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ject ia worthy ot much more attention au<l eiicoiir<;^eineiit tlian the 

 general public has yet Ljiven it No one without personal inspection 

 can appreciate the varied beauties of this reinarkaljle locality, and 

 it is to be hoped that the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin will 

 carry the matter, now so auspiciously bepfun, to a complete and 

 successful consummation. The so-called practical man may ask 

 why should time and money be devoted to such purposes, and land 

 that should bear crops, forests that should j'ield lumber and water- 

 falls that should turn factorj' wheels, forever lie idle, merely to be 

 looked at? Similar protests of extravaijfence, etc., were made when 

 the questions of public education and public health were first dis 

 cussed, but now no one hardl\' would venture to briny: them for- 

 ward again. 



The growing demand for these parks and reservations is based 

 upon the recognized 'fact that nature not only brings to the mind 

 and body overstrained by modern habits of life a soverign remedy, 

 but is an educative force as well. 



"There is a dust in library nooks 



Blown from the musty leaves of books 



That blinds the lean scholastic's eyes 



And makes him learneiUy unwise. 



Would you be wise, fjo out-of-doors. 



And just intuit through the pores; 



For these briyht flowers and these blue skies 



Were sent to make dull bookmen wise." 



HoRiZ(>NTAL Grape Trellis.— A modification of the "Munson" 

 horizontal trellis has given better satisfaction than has any other 

 method for training the vines and is the form recommended for 

 general use. In making it, posts are set sixteen feet apart, the first 

 one in each row being four feet outside of each vine. The tops are 

 sawed off square at five feet from the ground, and a cross-piece 2x4, 

 two feet long, is laid on the top of each, and nailed at right angles 

 to the direction of the row. Three No. 12 wires are stapled to these 

 cross-pieces, one directly over the post, and the others one inch 

 from the ends of the cross-pieces. The cost of material is about 

 $7.. 10 for each one hundred vines. 



Our reasons for preferring the horizontal trellis are that it makes 

 pruning much more simple and easy, that it keeps the lower part of 

 the vine free from sprouts and l)ranche8 which would interfere with 

 cultivation, that it affords mucli greater protection to the growing 

 and ripening fruit, that it holds the fruit where it can be easily 

 reached in spraying, and that it gives partial immunity from the 

 attacks of fungus diseases. It is a well known fact that very few 

 fungi can germinate excepting in the presence of moisture. With 

 the horizontal trellis, nearly all of the fruit is found hanging below 

 the wires, where it is protected from rain and dew by the leaves, 

 which are almost wholly above the wires, and so the spread of 

 disease is to a large extent held in check. — ?Iiss. Ex. Station. 



