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ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURE 



trunks. Some person who knows no better is certain to 

 hitch to the tree sooner or later, if it is handy. The 

 indiscriminate cutting of tree-tops and the use of trees 

 as anchors for telephone lines should not require much 



FIG. 122. The wrong way to 

 make the cut 



FIG. 123. The right way to 

 make the cut 



comment. The telephone is more important than the 

 trees, but we should have both. 



THE FARM GARDEN 



218. The crop from a vegetable garden of one-half 

 acre at the University of Illinois had an average value 

 of $105 for five years. During this time, the average ex- 



