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J. S. HARRIS 



Many horticulturists, as well as farmers, are always behindhand. 

 They begin the spring- with week pressing- that could and ought to 

 have been done in the fall before; they do not make provision for 

 tools, implements, seeds, plants and trees until the hour they are 

 needed; hence, they often meet with vexations, delays and losses, 

 and being always driven there is no pleasure in the business for 

 them. 



November is peculiarly a month for finishing up the labors of the 

 year and making preparations that will lighten the labors of the 

 coming year and ensure better crops. First, everything should be 

 made snug for winter. The fences and gates of the orchard and 

 fruit garden need to be cattle proof. If there are any places where 

 water is liable to stand, surface drains should be opened before the 

 ground is frozen. Trees that have been received for next spring's 

 planting or that may yet arrive should be carefully put away for 

 winter, either by burying them in a cool cellar or in light soil out- 

 side where water will not stand— or even heeling them in will gen- 

 erally ensure safety if there are no spaces left among the roots un- 

 filled with earth. The bundles should be opened up at the time of 

 the operation and the roots pruned back beyond bruises and then 

 dipped in water so that fine soil will adhere to them. 



Last winter thousands of valuable trees were destroyed or greatly 

 injured by mice gnawing that might have been saved if grass and 

 weeds had been cleaned away from about them and a little mound 

 of earth thrown up against the trunk. This had better be attended 

 to early in the month. All suckers and sprouts should be removed 

 this fall, lest they be allowed to grow another year and sap the life 

 of the tree. Rabbits are becoming a great pest. It is well to begin 

 feeding them early and hunting and trapping them. A mixture of 

 corn and oats put out in shallow boxes or little piles will soon attract 

 their attention and receive visits early every pleasant evening, where 

 they may be caught in traps or hunted with the gun. Many insect 

 pests may now be nipped in the bud by destroying clusters of eggs 

 and cocoons, that can now be readily seen on the naked trees, and 

 the time used in searching for and removing them will be profitably 

 employed. For borers, give the trees one more examination near 

 the roots, and if any hqles are visible kill the grub with a wire probe. 



