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wrench. Even when regular threaded 
couplings are used, two medium-sized Stil- 
son wrenches will be all the tools required, 
and they will last a lifetime. For trellises, 
supports, columns of all kinds, posts or 
arches in place of wood, gateways, bars, 
fences, railings, etc., pipe is practically in¬ 
destructible and when painted a suitable 
color makes a very neat appearance. 
Tree Repair 
T EIE injuries to trees are usually ab¬ 
rasions on the bark or broken 
limbs or splints in the crotches of trunks 
or branches. 
The implements needed for ordinary 
tree surgery are a good pocketknife, a 
mallet and chisel, a sharp saw and a can 
of coal tar or heavy linseed oil or lead 
paint. Cement for making concrete will 
be necessary in cases where large cavities 
exist. 
In cases of wounds or broken limbs the 
first thing to do is to cut back to sound 
wood or sound bark. Make all the surfaces 
clean and dry; in cases of limb or branch, 
unless quite large, cut them ofif quite close 
to the trunk. The wound should then be 
wiped ofif, clean and dry, and painted over 
thoroughly. 
Splits should be prevented or repaired 
by tying the parts up temporarily with a 
rope or chain, which may be twisted up 
with a stick or iron bar, to get them close 
together; then drill a hole through each 
branch, measure the distance, and have a 
bolt made at the blacksmith’s jointed in 
the middle, and with a large washer at 
each end. 
Decayed cavities, either at the base of 
the trunk or at large limbs resulting from 
wounds formerly neglected, should be dug 
out and all semi-rotted wood chiseled back 
to clean, hard wood; paint this over, and 
if the cavity is large, fill it with cement, 
being sure that no rotten or decayed spot 
is left underneath it. 
Plant Fruit Trees 
A PPLES and peaches may be grown 
on any good garden soil. Good 
drainage is absolutely necessary. Holes 
for planting fruit trees may be prepared in 
the same way as those described for 
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