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ARBOR1CULTUKI-: 



over upon J-Durih of July and election 

 days, but the patriotism which seeks the 

 best clcvelopnieiit and lonij continuance 

 of this free American Repuhhc. There 

 is a duty for every citizen, a (hity for 

 each state and an imperative (hily dc- 

 volvini^ upon the j^cneral government. 



It shoukl l)e the patriotic (hity of 

 every farmer who lias no timber, to 

 plant several acres — one-tenth his acre- 

 age is not too much. 



The government should withdraw 

 from sale all timber lanil remaining, sell- 

 ing from time to time a portion of the 

 trees, but never permitting it to be en- 

 tirely cleared. A systematic fire protec- 

 tion should l)e maintained, not only on 

 reservations but throughout all tim- 

 bered regions. All duties should be re- 

 moved from wooil, manufactured or un- 

 manufactured, entering the country from 

 abroad. Especially should this be the 

 case with wood ])idp, so large a quantity 

 of wliich is daily consimicd and which is 

 so rapidly denuding American forests. 

 Every encouragement should be given to 

 forest preservation. 



Restrictive legislation should be 

 enacted by every timbered state, to pre- 

 vent the entire denudation of non-agri- 

 cultural lands. 



Bounties and reduction of taxes should 

 be offered by individual states, upon 

 lands planted and maintained in forests. 



Prairie states should encourage the 

 planting of heavy and frequent timber 

 belts, running cast and west, to overcome 

 the effects of siroccos or hot winds 

 which annually are so destructive 

 throughout the Missouri valley states. 

 In this work Congress should be asked 

 to extend government assistance. 



It would be money well expended were 

 the states to distribute seeds of forest 

 trees. Since the failure of that impor- 

 tant timber culture act can be wholly at- 

 tributed to the neglect of the government 

 to prc)viflc trees and seeds suitable for 

 growth upon prairie and plain, the only 

 available trees being what the pioneers 

 could find on the river bars, cottonwood 

 and box elder — both totally unsuited to 

 such changed location. 



It is full time that the government and 

 states should offer practical encourage- 

 ment for the planting of trees and per- 



petuation of these forests, for the rail- 

 ways to show their confidence by making 

 extensive plantations and for the farmers 

 of the nation to awaken from their in- 

 difi'erence and plant trees as a profitable 

 farm croj). 



If you love your country prove it by 

 l)lanting trees for its adornment and for 

 the benefit of vnur fellow men. 



HYPODERMICS I<()R TREES. 



As a result of recent experiments in 

 science, it is claimed that the days of 

 the wooley aphis, the codlin moth and 

 other fiuit pests are numbered. The new- 

 process of fighting orchard pests is 

 uiii(|ue. A hole or socket is bored inta 

 the trunk of the tree and in the opening 

 is deposited a compound to be taken up 

 by the sap into the branches of the tree. 



It is claimed that not only are fruit 

 and tree pests thus destroyed, but that 

 the tree, by its absorption of the injec- 

 tion, is made healthy and thriving. 



The compound injected into the tree 

 consists of gunpowder, saltpeter, 

 copperas and sulphur. Pulverized and 

 mixed and applied according to a pat- 

 ented ])rocess, the ingredients are said to 

 be readily absorbed by the tree. 



Thoroughly diseased apple and pcacli 

 trees experimented upon were purged of 

 their pests, and the quality of the fruit 

 improved and the trees grew sturdy un- 

 der the tonic of the insecticide. — Satur- 

 day livening Post. 



This is truly refreshing. This old 

 chestmit of forty years ago is now re- 

 vived under the name of scicticc. 



When will American farmers and hor- 

 ticulturists cease to be gulled? 



Certain minute insects feeding upon 

 the leaves at the extremity of the top, 

 (Ahers upon the rootlets at the other ex- 

 tremity, and a borer occupying a mil- 

 lionth part of the tree's trunk, nnist Ix* 

 poisoned by fjowerful compounds in solu- 

 tion by the sap. In order to be effective 

 these minerals must be in sufficient quan- 

 tity to destroy every fiber and cell of the 

 tree, thus killing the tree. But then, as 

 r>arnum argued, the people arc always 

 on the alert to find someone to humbug 

 them. 



