dead wood out his top may not be symjnetrical , but it is quite 

 evident that an unsjrmmetrical live tree is better than a 

 symmetrical dead one. Therefore clean the trees out thoroughly. 

 He now has a tree, evary part of which is alive and '-vith a 

 head anywhere from 10 to 20 feet to* high. How to get it down 

 is the question. It is a well known physiological fact that 

 very severe pruning will induce the growth of suckers. It is 

 the result of an effort on the part of the tree to reestablish 

 the proper balance between the root system and the top, AccordO 

 inc to this fact, a severe pruning of the top branches should 

 induce a growth of suckers from so-called adventitious b\ids lower 

 down an the trunk. This is precisely what happens. And from 

 this nev/ growth of suckers may eventually be formed an entirely 

 new head. There is another important factor in this cutting down 

 process which it would be fatal to disregard. It is the action 

 of the sunlight on the green leaves that furnishes the tree with 

 its entire supply of carbo-hydrate foods, i.e., sugars and starch 

 etc. If therefore, the entire top should be cut off a tree, its 

 source of this kind of food would be totally destroyed and the 

 chances are one hundred to one that the tree would die. There- 

 fore do not "dehorn" the tree all the same season. Rather cut 

 say 1/3 of the top out the first year, leaving the remainder to 

 nurish the tree till the new sucker grov/th has developed some- 

 what. The second year cut out another third of the old top. By 

 this time the first years sucker growth will have attained suf- 

 ficient developement to play its part in the nourishment of the 

 tree. By follOv7ing out this plan, the beginning of the fourth 

 year will see an entirely new head on the old trees, and the 

 trees themselves none the worse for wear. By selecting the 



