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Vol.  LXXXH. 
Published  Weekly  by  The  Rural  Publishing  Co.. 
333  W.  30th  St..  N^w  York.  Price  One  Dollar  a  Year. 
March  10,  1923 
Entered  as  Second-Class  Matter.  June  26.  1870.  at  the  Post 
Office  at  New  York,  N.  Y\.  under  the  Act  of  March  3.  1870. 
No.  4733 
This  picture  shows  about  how  apple  trees  are  trimmed  for  planting  at  Hope  Farm.  The  boy  holds  a 
pruned  tree  in  his  left  hand.  This  may  seem  like  a  brutal  assault  upon  a  tree  to  some  of  our  readers, 
but  the  trees  grow  to  a  good  size. 
