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fron n. bank account. Sooner or Inter the recount Is depleted. 

 This condition hr.s p.lrcp.dy been reached In come Mr-ssnchuGctts 

 orchards. 



Thinning Rrspbcrry Canes 



In pruning' the rp.spberry planting it is just rs Iraportpnt 

 that v.'c remove the ncak cr^Jies as it is to rcnovc the canes v;hich 

 have borne a crop. Renoval of vrcak canes nay be left until spring 

 or they may be cut out vhen the old canes arc removed in the fall. 

 For red raspberries, the Michigan Agricultural Expcrinent Station 

 suggests leaving 10 canes in each k- feet of row. If grovm in 

 hills 3x7 feet it vflll require about eight canes per hill to 

 equal the 10 cnnes in k feet of rovr. In the c.'"'se of black or 

 purple rrspberrlcG, k- ernes per plant hove given satisfoctory 

 results. The Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station suggests 

 leaving all cones over ■§• inch in diameter. If too many canes arc 

 left in a plonting, the extrr cones tend to encourage diserse by 

 interfering with the circulrtion of air. The extra cones oJso oct 

 o.s weeds ond they make picking more difficult. There is much to 

 be so.id in fovor of "ire supports for raspberry cones. In the ob- 

 sence of such supports, the cones should be cut back enough to 

 moke them stiff enough to support o. crop. Cutting bock o.bout a 

 third is usually sufficient. 



"An Apple a Day.'!. 



Folks are still talking o.bout the Interesting address of 

 Dr. Manville given at the convention of the Intci'national Apple 

 Association in Boston last month. Dr. Manville presented some 

 new o.nd revolutionary ideas about the vo.lue of apples in the diet. 

 He so.id, "People ho.ve long known the value of apples in the diet, 

 but this knowledge was the outgrov.'th of experience ond it hos only 

 been very recently thot the laborotory has revealed the vorious 

 elements which ore packed inside the skin of this ancient fruit. 

 The chief sources of pectin today ore the peel of citrus fruits 

 and apple pomace. In eating citrus fruits the peel is discorded 

 and the juice contolns very little of this ingredient. There is 

 probobly no fruit the edible portion of ^hich exceeds the apple 

 in Its pectin content. Thot portion of the pectin v.hich is di- 

 gested gives rise to ccrto.in products ^hich when o.bsorbcd ond car- 

 ried to the liver enoblc that organ to get rid of many poisons. 

 I do not hesitate to so.y that for children living in large cities 

 ond those living in areo.s where it is common for the temperatures 

 to reach high levels, the use of o.pples '"all prove to be one of 

 the greo-test blessings of recent times. Evidence is occumulrting 

 tho.t adults suffering fron such conditions o.s intcstlno.l ulcers 

 may be cured by the use of o.pple pomace or o.pple powder." 



At a meeting of the National Apple Institute in Cincinnoti 

 in June, Dr. Kchoc of the University of Cincinno.ti, spoke on "Human 

 Lead Absorption ond Excretion in Relation to Human Food". Dr. 

 Kehoc cited recent experiments to show tho.t Ico.d taken into the 

 humo.n body does not accumulo.te os has boon so generally believed. 

 It is a known fact that a certo.in onount of leo.d is token into the 

 body noturally in all foods. To test the theory thot lead accumu- 



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