Death of Trees 
In my door.yard there ure two places 
where trees have died. I have for sev¬ 
eral years set out a new tree each Spring, 
but they always die. No matter what 
sort of a tree I set, or how careful T am 
in the work, the result is always the same. 
I have heard that one cannot: grow a tree 
in a place where one has once died. Do 
you know of any reason why a tree should 
not grow where one lias once died? Lust 
Spring I dug up three elm trees, two of 
them very fine ones and one serub: the 
latter had been browsed by the cattle and 
was really of little account. I sot the 
two good ones in the places where I had 
every Spring for five years set a tree. 
Roth of the good ones leaved out. but 
died along in the middle of the Summer. 
The scrub T stuck in a hole back of the 
barn, and gave it no attention at all; this 
one lived all right. I would appreciate 
your opinion. f. t. 
New York. 
Sometimes a tree has some root dis¬ 
ease or is killed by root aphis. In such 
eases a new tree put in the same place 
will often sicken and die. This trouble 
remains for several years. On the other 
hand, where trees die a natural death or 
are pulled out, we have found it, easy to 
grow a new tree in the same place. Some¬ 
times there is an outgrowth of rock at 
some point close to the surface, or some 
peculiar condition of the soil which de¬ 
stroys the tree. In a case where trees 
continue to die in a certain place, wc 
should keep away from that place in 
planting. 
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The most important period in the process 
of applying nutrition to the repair of the body is 
while you are asleep. For the most favorable 
transformation of digested food into nerve and 
cell tissue, so doctors tell us, sleep is absolutely 
essential. 
Is it any wonder that those who suffer from 
lack of proper sleep are weak, pale and lacking in 
energy or ambition? 
One of the causes of insomnia is nerve- 
irritation from tea and coffee drinking. Tea and 
coffee both contain caffeine, which has a ten¬ 
dency to cause undue stimulation. The irritating 
effect of caffeine often results in insomnia, de¬ 
pression, and a weakened nervous system. 
You can easily overcome these troubles by 
drinking Postum instead of tea or coffee. Postum 
is a delicious cereal beverage and it is abso¬ 
lutely free from caffeine, or any other harm¬ 
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Ask your grocer for Postum. Drink this 
refreshing beverage for ten days. Then see if 
you will not feel better and more clear head¬ 
ed, and if you do not sleep better at night—as 
so many other people have proved for themselves. 
Postum comes in two forms: Instant Postum (in tins) 
made instantly in the cup by the addition of boiling water. 
Postum Cereal (in packages of larger bulk, for those who 
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Garden Tools and Their Use 
A great number of people owning small 
gardens and taking care of them them¬ 
selves would save a great deal of labor, 
have better-looking gardens, and find a 
good deal more pleasure in cultivating 
them if they would use the proper tools 
and keep them in good condition. There 
are garden tools of every description 
made, some of them toys and more of 
them man-killers. Let us start with one 
of the principal tools, which is always 
in demand, and that is a hoe. It is a 
common sight to see people working in 
gardens using a great, big. rusty, dull 
hoe, that is only fit to mix mortar or ce¬ 
ment with, and the wise ones will always 
take pains enough to dean after they get 
through with it. There is a type called 
a meadow hoe; it is not large or heavy, 
but suitable in any garden when a hoe is 
needed. But keep it sharp, clean and 
bright, and once anyone follows the above, 
he will find hoeing not such a laborious 
task, with a great deal of efficiency. 
Then again, after the seed is sown and 
the Seedlings appear above the ground, 
and before a big erop of weeds gd a start. 
I always.: make it a point to work hack- 
wards in hoeing, thereby eliminating all 
foot tracks and soil packed hard. I gen¬ 
erally make the rows It* or IS in. apart, 
which enables one to work backwards, 
hoeing the row he walks in and the one 
on either side, which means three rows 
when you reach the end of the strip, and 
not a foot, track to be seen. 
Another tool that I use a good deal t*> 
break the crust and get right up to the 
seedlings is a short-tooth iron rake, using 
it similar to a hoe. viz., a light, choppy 
motion, and covering more surface than 
with a hoe. Where deep cultivation is 
required. I use one of the five-tooth hand 
cultivators, using it the same as the hoe, 
and wot king backwards. Once anyone gets 
used to walking backwards in hoeing, lie 
will soon realize the advantage it is. I 
do not advise this method for field culti¬ 
vation. where the rows are wide. 
Another tool 1 have got a great deal of 
work from is a Planet .Tr. wheel hoc. with 
the cultivator teeth attachment. 1 have 
frequently had occasion to sow good-sized 
areas to rye to turn under after taking 
off early crops. First draw up the patch 
of weeds and trash, then scatter the rye 
on the ground as required, and take the 
wheel hoe with the cultivator teeth set 
close, and generally with one operation 
get enough uiellow soil to cover the seed, 
and then roll and save a whole lot. of 
spading with jusl as good results. An¬ 
other tool that will do a good deal of work 
is a garden trowel; not one of the chea- 1 
kind, but oue with a solid steel shank, 
which costs about 75c, and will last a 
lifetime. It is practically unbreakable 
when put to any use required of a garden 
trowel. Another useful and very neces¬ 
sary tool in the garden is a pair !>f prun¬ 
ing shears, which, iu the hands of some 
amateur, will cause more destruction t<r 
shrubbery, etc., than nature can restore 
in years. Do not use any of the cheap 
makes of shears; they will not do the 
work required of them and last, very long. 
A good pair of shears cannot he nought 
for less than *2.50 or $3, hot with care 
they can he depended on to do good work. 
Rut keep them sharp, so that when using 
them they will make a clean cut without 
breaking the bark. w. F. n. 
Connecticut 
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