Lilly's crop book . ssary to reseed for thereason that the grass is mowed, and not al-lowed to reseed itself, as it would under nat-ural conditions. If the lawn is very weedy,or in bad condition, it is generally best toturn it under and start new. It never pays to start a lawn by is seldom that sod composed of desirablegrasses is available, the crevices are apt toopen up and the grass about them die it is never as satisfactory and seldom lessexpensive than a seeded lawn. Lawns are frequently disfigured by will help to drive them away, but theonly effective reme
Lilly's crop book . ssary to reseed for thereason that the grass is mowed, and not al-lowed to reseed itself, as it would under nat-ural conditions. If the lawn is very weedy,or in bad condition, it is generally best toturn it under and start new. It never pays to start a lawn by is seldom that sod composed of desirablegrasses is available, the crevices are apt toopen up and the grass about them die it is never as satisfactory and seldom lessexpensive than a seeded lawn. Lawns are frequently disfigured by will help to drive them away, but theonly effective remedy is a mole trap. Theygenerally have a home in some protected place,from which they burrow in various of the burrows are used regularly, andsome only once. Of course it would be uselessto set a trap on one of the burrows which areused infrequently, and to ascertain which arethe little animals regular highways, press theridges down in various places, and the nextday note which have been again FRUIT PRUNING APPLE TREES. Washing-ton State AgriculturalExperiment Station PopularBulletin No. 24. By W. , Horticulturist. In care of the experimental orchardat this station exceptional opportun-ity is offered for comparative studiesof different methods of orchard man-agement which are suggested or usedin this and adjoining states. For sev-eral years past, the regular pruningof the trees of all ages in this orchard has beenplanned as to afford a comparison of variousmethods of summer and winter pruning andvarious methods of training young trees. Theexperiments are not yet completed, but certainprinciples and practices are so clearly superiorto all others that a brief popular presentationof them at this time in this bulletin is fullywarranted. Pruning is one of the most Important and yetleast understood crafts that is practiced in thegrowing of fruits. There are many erroneousnotions and theories practiced every year inthe orchards of this state, some of
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