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// of Agriculture , Victor, 



[10 Nov., 1916. 



above the proper angle it may be directed into position by being pruned 

 to the outer bud immediately below the (f) cut. 



Plate 37- shows enlargement of circle (a) and the centre portion of 

 Plate 35. The centre part is the section of yearling whip-growth cut 

 to three buds, which produce the main arms of the tree. The three lines 

 radiating from the buds represent the positions of the main arms when 



Plate 3/. — Establishing the Tree on the Equilateral Triangle Principle. 



produced. The circle indicates the points, about 6 inches from the 

 crown, at which they should be pruned when the tree is two years old. 

 Lines drawn as shown, from point to point of the main arms when cut, 

 describe an equilateral triangle, which is divided by the main arms into 

 three equi-angular figures. 



{To he continued.) 



Mineral matter, or, as we term it, ash, goes to build up the frame- 

 Avork, the bone of the animal, and to furnish the small amount of 

 mineral matter (lime, phosphoric acid, &c.) which is found in the 

 various tissues of the body. There is always a sufficiency of ash in the 

 home-grown fodders to supply the needs of the animals. 



