The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-30
Nea 10 Cst Brush.

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pr The mssiiafe laws 81 creation ryan
ised trpAks are endoved With . srssos
of . 70 9Th. maturity and rese- Daring
the brs past Of The ,sasoa Of growth
the plant takes up and ascs The esements
which hsd been storvd up In The sa-oa
Of maturity. SO veil b this known %
NURSERY men and others thaa they prefer
|, 4 q 40 their stock MFR iAe grvuth u
the ,ezson has been complesed. knowing
well iha, when properly cared @r.
the rp-yss will not die. "A practice pre-
vailed some years ago. and perhaps does
vet, Of digging III. roo,s lett in The nurs-
c-y ross af,cr the trees had teen re-
moved and grafiing on them during h
SAX season og winter. ye, the roo, did
pos "die before growth cDunenord
ngain" although exposed To the air for
some time; how much kss chance Of
diving when ~undisurbed and covered
with earth.
fortified enemy be cuts Cd the food mp
ply, or makes the assault when The sup
ply has been exhausted, whoa success
will be the result. THIS 10 exactly whs,
The farmer must do to kill nonious
weeds and useless timber; he must not
only cn, them xhen their annual store has
been exhausted. but tske care that .
fresh supply Is not lad up, when the
victim must die.
After the growth has fairly sci in. in
spring, the leaf il made from the organic
| elements laid by from the previous aa.
tumn, in the bod, and the elements put
up in the cells IL maiured wood Arc
| called into requi.ition to form the lcaf-
stalk and the young shoot. When the
leaf il fully developed the object 81 ma
lures husbandry has been accomplished,
and the tree has been furnished with an
additional mean, Of through
the agency of Tie leaves ard the AIR.
Hence a tree that has been girdled after
the leaf has been fully developed will
keep alive during the remainder Of the
season though the bark be completely re-
moved all around; but will not grow
thef following year because IL will not be
able To lay up Q stock OF nu'riment.
BY an experiment accidentally made
by me some sixteen Years ago, the fore
going laws were sustained and many
times proved since then. Whef. l hrst
began to chop on this LOT il Was some
where about the first of July, and il
turned out that the Eastwood, birch
and ash, which are liable TO sprout,
never started on that piece, while on
parts cut in winter sprouting was gen
eral, some few Of which are still alive
and will be till dug out. Another trial
was made with two pieces Of willows,
one was cut in midsummer and entirely
killed. the other in spring, and in every
instance in which q piece Of the collar
was left, . bunch Of sprouts made its ap-
pearance.
So well is this Law known by nursery.
men that in forcing a growth Of young
wood they always prune In spring, be-
fore the season Of growth has set in.
He, therefore. who will cut young
timber in winter or early spring will
certainly need sharp tools and plenty Of
leisure, for he will be encouraging what
he wishes to check.
So far as l have been able TO learn,
the best time to cut timber to destroy
the roots by causing them to rot soon
will be when the cells of the old wood
have been completely emptied Of the pre-
vious years store, which will be when
the leaf has attained its full size, and will
be earlier or later, according TO the va
riety and the earliness or lateness of the
season.
For noxious weeds, when the whole
yigor of the root has been thrown into
the stalk, which is about the time that
they are coming in bloom.-Cor. Cana
dian Farmer.