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Note  two  trees  in  this  row  trussing.  Compare 
size  and  appearance  o'f  trees  with  those  at  the 
fight,  planted  in  blasted  holes. 
Parcel-post  Eggs 
What  stops  ojiji  lie  taken  to  make  a 
good  sol iti  complaint  and  to  insure  safety 
in  shipping  eggs  by  pa  reel  post?  I  have 
purchased  some  standard  parcel  post 
boxes,  advertised  in  Tm  K.  In.  V..  which 
I  believe  ought  to  be  safe  for  shipping. 
<>n  three  occasions  I  have  sent  eggs  in  the 
.".-dozen  containers,  labeled  with  targe  red 
slickers  reading  “Eggs.”  from  Whippany 
to  Jersey  City  to  different,  parties.  In  one 
case  10  eggs  were  completely  run  out  and 
eight  cracked;  in  the  second  about  eight 
ran  out  and  one  in  the  htird.  As  there  is 
unite  a  bit  of  space  in  the  partitions,  I 
wrapped  each  egg  separately  in  order  to 
avoid  any  mishaps.  tin  one  case  the 
cover  was  ripped  off.  It  seems  to  me  they 
could  exercise  a  great  deal  more  care  in 
handling  eggs.  I  am  trying  to  make  a 
living  in  this  way.  but  find  it  rather  dis¬ 
couraging  sit  the  rate  it  has  been  going, 
for  I  believe  there  ought  to  be  some  pro¬ 
tection.  c.  K. 
Whippany,  X.  ,T. 
This  printing  of  your  letter  hero  with 
your  name  and  address  is  about  the  most 
forcible  protest  you  can  make.  In  ad¬ 
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broken  packages  and  send  it  with  a  good, 
strong  letter  right  to  the  Fourth  Assist¬ 
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et  .all  who  have  lmd  similar  trouble  join 
in  this.  Personally,  we  doubt  if  there 
will  be  much  improvement  so  long  as  they 
use  Ihii/.i  for  carrying  the  mail.  We  should 
.ill  insist  that  h.iim/tri-s  are  used  for  such 
packages. 
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Row  at  left  planted  in  spade-dug  holes — at  right  in  blasted  holes. 
Clear  that  idle  land.  Re¬ 
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“Blasting  Holes  for  Planting 
Makes  Stronger,  Better  Trees 
says  Mr.  George  W.  Brown,  Mt,  Cory,  Ohio,  owner 
of  the  19  year  old  orchard  shown  above,  “  t  rees  in 
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and  permits  a  deeper,  stronger  root  growth,  eliminat¬ 
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Express  vs.  Parcel  Post 
■Inst  ft  word  to  illustrate  what  govern¬ 
ment  ownership  of  express  lines  viiiiht 
mean  to  the  people:  <  >n  November  2.2 
last  M.  Ward  &  l’o.  of  your  city  sent  me 
by  American  Express  a  small  corn  shelter, 
which  failed  to  come  to  hand  in  so  long 
a  time  that  1  asked  them  to  send  another, 
which  they  did.  by  parcel  post..  The  two 
shelters  carne  at  about  the  same  time. 
The  one  by  American  Express  cost  for 
transportation  77  cents,  the  one  by  parcel 
post,  exactly  the  same  tiling,  cost  ’it  cents. 
What  do  yon  know  about  that?  A.  it. 
West  Pike,  Pm, 
II.  N.  Y. — We  have  both  sides  pre¬ 
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certain  distances  express  is  cheaper, 
others  prove  the  case  for  parcel  post. 
Government  ownership  ought  to  give 
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one  must  be  discarded. 
The  system  1  am  now  using  is  to  file 
the  clippings  in  envelopes  under  a  loose 
card  index,  using  card  indexes.  I  use  a 
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to  hold  the  envelopes.  The  advantages 
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so' that  if  an  item  regarding  poultry  has 
something  regarding  vegetables  on  its 
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note  made  on  the  “Vegetable"  envelope  to 
“see  Poultry."  Old  matter  may  be  easily 
thrown  awn.v.  One  may  clip  at  any  time, 
and  when  convenient  tile  the  items  in  the 
proper  envelopes,  l’.y  using  this  system 
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