March y. 
BEAUTIFYING COUNTRY CHURCH AND 
SCHOOL GROUNDS. 
Part II. 
There are hundreds of flowering 
shrubs and the choice is perplexing. 
Again and again in nursery catalogues 
one reads “beautiful as single speci¬ 
mens” after the description of some 
variety. Better a single specimen than 
a clump of weeds, but three or four 
Hydrangeas in a group are far prettier 
than if planted some distance apart. 
Even if in following the advice of some 
writer in a calendered-paper farm jour¬ 
nal, something a trifle odd happens to 
be chosen, it will not be a national ca¬ 
lamity. To begin now and make plans 
to beautify the unsightly school or 
church grounds is the thing. In select¬ 
ing flowers choose those that are easily 
grown and need but little care. And 
whether it be a tree, shrub or flower, 
be sure that it is properly planted. Of 
the 317,166 trees planted on the school 
grounds in the State of New York 
CATALPA GROWN IN THE OPEN. Fig. 117 
since 1889, but one tree in five has sur¬ 
vived, due to carelessness in planting 
or subsequent neglect. A well-known 
authority gives the following good and 
terse advice! 
“All you have to do in order to cul¬ 
tivate shrubs is to plow the soil or dig 
it to the depth of a foot or two; give 
it a square deal in the matter of 
manure; plant your bushes early 
enough in Spring or Fall so that they 
will feel at home before the Summer 
drought or Winter cold; hustle them 
quickly into the ground so that the 
roots are not exposed a moment longer 
than necessary to the sun and air; cut 
back the top rather severely to balance 
the loss of roots, and make a good job 
of planting. The rule is to plant shrubs 
two feet apart You can always tell 
how deep to plant a shrub. Set it as 
deep as it was before or a little deeper. 
Put your high shrubs back and low ones 
in front. Let the Autumn leaves lie 
where they fall.” s. K. madden. 
Pennsylvania. 
Rendering Beeswax. 
B. K., Schettnbnrg, Pa .—Can anyone tell 
me bow to make beeswax? 
Ans. —We infer this inquirer wishes 
to know how to melt and prepare bees¬ 
wax, rather than to make it, as the bees 
will make it for him. There are vari¬ 
ous excellent wax extractors made by 
dealers in bee supplies, which melt and 
pi ess the wax in an economical way. 
To render wax without an extractor, 
put a wash-boiler containing water on 
the stove; put some strips of wood on 
the bottom, to keep the. wax from burn¬ 
ing. Make bags of cheese cloth, about 
the size of grain bags, but shorter. Pack 
the wax in these bags, squeezing it up 
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in the hands to make it as small as pos¬ 
sible. Pack these bags into the boiler 
of hot water, as many as you can get 
in, and while the water is boiling put 
on a board, with a heavy piece of iron 
on it. This weight should press all the 
liquefied wax out of the bags, so that 
it floats on the surface, when, it should 
be skimmed off. When the wax is all 
piessed out, the weight should sink be¬ 
low the top of the water. 
Moving an Orchard. 
II. 8. C., Brookeville, Md .—I bave an or¬ 
chard which was planted four years ago, 
and which I wish to move from low to 
higher ground. Could I do so with any 
success ? 
Ans. —Certainly you can. Some 
growers do not plant out their perma¬ 
nent orchards until the trees are five 
or six years old. Such trees are kept 
in the nursery row quite close together 
until they make good size. They are 
then cut back severely—“dishorned” as 
it is called. A large ball of dirt is dug 
up around the roots and the tree is 
quickly transplanted to its permanent 
place. If possible, select a time when 
the soil is moist, cut the top back and 
leave a large ball at the roots and trans¬ 
plant before the sap starts. These are 
the requisites for success. Those who 
practice the plan have the full use of 
the land before the orchard is planted 
and do not have to work any little 
trees. 
Are Wind-breaks Needed Here? 
I wish to plant a row of trees along the 
sides of a pear orchard for a wind-break 
for Summer and Fall protection. What 
shall I plant? Location high, with clay 
loam soil. Would either Catalpa Speciosa, 
English walnut or Russian mulberry be 
what I want? Would the mulberry be likely 
to sprout from root or seed and make it un¬ 
desirable? s. J. 
New Jersey. 
S. J. seems to have his pear orchard in 
a. very desirable soil and location, as he 
describes it, and I cannot understand the , 
necessity for a wind-break around such an 
orchard, unless the locality is subject to 
hurricanes that would uproot his trees, 
which is hardly possible in Hunterdon Co., 
N. J. A hedge will hinder free air cir¬ 
culation, or drainage, a very needful thing, 
especially in the Spring at blooming time. 
I would not plant orchards near woods, or 
in any place where there was not a perfect 
air drainage. The trees should protect 
themselves during the Summer, and if prop¬ 
erly pruned when overloaded with fruit, the 
fruit thinned to the amount the trees can 
carry to perfection, they should withstand 
all ordinary wind and rain storms of our 
New Jersey Summers. I believe a tree 
needs the exercise that it gets from the 
motion caused by the wind to strengthen its 
limbs and roots lust as much as an animal 
needs to walk and run around to keep it in 
healthy bodily and muscular condition. If 
a hedge or wind-break is a necessity, then 
plant American arborvitse, or Norway 
spruce, both of which are evergreen, strong, 
healthy growers and can be grown with 
little care or expense. If a deciduous hedge 
is preferred then the Catalpa would be pre¬ 
ferred as it is a quick growing tree, and the 
wood is valuable for posts, etc. The Rus¬ 
sian mulberry is a scraggly growing tree, 
without value as far as my observation 
goes. The English walnut is very uncer- j 
tain if grown from California or imported 
eeed, as it winter-kills very often, and i 
many plants never make trees. e. s. b. 
Direct to Customers. 
For a number of yeara I have been en¬ 
gaged in truck farming and selling direct 
to the consumer. The selling is done in a 
seashore town largely inhabited by rich 
cottagers from the city. I have developed 
a high-class trade, and maintain it from 
year to year by fair dealing, by growing 
good stuff, and regularity in making my 
rounds. One great secret of success is to 
pick the fruits and vegetables at the right 
time; for instance a single order of melons 
left on the vines one day too long may 
son and rightly so, for how disappointing 
it is to cut one only to find it flat and taste¬ 
less ! It is also important to put stuff up 
in neat attractive packages and sell them 
while fresh. The articles sold comprise 
nearly all the vegetables grown in the 
open, and include asparagus, peas, beans, 
sweet corn, carrots, beets, cabbage, toma¬ 
toes, peppers, eggplants, etc. I also grow 
melons, strawberries, raspberries and black¬ 
berries. Poultry and eggs are a part of the 
business, and a profitable part too, and I 
have never yet been able to supply the de¬ 
mand. Some customers prefer to pay cash 
for everything they buy, while others pre¬ 
fer to run a monthly account; in the lat¬ 
ter case I always give them an account 
book and each day enter in it the articles 
sold and the prices. I regard this as very 
important, for in this way I gain my cus¬ 
tomers’ confidence and they buy more 
freely, knowing they will not be over¬ 
charged or asked to pay for goods they 
never bought. 
Now, as to the prices received for goods 
sold in this way. I find that people are 
willing to pay a fair, but not an exor¬ 
bitant price. This latter statement I fear 
will be disappointing to many who have 
the idea that all you have to do is to put 
a high price on everything sold to wealthy 
people and they will pay it. The telephone 
is a great help in conducting a business of 
this sort, and many orders are received in 
tills way. In the last analysis the success 
of such a business depends upon the man ; 
he must be fitted for it, he pleasant and 
courteous at all times, a good judge of 
human nature, and untiring in his efforts 
to please. It seems almost unnecessary to 
say an early start in the morning is essen¬ 
tial, and that one must be careful of time, 
which is valuable, and not engage in too 
lengthy conversations, and lastly avoid tip¬ 
pling at the corner saloon : drink has caused 
more failures than drought. g. i. 
New Jersey. 
The Ontario Apple. —On page 9 I no¬ 
ticed an inquiry by J. P. G.,"Hudson, Mass., 
regarding the Ontario apple. The true On¬ 
tario apple was propagated and introduced 
by the late Charles Arnold, of Paris, Ont, 
who died in 1883. Among the many fruits 
and vegetables he introduced, the Ontario 
appple was one of the best. The apple is 
a hybrid of the Northern Spy and Wagoner; 
in appearance it resembles the Spy more 
than the Wagoner, but is not so conical in 
shape as the Spy, or as good in quality, 
but is a good cooking apple and ships well. 
It is not in the same class with the Mc- 
tosh Red or Famease (Snow). The late 
J. Hoskins, of Newport, Vt., said he thought 
there were about 25 varieties of Fameuse; 
probably this so-called Ontario may be one 
of them. How was the name Snow given 
to our good old Fameuse? I notice in an 
old report of the New York State Agricul¬ 
tural Society of 1854, in a list of apples 
recommended, there were Fameuse and 
Striped Fameuse. Those responsible for 
the name Snow should have given the Eng¬ 
lish translation of Fameuse, Famous, in¬ 
stead of Snow, for the old Fameuse is true 
to name and can’t bo approached in ap¬ 
pearance and quality ; its rich flavor being 
unique and commands the Highest price, 
either at home or abroad. r. brodie. 
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Are a Sure Money Crop When Raised With 
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A Young Business Farmer of Aroostook County, Maine, Makes a Wonderful 
Crop With Coe‘s Potato Fertilizer 
Mr. Benjamin FI. Ward of Aroostook County, Maine, last spring pur¬ 
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the balance (Quite an undertaking for a young man of about twenty years.; 
On Ang. 9th, 1911, Mr. Ward wrote us as follows: 
“E. Frank Coe’s Standard Potato Fertilizer is giving me splendid rasults this 
year. I have 50 acres of Potatoes (Cobblers, Green Mountain, Carmans, Bliss and Gold 
Coin) on which I used 40 tons of your E. Frank Coe’s Standard Potato Fertilizer. 
The tops are stocky and the crop has set heavily. 1 have 47 acres in one field and 1 have 
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At digging time from this 50 acres of Potatoes, young Mr. Ward har¬ 
vested 6,451 barrels of Potatoes, or 17,739 bushels, an average of 354 bushels 
per acre. This was no garden patch, or a crop receiving special culture to 
force yields. The crop was cultivated and sprayed by young Mr. Ward 
alone without any help. 
RESULTS: Under date of Feb. 20th, 1912, Mr. Ward writes as follows: 
“I have deposited $8,570. 98 from my potatoes so far, and I have eighteen hundred barrels yet. " 
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