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ing I get the graft down about six inches, and I find they strike their 

 own roots. I have got plenty of seedUngs, and I don't monkey with 

 root sprouts. 



Mr. R. S. Mackintosh : How is the Desoto ? 



Mr. Penning: I don't like it very much. 



Capt. Reed : Do you like to have your trees limb out close to 

 the ground ? 



Mr. Penning: No, not very close. 



Mr. Underwood : Do you prune your trees back ? 



Mr. Penning: Yes. 



The President : How far apart are your trees planted ? 



Mr. Penning : The first were planted about ten by ten. About 

 ten years ago I found that was too close, so I planted another orchard 

 five or six years ago and planted the trees twelve by sixteen, but that 

 is too close yet. 



Mr. Underwood : How would twenty feet apart each way do? 



Mr. Penning: That would be better; about sixteen feet in the 

 row and twenty feet between llie rows. Some of those trees grow 

 so wide you have to trim too much in order to cultiyate. 



Capt." Reed : Don't your trees sprout badly from the roots ? 



Mr. Penning : No, not much ; I keep cultivating. I cultivate 

 after every heavy rain : then the ground is hard and the root sprouts 

 are easily killed when I cultivate, and if there are any left I dig them 

 out. 



HORTICULTURE, ITS PLACE ON THE FARM. 



GEO. W. STRAND, TAYLOr's *FALLS. 



The majority of our farmers are far from horticulturists, and, 

 hence, this subject is seldom given the attention it deserves. Their 

 conception of beauty and utility along that line and the necessary de- 

 tails is vague. Too often, after a few discouragements or poorly 

 directed efforts, this class of work has been entirely handed over to 

 the "women folks." 



A Right Start: If there is any one thing which should encour- 

 age those not of a horticultural turn of mind to start rightly along 

 this line it is simple and practical outlines. No two places are just 

 alike, nor are our ideals, inclinations or circumstances the same; 

 hence a plan that would suit one would be altogether out of harmony 

 for another. But if there is not a plan underlying our efforts they 

 will be sadly misdirected. So let us look ahead and picture in mem- 

 ory how things should look when complete. 



Buildings, etc. : The buildings need not be the most expensive. 

 They may be plain, comfortable and conveniently arranged, and 

 painted in some attractive shades in harmony with their surround- 

 ings. The paths and roadways leading to them are not all straight 

 lines, but some are graceful curves which will not tempt one to make 

 short-cuts. 



