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Gathering Bush Beans.

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one and one-fourth inches to two
inches thick, and pointed at both ends,
with holes bored through it at inter-
walls of one foot apart for the recep-
tion of sticks or wires to serve as
supports for the beans to rest upon as
they are strung upon the receiver.
The first stick or wire should be one
foot from the ground after the re-
ceiyer is set in the ground. String
the beans aus puAed, filling the receiver
with beans and support wires alter
nately, so that vne beans will not pack
too closely on receiver. When beans
are thoroughly dried in the sun take
them off the receiver and hull.-M. e.
NJ, in Practical Farmer.
Manuring Orchards.
1t is we'll known fact that lands
that are covered with timber increase
in fertility every year, but it does not
follow that this is true of orchards.
IlmDereu Lands are usually thick
enough to prevent the winds from
blowing Cne leaves away and these
form valuable fertilizer when left ON
the ground. A crop of trees is pref
ty heavy load for a piece of land to
carry and If nothing but leaves are pro-
duced and these leaves blow away, the
draft ON the soil is a severe one. If
to the crop of leaves is added the OK
ira strain Of crop of fruit the neces-
sity of fertilizing orchards becomes at
once apparent.
The best way to fertilize an orchard
is to spread manure under the trees in
the fall, covering the surface, as far as
the branches extend. During the win
ter the plant food will reach into the
soil and be ready for use when the
growing season begins again. Every
orchard should be kept in regular Gull
tivation for best results, and fertiliz-
ing should be regularly attended to-
Farmers Voice.
Fall Treatment of Cane Fruits.
Various opinions exist among fruit
growers in regard to fall pruning of
berry bushes. For instance, one grower
near here does not cut back the new
wood at all, while another cuts back al
least one-third and claims to have
proved by experiment that the trim
med canes come out better in the
spring. 1t is our practice here to trim
out all of the old wood in the fall and
bend down and cover with earth all of
the new growth, no matter how much
there may be Of 1t. Even with this
treatment many varieties will die back
to quite an extent and the necessary
pruning may be better done in the
spring. 1t is quite a task sometimes
to cover large plants of Gregg or Col
umbian, but we want 10 save every
possible inch of fruiting wood. Grape
vines should be pruned late in the fall
and covered the same as berry bushes.
1t has been very we'll demonstrated in
this state that winter protection of
berry bushes apd grapevines is neces-
sary III order to Insure a crop. Some
growers practice covering the tips only
depending upon snow for protection,
but better plan is to cover the entire
plant with two or three inches of
earth.-American Agriculturist.
Bartlett Pears.
Though some may complain of this
old-time favorite having too musky
flavor, the Bartlett is and always
will be a popular faVorite. Its pro-
ductiveness and also the fact that the
Bartlett comes very early onto bear
ing, even when planted as standard,
and the fact, too, that 1t Is always
large and fair, makes 1t in greater de-
mand for planting than any other. 1t
Is an English variety originally, and
was in England known as the Williams
Bon Christian, or Good Christian, but
in this country Bartlett, the name Of
its introducer. has entirely superseded
the other. 1t comes at season when
parents are likely to be exceedingly
careful not to give young children
much ripe fruit. But an experience
with a child who had been sickly until
he was Is months old satisfied us that
there is little danger in a ripe Bartlett,
and that 1t may be. as Improved in this
case, just what was needed to enable
nature to throw off disease that had
before baffled the skill of doctors. So
il young children get hold of Bartlett
pears and eat them ravenously do not
fear. 1t may be that this was just
what nature required.--American Gull
tiyator.
The Garden.
Coal ashes around gooseberry and
current bushes keeps down the grass
and weeds. and prevents troublesome
insects from finding lodging in the
bushes.
Coleus plants should never be
planted in the shade. Their beauty
needs bright sun to bring 1t out. The
more sun the better. provided plenty
of water goes with it
After the garden crops are all of
cover with manure and SOW rye. This
will not only hide its nakedness. but
1t will furnish a good green crop to
pillow under In the spring.
Rhubarb. current. raspberry and
gooseberry bushes may be set in the
fall or spring. Gooseberry and cur