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Show What Limits the Height of Trees. Bfl Whllo tho young trees aro making jBJ clean trunks so rapidly during tho iflBJ period of greatest yearly height growth iBJ they aro also making their greatest lBJ annual gains In diameter, for thcso HBJ two forms of growth generally culml-l (flVJ unto about tho same time says Git- JBB ford Plnchot In n report on forest! 'H trees. A little later. It there Is any) IBB difference, tho young forest's highest! jBBI yearly rnto of growth in volumo la1 iiH also reached. For u tlmo thcso thrcoi flB kinds of growth keep on nt tho saraoj iVA rntc ns In tho past, but afterwards allj VB tltrco begin to decrease. Growth In 'BB diameter, nnd in volumo also, If tho BJ trees nro sound, goes on until ox-! iwA tremo old ago, but holght growth sinks ABJ very low whllo tho two others nro' iBB still Btrong. For many years bofaroj BbI this happens tho strugglo between tho' 'H trees hns not been so deadly, becausoj liBfl they havo been almost without tho) SB means of overtopping ono another.) BB When the end of tho period ot prlncl-' BB pal height growth Is reached tho trccai BJ aro Interfering with each other very BB little, and tho Btrugglo for llfo begins' Bfl ngaln in a different wny. As tho 'BB principal height growth ceases, and) jBB tho tops no longer Bhoot up rapidly' I'Bfl abovo tho sido branchos, tho crowns; l loso their pointed shnpo and becomo, Bh comparatively flat. Tho chief rcasonj BI why trees stop growing In holght Is 'BJ that they aro not nblo to keep tho MBJ upper parts ot their crowns properly BJ supplied with wntor abovo a ccrtnlnj LBI dlstanco from tho ground. This dls- tBJ tanco varies In different kinds of trees, ;BJ and with tho health and vigor ot tho MB troo in each species, but thero 1b a "BJ limit In ovory enso abovo which tho rfll water docs not reach. Tho power ot BJ tho pumping machinery, moro than BJ any other quality, determines tho BJ height ot tho troo. AB Shallow Cultivation. ' 'BJ In nil work In tho garden It is bet- jjl tor to glvo shallow cultivation than. BJ deep cultivation after tho roots of tho, rBJ plants havo extended Into tho baro JBJ spaces between tho rows. Before thati 'BJ tlmo tho cultivation may bo deep, andj HJ should bo deep to got tho soil thor- BJ oughly loosened up, so that tho roots, jBJ of tho plants, as soon ns thoy, reach out Into this fresh soil, will bo nbloj nj to strlko deep and romnln below thoi BJ lino of tho shallow cultivation that, jBJ Is to follow. If tho ground is notj BJ stirred to n good depth at first tho, BJ roots will oxlcnd along tho surface ot; fl tho ground nnd will bo constantly in-. BJ terfored with by tho cultlvntor, no' fl matter how ehnllow it may bo run., flj With tho proper preparation of thoi BJ ground, and with this deep cultivation BJ at first, tho lattor cultivations, though' BJ shallow, will bo found to bo vory ben- HJ eilcial. Thoy will not break off tho' flj ends of tho toots, but will kcop tho flj soil well aoratod and thus help to BJ loosen up tho plant food and place It. jBJ In a usablo condition. This aeration BJ of tho soil is of far greater import- BJ nnco than mo3t of our farmers havo 1 suspected. It Is far better to cultl- BJ vato often than nfter long lapses oC flj tlmo, as In tho latter caso tho ground BJ becomes hard, capillary tubes aro HJ formed, and soli molsturo Is wasted. BJ The Universal Fruit. jBJ Tho strawberry is coming to bo con- BJ sldered tho universal fruit and called; flj such, though wo must acknowledge BJ that thoro aro places on tho globnt MJ where It will not grow, Howovor, It- tBJ hns a wider range ot habitation than flj any other fruit known to Americans, S not excepting the applo. From tho IBJ Gulf to British America it Is grown H abundantly. It Is easy to propagato, Bj easy to protect from tho cold of win- ;yH tcr and Is easy to transport. It Is all :fl tho moro popular, as it is tho first BJ fruit to appoar on our tables In tho jH spring. Every year tho strawberry ap- IB pears a llttlo earlier in tho northern l market, and It looks as if before long B It would bo on our tables the year IB round. In fact strawberry onthu- H slasts aro predicting that whon tho jB great International railroad that is to IB connect tho United States with tho H South American countries la con- !fl structcd, strawberries will bo con- tinually purchasable In tho United) IB States, as tho South American sea- ;B sons run tho opposlto of ours. This. fl is a dream vory llkoly to materialize,' ) as tho transportation companlos can jfl bo depended on to encourage a trado (B of this kind a trado that has always jB yielded tho railroads a good deal of, ,B monoy, IB Don't Walt for the Weed. B Weeds will mako no trouble If tho- !l farmer will but cultivate beforo they jl mako an appcaranco. A good many jl pcoplo cultivate- for tho apparent pur- l poso ot keeping down weods. They fl never begin to cultlvato till thoy can ; seo tho weods starting by tho thou- jl sands between tho rowspf tho grow- jl Ing crops. Tho.-.cultjvajor should bo jl run nt frcqunKlitjilBhothor tho, I woods hjweJairnBfijBrnot. Tbla la jl tho, surest vfajrbfjl(ooplng them from fM making trouble. Tho ground too whon ; fl freo from weeds is very oasy to cultl- ' jjl vato and tho cultivator elides through W It with very llttlo effort on tho part II ot tho team. Don't wait for tho wood. (I |