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WATERING TREES IN AUTUMN. 



Perhaps many \vill think that the fall 

 of the year is not the proper time to water 

 trees, but the fact is it is much more 

 important that orchard land should be 

 thoroughly flooded during autumn than 

 at any other season, especially if the lat- 

 ter part of the summer and early autumn 

 has been extremely dry, says the Orange 

 Jndd Farmer. If the ground is allowed 

 to freeze about the trees without the ap- 

 plication of moisture, the chances are life 

 will be extinct by the following spring. 

 There is a great deal of talk about dry 

 siimmers killing ornamental and fruit 

 trees. In my opinion it is not the dry 

 summer, but the lack of moisture just be- 

 fore the ground freezes. This being the 

 <:ase late autumn is the time to water, and 

 by so doing the trees will come_ out in 

 good shape in the spring and make a sat- 

 isfactory growth. If allowed to freeze up 

 dry. the severe cold during the winter im- 

 poverishes the trees, and next spring they 

 they are puny and sickly, with not suf- 

 ficient vitality left to carry them through 

 the summer. 



The best way to apply the water with 

 the least waste is to select a solid stick of 

 timber two feet long and about four 

 inches in diameter and sharpen one end 

 to a point tapering back to within six 

 inches of the top. Drive this down about 

 18 inches close to the main root of the 

 tree. Remove it and fill the hole with 

 water. Repeat every evening until the 

 roots are thoroughly soaked. The hole 

 should be covered with a stone to prevent 

 evaporation and filling up. After the pro- 

 cess is completed fill the hole up with 

 earth. The best time for doing this work 

 is the latter part of October or the first 



week in November. This may seem like 

 a great deal of work, but it is better to do 

 this than to see groves and orchards, die. 



ADVANTAGES OF DIRECT BUYING. 



New innovations do not as a rule meet 

 with prompt public approval. While the 

 American people are famous all around 

 the world for their business acumen and 

 general aptitude to think out and bring 

 into action new invention and new methods, 

 we often show a disposition of positive 

 lethargy when it comes to changing so- 

 called fixed principles and methods. 



Certain manufacturing institutions have 

 in recent years inaugurated a new system 

 of disposing of their products which is 

 unqualifiedly to the advantage of the con- 

 sumer. It took courage to make the 

 change, but they did it. Among the 

 pioneers in this new method of doing 

 business was the Elkhart Carriage & Har- 

 ness Mfg. Co. , of Elkhart. Indiana, whose 

 ad. appears on page 221 of this issue. 

 These people began this plan of doing 

 business twenty-six years ago and have 

 adhered to it strictly ever since. The re- 

 sult has been so entirely successful that 

 they are today the largest manufacturers 

 of carriages and harness in the world sell- 

 ing to the consmmer exclusively. 



The advantages to the consumer are 

 almost beyond estimate. He gets better 

 goods ; better and larger selection ; better 

 styles and finish and finally he buys at a 

 much more equitable and advantageous 

 price. In dealing with the Elkhart people 

 there is no risk to assume as they ship 

 either vehicles or harness anywhere for 

 examination and guarantee every article 

 they manufacture and sell. Then, too, 

 one may deal satisfactorily from any dis- 

 tance. The Elkhart Carriage & Harness 

 Mfg. Co. , publish an extended illustrated 

 catalogue, which they take pleasure in 

 mailing to all our readers who request it. 



