of holes and it holds water for neither purpose. Moral : 

 put a gate in your ditch. 



P. S. If it is necessary for the state to distribute a 

 certain amount of money to certain of her citizens, 

 cannot some less vicious scheme be found than honey- 

 combing a portion of the state with useless ditches and 

 creating a large number of deadly firetraps, like 

 Casey's goat, bounding and abutting on our valuable 

 state forests? 



FERTILIZE YOUR SHADE TREES 



A WELL fertilized shade tree will make a much 

 more rapid growth and present a more vigorous 

 appearance than one which is not properly nourished. 

 The leaves will be larger ; will all come out at the same 

 time; will show a uniformity in the characteristic 

 color; and will remain on the tree until maturity. 



A tree that lacks plant food will have a sickly ap- 

 pearance. When the leaves come out in the spring, 

 they are often more or less in bunches near the ends 

 of the branches. This indicates that the tree does not 

 have enough vitality to develop the leaf-buds back of 

 the terminal buds. The leaves will be fewer, and many 

 under size. All will not have the characteristic color, 

 and some will turn yellow early and drop. If a whole 

 branch or the tips of some of the branches die, it is 

 usually a sure sign that the tree is not receiving the 

 proper amount of plant food or moisture. 



However, it must not be forgotten that a tree may 

 be "sick" from plant disease, insect pest, etc. 



A starving tree grows slowly. If our so-called slow- 



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