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The pulp is abstracted through a coarse bit of canvas, and the 
seeds are then laid on pieces of paper to dry. 
Trimming the boxthorn hedges provides plenty of work for 
some, while others are engaged lifting rooted cuttings of vines and 
wheeling manure. 
The soil is kept in good order by the use of the plough, which 
is used in the lower orchard, and also the hoe; burning rubbish 
is also carried on this month. 
To trim the edges of a buffalo-grass border, the student requires 
to have a steady hand and eye. 
Mr. Joseph Harris, M.L.A., gave a lecture this month on 
“ Undeveloped Sources of Wealth,” which was attended by many 
of the public, and was very instructive as well as interesting to 
the students, 
JUNE. 
Pruning during this month keeps us very busy. The goose- 
berries, dwarf apples, and pears are by this time well on the road 
to béing finished. ; 
Trenching gives a lot of work in the orchard. The word trench- 
ing means moving the whole of the soil to the depth of 2 feet or 
more. Fig. 2 shows mode of working. 
Collecting strawberry runners and planting them in rows for 
distribution occupies the students to their advantage. Cutting 
down chrysanthemums and collecting tomato seed also give 
employment, and some are engaged trenching in the nursery, and 
putting up seed potatoes for distribution. Instructions are given 
in ploughing in the lower orchard with the new American plough, 
and the students are also shown this month how to lay drain- 
pipes. Collecting the maize off the experimental plots and 
putting up American agricultural seeds for distribution make 
things a bit busy. 
Mr. A. N. Pearson gave a very interesting lecture entitled 
“Manures and Manuring,” which was attended by many of the 
public and students. 
JULY. 
This month also keeps us very busy in pruning the pear and 
apricot. 
The students are kept busy collecting codlin moths. The 
bandages of old bagging are now taken off the stems of the trees, 
where they have been for about two or three months. The best 
bandages are, perhaps, those made from old (not rotten) bagging, 
cut into strips of, say, 4 or 5 inches wide. 
