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there was but little loss except Buffalo Berries which appear 

 not to be suited to this soil. The Thurlow Willows made a very 

 large growth from cuttings, some of them made a growth of 

 seven feet in height with limbs two feet long. 



FRUIT BUDS. 



All fruit trees are budded for a large crop next year except 

 cherries, and the older trees of these give promise of a fair crop. 

 Peaches are well budded, and the buds are uninjured, unless 

 the late cold w^eather (the mercury fell to twenty?- below zero) has 

 affected them. 



PROTECTORS. 



I have tried several kinds of tree protectors, but have found 

 nothing so satisfactory as the wood veneer protectors. They 

 cost less than a cent apiece. I use them on all my young fruit 

 trees. For fasteners I use No. 20 spool wire, cutting it into 

 proper lengths. I soak the protectors until they are thoroughly 

 pliable, wrap them around the trees pressing them into the 

 ground about two inches, making the circle at the top a little 

 smaller so that the wire will not slip down, place the wire round 

 the protector above the middle and giving it two or three twists 

 and the work is done. 



REPORT OF VALENTINE STATION. 



BY C. M. VAN METRE. 



Mr. L. M. Russell, Secretary State Horticultural Society, Lincoln, 

 Nebraska. Dear Sir: Please find enclosed report of Valentine 

 station. 



The peach trees we planted are in hedge form, one row thirty 

 rods long, 160 trees and had twelve baskets of peaches in 1903, 

 thirty-seven in 1904, and never were in as fine condition as now. 

 I do nothing whatever except sit on the disc and let the horses 

 draw it up one side the row and down the other, then gather, 

 can and eat. My wife and I can forty quarts a day, and they 

 keep perfectly in the Mason jars. But I want peaches that will 

 ripen a little earlier. We are liable to lose a crop by the early 



