. Blakelee's industrial cyclopedia, a simple practical guide ... A ready reference and reservoir of useful information. More than two hundred illustrations. ad with this ma-terial would not lead me to value it very highly, save as a mulch for certainvines, trees and bushes. As a fertihzer for the soil, I should much prefer com-posting swamp muck, woods loam, etc., with what manure can be saved fromthe barn. Sawdust or tanbark sours the soil, unless thoroughly decomposed,and a long time is required to bring about sufficient change to make it a foodfor vegetable life. Cutting Willows.—As to kill
. Blakelee's industrial cyclopedia, a simple practical guide ... A ready reference and reservoir of useful information. More than two hundred illustrations. ad with this ma-terial would not lead me to value it very highly, save as a mulch for certainvines, trees and bushes. As a fertihzer for the soil, I should much prefer com-posting swamp muck, woods loam, etc., with what manure can be saved fromthe barn. Sawdust or tanbark sours the soil, unless thoroughly decomposed,and a long time is required to bring about sufficient change to make it a foodfor vegetable life. Cutting Willows.—As to killing willow and elm trees, a farmer writesthat a few years ago he had a grove of more than one hundred willows that hewas anxious to be rid of. To cut them down would not do ; he got by so doingten to one. When the bark would peel freely, he went into the willow thicket witha sharp hatchet, cut the bark round the trees about four feet from the ground,stripped the bark downward to the ground, leaving it still attached to the willows all died during the summer, no sprouts springing up. He hastreated white elms the same way with like CHEAP ROOT CUTTING BOX. Cheap Root Cutter.—Make a box with three sides of inch and a fourthplank, twelve or fifteen inches each way, and three feet long. Fasten it in posi-tion handy to work at, on a platform or upon legs ; saw one end square andattach a knife. The knife may be made from a piece of scythe, a hole in oneend and a shank for handle at the other. The cutting part should be longenough to cross the box. Hang the knife even with top edge of bottom board,one end held by a screw bolt, the other working in a slot of wood or iron. IVashing l¥heat for , Seed.— An experienced grain grower says: Take a common wash tub about two-thirds full of water, and pour into it halfa bushel of wheat, and after stirring with a stick, skim or pour off what rises onthe water, taking care not to let the good grain run out; then empty into
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