. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). HOKTICULTUKAL DIVISION. 339 when painted and made of soft clear pine, $ per thousand. For more permanent stake labels, we use the one shown in the picture, and which is sawed at the nearest mill. This is cut from clear pine and is 2 ft. long, 3^ in. wide, I^ in. thick, and sawed to a point. These are given two thin coats of white lead, care being taken not to pile them upon their faces until thoroughly dry, to avoid a rough surface for the pencil. Th
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). HOKTICULTUKAL DIVISION. 339 when painted and made of soft clear pine, $ per thousand. For more permanent stake labels, we use the one shown in the picture, and which is sawed at the nearest mill. This is cut from clear pine and is 2 ft. long, 3^ in. wide, I^ in. thick, and sawed to a point. These are given two thin coats of white lead, care being taken not to pile them upon their faces until thoroughly dry, to avoid a rough surface for the pencil. The record may be made by a large soft pencil, like a carpenter's pencil, or by a brush and black paint; but for all annual crops the pencil will be found more serviceable. At the end of the season or when the record becomes dim, a thin shav-. A good Stake Label. (24 X 31^ X m in) ing is planed off the face of the label, it is repainted, and used again. We gather up these labels from the vegetable garden each fall and dress them up during winter. The label is thick enough to allow of many annual dressings, while the lower portion is not reduced and it therefore lasts for many years and is strong enough to resist the shockg of cultivator or whippletrees. For ornamental bushes this large label is too conspicuous, and for this liurpose we use a pine label 1^ inch wide, ?^ inch thick, and 18 or 20 inches long, and the lower half is soaked in a strong solution of sulphate of iron (copperas), and, after drying in lime water, to preserve Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University
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