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Show ATTENTION FOR YOUNG TREES Ground Should Bo Forked Up and Well Mellowed and Then Covered Two Inches with Manure. Spring-planted fruit and cnamental trees and bushes should have the ground forked up and we.' mellowed and then covered two Inches deep with lone- ninniire. fttraw. corn stalks. rotted leaves, weeds or freshly cut-grass. cut-grass. This mulch will keep the soil cool and moist. If the summer is hot and dry give to each tree one or two buckets of water. Apply the water late in the evening, spread it slowly around the trunk of tree so it can reach the roots. If the water is dashed against the stem most of it will run off the hard ground and it will be of little benefit to the tree. Garden Cart and Wheelbarrow. flu an average fully one-half of the trees that die the first summer could have been saved had they been properly prop-erly mulched and given a little water when needed. Young trees planted in exposed positions, po-sitions, where they are liable to heavy wind and rainstorms, should be staked and the trees tied to the stakes with a rye straw or canvas band. An old sail cut into strips makes excellent bands. To keep the roots from being loosened, where ground is soft, place four or five large stones on top of the mulch close up to the stem of tree. Two of the most handy implements on the farm for general, all-around work, are the old-fashioned wheelbarrow wheel-barrow and three-wheeled cart. |