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Fruit Bottling. 



[JUNE, 



Then, again, I direct especial attention to the two columns 

 showing the percentage increase that takes place between each 

 period when a thinning is made. It appears to me that it is 

 a conclusive proof that we in this country must not be blindly 

 led away by German methods of timber-growing. I am not 

 attempting to argue that German foresters do not realise 

 what is the best course to adopt in their own country, but 

 I do assert that, in this country, landowners will suffer con- 

 siderable losses if they plant land without duly weighing the 

 results which are likely to accrue, or if they grow their timber 

 upon rotations which are too long, or if they leave the trees 

 too thick upon the ground when once the principal height- 

 growth has been attained. 



FRUIT BOTTLING: AN INDUSTRY FOR SMALL 



HOLDERS. 



Edith Bradley. 



Of all the useful and valuable food products which a small 

 holder can grow, fruit and vegetables should rank amongst 

 the first ; but, as fruit-growers know only too well, this 

 branch of agriculture is a great lottery : in a good year the 

 crop may bring in hundreds of pounds, in a bad year 

 hundreds may be lost. Consequently, the utmost use should 

 be made of all fruit which reaches maturity, and if it cannot 

 be consumed or sold in its ripe state, it should be preserved 

 for future requirements, during the seven or eight months 

 of the year when our orchards are unproductive. 



Of all forms of fruit preservation, there is none more 

 simple or more satisfactory than Fruit Bottling. It is sim- 

 plicity itself, only requiring the natural care of a trained 

 intelligence, it is inexpensive, and it can be made a profitable 

 industry. 



The Process. — Fruit bottling preserves the fruit by de- 



average per tree would have been much less, and a lower price per foot'-would have 

 been obtained, although perhaps slightly more timber per acre might have been 

 grown, but the value per acre would have been about the same or possibly less. 



