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April, 191! 



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DISTANCE 

 TELEPHONE 





The Pony Express 



A Pioneer of the Bell System 



FIFTY years ago the Pony Express 

 became the most efficient messenger 

 service ever known. 



Pony riders carried messages from 

 Missouri to California, nearly two thou- 

 sand miles across mountains and des- 

 erts, through blizzards and sand storms, 

 constantly in danger of attack by 

 hostile Indians. 



Fresh horses were supplied at short 

 intervals, and the messages, relayed 

 from rider to rider, were delivered in 

 the record-breaking time of seven and 

 one-half days. 



Railroad and telegraph took the place 



of the Pony Express, carrying messages 

 across this western territory. Today 

 the telephone lines of the Bell System 

 have done more, for they have bound 

 together ranch and mine and camp and 

 village. 



This network of telephone lines, 

 following the trails of the Indians, con- 

 nects with the telegraph to carry mes- 

 sages throughout the world. 



By means of Universal Bell Service 

 the most remote settler is no longer 

 isolated, but has become a constantly 

 informed citizen of the American Com- 

 monwealth. 



American Telephone and Telegraph Company 



And Associated Companies 



One "Policy One System Universal Service 



Grow Dwarf Apple Trees 



Novel, but practical, and intensely interesting. Require less room. 

 Easily cultivated, pruned and sprayed. Bear fruit earlier than the 

 standards. Make little shade, permitting other crops to be grown 

 between the rows. May be trimmed and trained on wire to grow 

 in almost any shape. Suburbanites, farmers and amateur horticultur- 

 alists alike find pleasure and profit growing dwarf apple trees. No 

 garden or orchard is now complete without several of these wonder- 

 fully productive trees. 



VARIETIES:— Duchess of Oldenburg, yellow, striped red; Winter Maiden's 

 Blush, red cheek; Bismarck, red, beautiful; Red Astrachan, crimson. 



I also carry a complete line of Nursery Stock, Asparagus Roots, California 

 Privet, Strawberry Plants, etc. 



Prompt Shipment. Send today for Illustrated Booklet, Free. 



a ARTHUR J. COLLINS, Box T, Moorestown, N. J. 



putting them also in the row — that is, out of reach 

 of the plow. Then by training up a shoot from the 

 roots and, after it is well established, cutting out 

 the old vine, you will have a new vine where the 

 old one stood without losing a year's crop. Roots 

 at the surface of the ground make troublesome 

 hand hoeing, and the best way to avoid it is to 

 set the vine deep enough in the beginning. 



Further, the best time to set out grapes is in 

 the fall. Set as in the spring except that the vine 

 above ground is not cut then in any way. Cut it 

 back to four or five buds early in the spring. 



New York. Julian Burroughs. 



" Netting" Fruit Trees 



IN THE spring, just as soon as the blossoms ap- 

 pear on my plum tree, I completely cover the 

 whole tree with netting which has been dipped in 

 slacked lime. After I get the blossoms and all the 

 branches covered I wrap the netting around the 

 main part of the tree several times and sew or tie 



Place netting over small fruit trees to keep sting- 

 ing insects from injuring fruits 



it fast. This not only protects the tree from pos- 

 sible snow or hail storms but also prevents stinging 

 insects from injuring the fruit as it forms. The 

 tree always yields abundantly where otherwise 

 there might at times be a poor crop of fruit. 



After a hard rain or a wind storm I darn the 

 netting where holes have been torn by the limbs. 

 The netting also prevents the blossoms from being 

 blown off before they should and being strewn 

 about the lawn. If you have a small fruit tree 

 on your lawn, try covering it with netting this 

 spring just to see if the fruit won't be better and 

 more plentiful. 



New Jersey. George Rocap. 



An Exact Method for Planting 

 Fruit Trees 



TO SET an orchard in regular rows, the rows 

 running true in both directions, I use the 

 following method: I buy two or three balls of 

 very stout linen twine and to it, at regular intervals, 

 I attach little brass rings, each ring representing 

 the distance between a tree and its neighbor. 

 Locating the ends of the first row of trees. I stretch 

 the cord tightly between these points and press a 

 little stick into the earth beside every ring. The 

 first row has now been located. To lay out cross 

 rows at right angles nail together in the form of a 

 triangle straight strips of wood nine, twelve and 

 fifteen feet in length. If the ends are exactly 



