped off. A most convenient imrjle k ment for thin purpose is the nhank o: P an Old, worn-out hoe. Cut off as showi I iu the cut, nnd sharpen to an edge, 4 ' TOOL FOR SCRAPING BARK. I With this an entire tree, even to tin smaller limbs, can be scraped in a few minutes. One sees hundreds of old ncjj j lectcd orchards about the country that , ought to have the trunicsi of the treee thoroughly scraped, the "suckers" and , superfluous limbs removed, the remain- - der grafted lj good fruit, and the sod i broken about the Toots and fertilized. j, With mifh treatment, these old orchards would soon be paying a profit instead of producing, ns now, barely enough fruit to pay for, gathering. Country Gentle- 'i n . man. |
