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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



December, 1910 



Is Your Milk Really Clean 

 or Merely Clean Looking ? 



Strained milk all looks alike, it may be crowded 

 with germs, or positively sanitary. Straining takes 

 out the coarse dirt, but if the dirt and milk once become 

 mixed^ the milk is tainted and cannot possibly be cleaned 

 by straining. 



The Stcrilac Pail assures really clean milk, 

 because it keeps the milk and the dirt from ever 

 coming into contact. It is the only effective, low- 

 cost device for producing pure milk. Further- 

 more, it is better made and will last longer than any 

 owned. Try it at our risk. 



Note the strainer cloth on 

 which the milk strikes.' 



Note the dirt-shelf which 

 catches the dirt falling from 

 the udder. The projecting top 

 shields the strainer cloth from 

 falling dirt. 



It is easy to use, because the 

 opening is of ample mdth. 



It does not spatter. 



pail that you ever 



Here is our offer: We will send a pail, prepaid delivery. You try it for 10 days. If you are not 

 satisfied, send it back at our expense. If you like it, send us $2.50. Write us that you accept our offer, 

 and we will ship the pail. Specify a seamless pail if you prefer it, at an increase in price of 50 cents. 



STERILAC COMPANY 



2 Merchants Roiv, Boston, Mass. 



Modern sanitary Milk Apparatus of all kinds. 



Arsene Lupin Is Back ! 



DOUBLED AY, PAGE & CO., GARDEN CITY, N. Y. 



The Art of Pruning an Old 

 Apple Tree 



THERE are two important reasons for pruning 

 the apple tree — to prolong its life and to 

 improve the quality of its fruit. Pruning is prop- 

 erly done after the sap stops flowing — from 

 November to Februarj^ — but not during bitterly 

 cold w'eather. 



The tools needed are a narrow trimming-saw for 

 all medium-sized limbs, a larger saw for the heavier 

 wood, and a pair of pruning shears for removing 

 whips or suckers from about the trunk and lower 

 limbs. All cuts must be clean, as a snaggy or 

 uneven surface promotes decay. M\ raw wood 

 must be painted. 



Trees which have borne full crops may be closely 

 pruned, as the next year's crop will be light. All 

 superfluous branches can be removed, over- 

 balanced limbs shortened, and the tree left clean 

 and open. Trees which are to bear the following 

 year cannot be closely pruned without the loss 

 of many fruit buds. Except in extreme cases, 

 the branches should be merely thinned. 



It is a good plan to undertake the old trees first, 

 as much may be learned from past pruning. Trees 

 which must support the weight of very long boughs 

 extending at right angles to the trunk will event- 

 ually suffer from sagging limbs and a split trunk. 

 All trees whose long, naked limbs extend for many 

 feet from the trunk to the leafy periphery, have 

 each year borne their crops a little farther away. 

 The crown of foliage has assumed an umbrella-like 

 form discouraging inner growth by its shade, and 

 the size and quality of the fruits are affected by 

 their distance from the root system. Remedy 



The hole shown above is the result ot the re- 

 moval of a branch. The exposed heart-wood was 

 not painted and has decayed 



This improperly shaped apple tree was badly pruned 



