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Effective Farming 



trees of the variety desired to propagate. Bud-sticks 

 are from twigs of the current season's growth. The 

 leaves are removed, but the petioles are left attached 

 to the twig, as shown in Fig. 9, to act as handles to 

 the buds to aid in inserting them underneath the 

 bark of the stock. 

 In cutting a bud, the 

 bud-stick is held in 

 one hand with the 

 proximal end the 

 one that was nearest 

 the limb from which 

 the twig was cut- 

 away from the body 



and a bud is cut by FlG - 10. Cutting the bud. 

 starting about half an inch above the bud and 

 finishing about half an inch below. At the lower 

 end of the cut, as shown in Fig. 10, the bark is 

 PIG. 9. Bud- left attached until the bud is needed. All the 

 buds are cut before starting to insert underneath 

 the bark of the stocks. The cuts in the stocks are made 

 about three inches above the ground. A cross incision and 



a longitudinal in- 

 cision are made 

 through the bark of 

 the stock, as shown 

 in Fig. ll,o, and the 

 bark turned back by 

 means of the knife, 

 as shown in b. A 

 bud is removed from 



F.G. ll.-Preparing the stock and inserting the the bud-stick by cut- 

 bud. a, incision made in the bark ; b, the bark ting it off at the 

 turned back; c, the bud inserted ; d, the bud j d d t _ 

 wrapped to the stock; e, the seedling tree re- 

 moved above the bud. ing it underneath the 



