. Facts for farmers; also for the family circle. A compost of rich materials for all land-owners, about domestic animals and domestic economy; farm buildings; gardens, orchids, and vineyards; and all farm crops, tools, fences, fertilization, draining, and irrigation. d, just previouslyto being written upon, have been rubbed bright with some fine steel pen is far better than a quill for writing on zinc. Tlie best form of tree-labels we ever saw or used is made of a slip of zinc,seven or eight inches long, three quarters of an inch broad at one end,tapering regularly to a point at
. Facts for farmers; also for the family circle. A compost of rich materials for all land-owners, about domestic animals and domestic economy; farm buildings; gardens, orchids, and vineyards; and all farm crops, tools, fences, fertilization, draining, and irrigation. d, just previouslyto being written upon, have been rubbed bright with some fine steel pen is far better than a quill for writing on zinc. Tlie best form of tree-labels we ever saw or used is made of a slip of zinc,seven or eight inches long, three quarters of an inch broad at one end,tapering regularly to a point at the other, with a quarter-inch hole in the bigend. On these labels a number or name may be stamped, or the name of 570 THE ORCHARD. [Chap. VI. the fniit Mrittcn ivitli ink ^-jrcpared as above, or witli a soft lead pencil,Avhicli latter is remarkaLly permanent, though not very conspicuous. Tliedanger of cutting trees by attaching labels by -wires is so great that itshould be guarded against; the label is broken otT, or forgotten, or unnoticed,and by the growth of the stem or limb it is nearly cut off by the these labels that ditHculty is obviated. The zinc strip is bent arounda limb, loosely, and the pointed end tucked tiirough the hole and SECTION ART OF PRUNING, GRAFTING. AND BUDDING. RAFTING, budding, pruning, are all arts thatmust be acquired, like any other art or work ofskill. A pruner must understand why ho prunes,and never cut a limb without fii-st being fully aware* of the effect. Yet pruning is mostly done at random—a limb here and a limb there is cut away, the toplessened, and that is all. The fruitfulness of the tree isBot improved, and its looks as a systematic work, suchas nature builds, most decidedly injured. It is idlefor any man of common sense to emjiloy an itinerantpruner. They are often ignorant of the first princijilesof the art, and generally do more harm than you doubt if, ask this question of one when he isabout
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