ON TREES AND BIRDS. 



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work in lots of barn-yard manure. If you feed the 

 soil the ground will feed your plants. In the culti- 

 vation of trees and plants of all kinds you should bear 

 in mind all the time what has been previously said, 

 namely: there is no hick or " chance," Everything is 

 cause and effect. Be faithful to Mother Nature and she 

 will give you a rich reward. 



