The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Advice About Pruning 
Just a word in regard to William TIo- 
faling's article, page "ft. nti " I’.arly Rear¬ 
ing of Standard Apple Varieties.” He 
certainly pointed out one of the biggest 
factors governing early bearing of young 
apple trees. In ntv work over in In¬ 
diana it seems to me that 00 per cent of 
tin 1 grower’s cut out almost all of the 
fruit-bearing wood the first five or six 
years of pruning and don’t give the trees 
the least chance to do he thing they 
really hoped it would do. These little 
spurs through the small trees will never 
grow into large vegetative limbs. Mr. 
Hotaling’s recommendation to prune se¬ 
verely the first two or three years until 
the scaffold and secondary limbs are well 
established, and then go light on the prim¬ 
ing for the next six or seven years, is 
certainly good advice. 
Indiana. c. l. BURKirouiEit. 
Wintering Cannas as House Plants 
The two Cannas shown in the picture 
are from offshoots from the pmeut clump. 
These offshoots were separated aud potted 
when the Camia roots were lifted early in 
November, and since then have been kept 
ust warm and moist enough to make a 
slight growth. The one ou the left is 
Yellow King Humbert aud the one oil the 
right is David llarum. They were thus 
treated to insure plants in case the ... 
in the cellar did not keep, though the lat¬ 
ter are all right so far. February 10. 
Ohio. W. E. Ol'CKWAI.I.. 
Protection Against Deer and Rabbits 
I have the following note regarding pro¬ 
tection against deer by H. C. Wagner 
taken from California Game and f ish. 
Yol. 1. page 211 (101.1). This magazine 
is published by the California State 
Game Commission. 
“Blood meal (dried blood t, oue poun 
to three gallons of water sprayed on 
vegetation will protect it from deer. No 
injury done to trees or garden truck ex¬ 
cept that cabbage and lei nu t* seems to ab¬ 
sorb some of the material. Can be 
sprayed or painted on. The California 
Experiment Station is to determine if 
blood meal can be added to the codling 
moth spray to cut down cost of opera- 
Did anybody ever try Black T.eaf 10 
or other tobacco extract against these 
animals? Man is the only animal that 
prefers to use it; all others reject it un¬ 
less taught to use it. i\ T. BARNES. 
Pennsylvania. 
We would like to hear from any others 
who have tried spraying ’o protect crops 
from deer. Are they fond of tobacco? 
The Bookshelf 
Opportunities in Farming, by Ed¬ 
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Every Step in Canning, by Grace 
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its progress, aud a book of this class is 
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