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Whip Grafting 



Roots and scions for whip grafting 

 should be secured in the fall of the 

 year and stored. The work of graft- 

 ing, says the United States Bureau of 

 Plant Pathology, may then be done 

 during the winter months. When the 

 operation has been performed, the 

 grafts are packed away in moss, saw- 

 dust or sand in a cool cellar to re- 

 main until spring. It is important 

 that the place of storage should be 

 cool, else the grafts may start into 

 growth and be ruined, or heating and 

 rotting may occur. If the tempera- 

 ture is kept low — not above 40 de- 

 grees F. — there will be no growth ex- 

 cept callusing and the knitting to- 

 gether of stock and scion. 



In ordinary propagation by means 

 of whip grafts, the scion is cut with 

 about three buds, and the stock is 

 nearly as long as the scion. The graft 

 is so planted as to bring the union of 

 stock and scion not very far below 

 the surface of the ground; but where 

 the trees are required to be especially 

 hardy in order to stand severe win- 

 ters, and the roots used are not known 

 to be so hardy as the plants from 

 which the scions have been cut, a dif- 

 ferent plan is adopted. The scions 

 are cut much longer and the roots 

 may be cut shorter, and the graft is 

 planted so deep as to cause roots to 

 issue from the lower end of the scion. 

 When taken up to be set in the or- 

 chard, the original root may be re- 

 moved entirely, leaving nothing but 

 the scion and the roots which have 

 been put forth from it. 



Decorating the Ranch Home 



ByN. M.Collart. 



\ long looked for transition is to- 

 day taking place in the character of 

 the farm home. In a general way this 

 may be illustrated by the picture of 

 the buildings on the prosperous farm 

 as they used to be and as they are 

 coming to be. 



You have noticed many times doubt- 

 less the splendid barns and sheds to 

 house efficient cultivating and reaping 

 machinery when passing some farm 

 and have turned in wonder, as I have, 

 to look at the modest and frequently 

 insignificant home for the farmer's 

 family. There was a time when it 

 was proverbial for a farmer to work 

 from "can't see" in the morning until 

 "can't see" at night. Under such con- 

 ditions the farmer had little ambition 

 or desire to improve his home. 



With the shortening of the farmer's 

 working hours, due to improved ma- 

 chinery, quicker transportation and 

 better prices, folks from the country 

 not only have more time for home life, 

 but can intermingle more freely with 

 neighbors, both in the country and 

 city, bringing about an interchange of 

 ideas with resultant desire for the 

 better things of the house. 



This desire finds expression not 

 only in the desire for better furniture, 

 articles of comfort or luxury and a 



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