SECTION IV. 



' SERY AND ORCHARD. 



Labels. There are various modes of label- 

 ling trees. Labels of pine or cedar, brushed 

 over with white paint, and written upon with a 

 lead pencil before the paint is dry, answer a 

 good purpose for six or eight years. They 

 should be fastened to the tree, with copper 

 wire, in such a manner that they will not be 

 blown about and broken off by the wind, and 

 they should be watched occasionally, lest the 

 tree grow so as to be girdled by the wire. 



Lead labels, stamped with type or dies, are 

 far more durable. They may be made of 

 long narrow strips of the metal, and wound 

 round a limb or twig of the tree, or they may 

 be attached by means of copper wire. 



A convenient, cheap, and very durable 

 label, may be made of zinc. 



1st. The Form. Cut strips of zinc of an 

 elongated triangular form, ten to twelve inches 



