The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05
sc,e,ce 4, Tree Ssetl,s.

Ecioac0 b Tree OottloG.
From the Farmers Review: My ar
ticle in the December IL issue Of the
Farmers Review should have read. or
the matter Of setting trees in Febru'
airy, lin the line Of the sun in Febru.
airy at one o'clock" or 1t might have
been better to have said Ito set our
apple trees on the line Of the suns
shadow, north and south, at one
o'clock in February" My reasons fol
this are these: II q tree Is set up per-
pendicular and it il barked or injured
by the sun, it will invariably be found
injured on the side facing half-past
one O'Clock. This never varies, not
even rs much aS q time pieces vary
We find these dead spots OF the sunny
side of many Of our trees that face the
sun at all hours from eight q. m. to I'VE
p. %. II a tree leans from any point Of
the compass from the u from eight
to five 1t will be injured where it leanf
from the sun the most direct, and ne
injury will be found where the tree Il
leaning to the sun. For this reason
you will see the great importance Of
the admonition l have 50 often repeat.
ed in my articles relative to setting
and training . tree to grow to and not
from the sun here in the northwest.
East Of Chicago this precaution Il
not necessary. but north and west o.
Chicago It is an imperative necessity.
I have seen trees seriously injured IL
Michigan from sun scald, but nevel
in the middle or in the New England
states. But here in the northwest 1t IL
thought by many Of q best observing
orchardists to have been the aus Of
more injury to Dur bearing trees thar
all other causes. It does not injurs
our trees under seven years old q
much as It does those from seven &c
twenty. After fifteen or twenty they
are either ready to die or else have
been 90 grown as to protect themselve:
and protect one another .-Eds0n Gay.
lord, Floyd County, Iowa.
The wer;d's Batter Record Brokes
3IOlu ~ U1C1O ISSV4Cw. TIVIu LIE.
cember 18th to December 23rd. inclus-
i've, seven days. the Holstein-F riesian
COW Mercedes Julip's Pietertje $3.50
produced $50 pounds Of milk, contain
ing 23.4S57 pounds butter fat, equiva-
lent to % pounds 81 ounces butter.
Sc per cent fat. or n pounds 81 ouncee
S5.7 per cent fat. This record vas
made at the Minnesota Experiment
Station under tie direction Of PROBES
sor T. L. Hacker. The last three days
of the test the COW vas under super
vision day AID night Of two repre-
s~entatives of that station. The product
during these three days was 10.5S21
pounds fat. The largest product .or
one day was 3.76s4 pounds and va,
made when under constant watch, ON
the sixth day Of the test. The aver
age per cent Of fat curing the wes.i
was 4.02 per cent: during the three
days under constant watch-care # vas
Al per cents. hoxie. Supt. H. F.
Ad. Reg. .
Professor Behring. q German, vhc
was recently awarded the Nobel med.
ical prize, has announced that his ex-
demonstrated the possibility
Of rendering cattle immune from In.
by incubation. He pro-
poses to employ the Nobel prize none
in combating cattle tuberculosis.
The bequest made to Dartmouth Col.
lego some years ago BY Tappan Went,
worth. Of Lowell, Mass, under the con.
dition that when the fund had reached
$500. 900 it should be paid over to the
subject to IN annuity of s.. |
COO . year to the WidoW-Who died n.
cently-is now available.