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The  History  of  a  Divided  Tree 
Near  the  road  in  the  front  yard  of  the 
late  Nelson  Cox  in  Lawrence  Co..  Ohio, 
there  were  planted  about  25  years  ago 
some  maple  trees,  and  about  lb  years  ago. 
just  after  a  severe  cold  spell  we  noticed 
this  tree  had  the  bark  split  on  both  sides 
f'*om  near  the  ground  up  a  good  number 
of  feet.  When  growth  started  in  the 
Spring  the  loose  bark  sprang  out.  from 
the  heart  wood,  and  we  cut  it  off  back 
to  the  green  bark.  The  tree  grew,  but 
the  wound  did  not  heal  over,  and  in  a 
few  years  we  noticed  an  opening  clear 
through  inside  the  bark  on  one  side  of 
WHEN  you  buy  an  auto-  the  car  stopped  only  long  enough  to 
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A  Divided  Maplle  Tree 
the  dead  heart  wood.  The  sides  con¬ 
tinued  to  grow,  but  the  heart  began  to 
rot  away,  and  in  walking  by  it  the  other 
day  1  noticed  it  was  almost  completely 
rotten.  I  gave  it  a  punch  with  an  ax  and 
the  heart  all  fell  out  and  is  about  aft 
near  dirt  as  a  rotten  log  in  the  woods. 
The  picture  was  taken  then  showing 
the  opening,  which  is  five  feet  high  and 
five  inches  wide  on  the  opposite  side 
from  the  camera,  hut  next  to  the  camera 
it  extends  above  the  picture  to  about 
10  or  11  feet  and  is  six  inches  wide. 
On  the  right  side,  look  in  >r  at  the  picture, 
the  bark  extends  around  that  part,  the 
bark  inside  the  same  as  outside.  The 
left  segment  has  not  barked  over  all  the 
inside.  The  tree  is  now  about  20  inches 
measured  across  the  picture,  but  through 
the  other  way  each,  segment  is  about 
10  indies,  the  hollow  about  seven  inches 
and  each  side  about  six  inches  thick. 
It  stands  facing  the  road  at  an  angle  of 
about  30  degrees,  so  passersby  can  see 
through  it  one  way  as  they  approach 
it.  This  is  a  soft  maple.  it.  t.  COX. 
Fertilizer  on  Grass  Land 
I  have  a  piece  of  •’round  of  about  2V> 
acres  which  was  in  grass  last  year  for  the 
first,  time,  and  from  which  1  cut  four  tons 
of  hay,  I  want  to  top-dress  it.  this  Spring, 
and  as  manure  is  out  of  the  question  for 
me  cn  account  of  the  expense  (about 
$3.25  a  load)  I  am  obliged  to  use  a  sub¬ 
stitute.  I  am  advised  by  some  to  use  a 
good  fertilizer  and  by  others  to  use 
ground  raw  bone.  Those  who  advise  me 
to  use  the  hone  claim  that  the  substance 
would  not  lie  used  our  of  ir  in  one  season, 
like  it  would  with  the  fertilizer. 
Hazleton,  L'a.  D.  B.  B. 
Wlmt  is  called  the  dominating  element 
with  stK'h  grass  is  available  nitrogen. 
This  means  that  you  need  the  clement 
which  will  force  a  quick,  strong  growth 
during  the  damp  weather  of  early  Spring. 
If  that  is  done  you  are  sure  of  a  fair  Crop, 
even  if  late  May  and  June  arc  dry.  Ni¬ 
trate  of  soda  and  snip!  ate  of  ammonia 
are  used  for  forcing  the  grass,  with  phos¬ 
phoric  acid  to  give  strength  to  the  stems. 
The  fine  ground  bone  is  excellent  for  a 
lawn,  where  a  steady  growth  all  through 
the  season  is  needed.  For  :i  meadow  some 
more  soluble  nitrogen  should  go  with  the 
bone.  A  mixture  of  three  parts  line  bone 
and  one  part  nitrate  of  soda  would  give 
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