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Now  is  the  time  to  be 
planning  for  the  quiet 
months  during  the  fall 
and  winter. 
How  can  you  keep  your 
tractor  and  your  men 
profitably  <busy? 
By  securing  a  Lane 
Tractor  Sawmill  and 
turning  into  lumber  the 
isolated  wood  lots  in  your 
vicinity, — wood  lots  so 
far  from  the  sawmill  and 
railway  that  haulage 
would  be  too  expensive, — 
wood  lots  too  small  to 
pay  for  the  erection  of  a 
mill. 
This  little  portable 
mill  is  really  portable, 
yet  of  large  capacity. 
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throughout, — strong, 
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in  first  cost,  cheap  to 
operate 
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SKINNER  HYDRAULIC 
Barrel  Heading  Press 
Your  packing  equipment 
should  Include  this  well- 
built,  practical 
barrel  press.  Op¬ 
erated  either  by 
motor  attached 
or  by  pulley 
from  line  sh  aft.  E'.n  t  i  r  e  1  y 
self-contained  with  pump 
mounted  on  base  casting. 
Pump  consumes  no  power 
except  when  actually  press¬ 
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controlled  by  double  foot 
pedal  action. 
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RURALISMS 
Moving  Tulip  and  Hyacinth  Bulbs 
What  is  the  best  way  to  deal  with  tulip 
and  hyacinth  bulbs  that  must  be  re¬ 
moved?  Would  they  be  all  right  taken 
up  soon  after  blossoming  and  kept  in  the 
cellar  until  Fall?  mrs.  e.  l.  s. 
Parish,  N.  Y. 
Tulips  and  hyacinths  should  be  allowed 
to  mature  and  ripen  their  foliage  before 
the  bulbs  are  dug  and  stored.  That  is, 
the  leaves  should  become  yellow  and  grad¬ 
ually  dry.  If  it  is  imperative  that  they 
be  moved  before  this  ripening  is  complete, 
lift  them  carefully  and  heel  in ;  that  is, 
make  a  furrow  in  the  ground  and  lay  the 
plants  slanting  in  it,  bringing  the  earth 
up  against  them  at  the  natural  level. 
They  may  be  put  in  some  inconspicuous 
place  in  the  garden,  and  there  allowed 
to  ripen  in  the  natural  way.  When  the 
foliage  is  dry  the  bulbs  may  be  lifted, 
allowed  to  dry  in  a  shaded,  airy  place, 
and  then  stored  in  paper  bags  in  the  cel¬ 
lar. 
Care  of  Fuchsia 
I  received  a  lovely  Fuchsia  for  Moth¬ 
er’s  Day.  It  is  just  a  mass  of  blossom 
and  buds.  Will  you  tell  how  to  take  care 
of  it  to  keep  it  blooming  as  it  is  now  ;  also 
how  to  get  slips  from  it,  and  the  care  for 
next  Winter  to  bloom  in  the  window? 
Shrub  Oak,  N.  Y.  mrs.  c.  c.  f. 
The  Fuchsia  requires  a  season  of  rest 
after  blooming,  and  it  will  not  give  you 
bloom  next  Winter  in  the  window  after 
free  flowering  all  Summer.  It  is  natural 
for  the  plant  to  bloom  in  Spring  and 
Summer.  Let  it  rest  in  October,  Novem¬ 
ber  and  December,  being  given  just 
enough  water  to  keep  the  wood  plump. 
Keep  the  plant  in  a  cool  place,  but  free 
from  frost.  In  January  it  may  be  brought 
into  a  temperature  of  50  degree  at  night, 
rising  to  60  degrees  during  the  day. 
When  sufficiently  started  into  growth  to 
show  the  live  buds,  trim  out  dead  wood, 
and  cut  into  shape.  Repot  into  pot  the 
same  size,  and  when  it  has  made  a  good 
growth  of  roots,  shift  into  a  pot  two  sizes 
larger.  Desirable  soil  is  equal  parts  pure 
sand,  loam  and  leaf  mold.  When  the  plant 
is  well  established  and  making  a  good 
growth,  an  occasional  application  of  ma¬ 
nure  water  will  be  desirable. 
'Cuttings  may  be  taken  of  the  green 
wood  during  the  Summer,  and  set  in 
small  pots,  in  a  shaded  place,  where  the 
night  temperature  does  not  fall  below  60 
degrees.  It  is  probable  that  you  could 
root  them  in  the  house ;  commercially 
they  are  propagated  under  glass.  The 
suckers  that  form  around  plants  bedded 
out  in  a  greenhouse  are  largely  used  for 
cuttings. 
The  Oregon  Walnut  Way 
The  walnut  tree  'pictured  on  page  711 
must  be  a  great  old  tree.  It  seems  re¬ 
markable  for  an  English  walnut  tree  to 
bear  in  your  climate  “the  largest  and  the 
most  paper-shelled  nuts”  and  not  be  in¬ 
jured  by  the  severe  cold  Winters.  That 
tree  is  worth  propagating,  but  Mr.  Fletch¬ 
er  is  doomed  to  disappointment  in  doing 
so  by  planting  the  nuts,  as  he  is  doing. 
The  trees  will  not  come  true  to  seed,  and 
after  his  years  of  waiting  he  will  have 
only  small,  inferior  nuts,  possibly  some 
good  ones.  The  Oregon  way  is  to  plant 
California  Flack  walnuts  and  then  after 
four  years,  or  when  the  trunk  is  4  or  5  ft. 
tall,  top-graft  these!  This  gives  a  black 
walnut  trunk,  which  is  less  liable  to  dis¬ 
ease.  The  California  walnut  is  a  rapid 
grower,  a  grafted  tree  grows  more  rapid¬ 
ly,  or  the  grafts  put  in  are  rapid  growers, 
and  will  bear  in  -two  or  three  years  with 
the  good  root  system  behind  them.  A  year 
ago  last  December  and  February  the  Cal¬ 
ifornia  nut  was  planted  4  or  5  in.  deep 
and  the  following  Spring  came  up  and 
made  a  good  growth  last  year  of  1  y2  to 
2  ft.  D.  C.  CHAPMAN. 
Oregon. 
Weeds  That  Harbor  Fungus 
Wild  parsnip  and  wild  carrot  are 
two  very  troublesome  weeds,  and  they 
have  the  evil  trait  of  acting  as  host  to 
the  leaf-spot  fungus,  Cercospora  apii, 
which  is  very  injurious  to  celery.  For 
this  reason  every  effort  should  be  made 
to  control  these  weeds  where  celery  is 
grown.  The  wild  parsnip  is  also  danger¬ 
ous,  for  its  thick  white  fleshy  root  is 
poisonous,  even  when  cooked ;  it  is,  as 
one  writer  says,  the  garden  parsnip  gone 
to  the  bad.  Its  hollow  stems  and  large 
umbel  of  small  yellow  flowers  are  quite 
familiar,  but  it  should  not  be  permitted 
to  grow  on  any  farm.  Control  methods 
are  hand  pulling  while  the  ground  is  soft 
in  Spring,  and  spudding  or  hoe-cutting 
the  root  leaves  from  their  crowns  in  late 
Autumn  or  early  Spring.  Plants  that 
survive  to  send  up  flower  stalks  should 
be  cut  before  they  seed. 
The  wild  carrot,  familiar  and  admired 
as  Queen  Anne’s  lace,  may  be  controlled 
by  hoe-cutting  or  spudding  the  leaf  crown 
the  first  year,  or  cutting  or  hand  pulling 
the  flowering  stalks  the  second  year. 
Hand  pulling  is  the  only  way  to  fight  the 
weed  in  grain  fields,  as  it  is  resistent 
to  sprays  that  would  not  destroy  the 
grain  crops  also.  In  cultivated  ground 
it  rarely  becomes  troublesome.  This  is 
one  of  the  wild  flowers  we  may  encourage 
tourists  to  gather  freely. 
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