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Show HOW TO SAVE GIRDLED TREE One Plan Is to- Saw Off Below Injur) and Cleft-Graft the Stub Another Is Bridge Grafting. Girdled trees can also be saved b) sawing off below the injury and cleft grafting the stub. If the stub is ovei an inch In diameter two scions shoul( be inserted, which will hasten the heal Ing of the wound. At the close of th Brst season the weaker one Is re moved. From the scion inserted s itrong tree will be developed in twe 3r three years. Trees that have beei saved in this way will come Into bear Ing about as soon as others not gir Sled, set at the same time. Another way to save trees, if the Injury extends completely around the tree, is by bridge grafting. By this lystem scions which have been cut t i wedge at each end as for cleft graft Ing, are Inserted in the live bar! through openings cut above and be iow the wound. These scions will carrj yver the sap until the wound is cov Bred. The Bclons should be about twe inches apart. After setting the scions the parts are waxed and then every ihlng is covered with burlap. Thif Dperation should be performed befor the buds have started to swell. A good -wax to use for this kind o! work Is made of the following ingre iients: Resin, one pound; tallow, on aunce; alcohol, eight ounces. To mak this alcoholic wax, melt the resin and tallow together. Then remove frorr the Are and add the alcohol after al lowing the liquid to cool somewhat Stir until a thick paste is formed. Ii order to keep the wax in paste forn It will be necessary to place in closed receptacles. |