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W'hon the land is proqyerly, staked, Stony oust a large deep hole where. the tree is to stand and place some good soil in the bottom, having it highest at. the center. Never bend the roots. Cut back bruised or broken roots to aound wood. Plant two inbhes deepâ€" er than the trees were in the nursery. Lean considerably toward the two o'clock sun, with the lowest and heavi- 051. branches on the southwest side. Plant when the soil will powder and park it very carefully about the roots. Use the best surface soil for filling in. Never let pure manure come in contact with the roots but pluve it on top of the ground. “'hen‘ the hole is three-fourths filled». wet with four or five gallons of water and after the water has' disappeared finish l'iliing.r in. Sinking is never needed if trees are well planted. SETTING AN APPLE ORCHARD. As noon, as the trees arrive, I plow a. deep {arrow and heel them in, prepar- atory to planting, deepen the furrow to ‘15 inches with a spade, cut the twine whirh holds the bundle together. Spread out in the trench and coven with dirt. After all the trees are in. wet the roots thoroughly. They can safely stay here until the. landlis in proper order for planting says a writer. The proper soil is light. warm and; gl'uvell)’ ; and the manure to be applied should be other than animal manure. The usual premise iq to, manure the ground with! when dung. with a View to int'reme the size and quantity 06 fruit: hut in doing this. the flavor of the fruit is destroyed in proportion. to the richness of the soil. Besides, this form of high manuring, produres' strong vines and little fruit. Rotten iezu'es. derayed wood, fermented peat, ashes in small quantity. mixed with: other vegetable substances in a com- post heap. will make better manure for strawberries than any animal! nulstam-e “hatever. Mulch trees with coarse manure or dtraw six inches or more in depth. Do not let grass or weeds grow in the orchard. Thorough cultivation eight or nine times in a season \is a great {actor in growing a euccesqfnl orq chard. (Tornstalks cut tno feet long and tied about the base of the tree ere almost a complete protection. aagainb't borers mice, rabbits and sun- V «dd l plant the “ide spare ietwi en the trees to acme kind. of a Non, leaving plenty of room for cultivating the trees and fertilizing them. It is better t) nlant no trees at all than poor 1arie1ies or to plant good varie- ties and neglect to care for them. When the plants are put out they! should he kept free from weeds-and the ground should be kept loose about them. If the plants are strong. put hut one to form the, stools: if weak.‘ two. They should be planted in sepâ€" arate bills, or rows. two to three feet apart. and a {cot apart in the rows. The cmnrosition of the ash of the. strawberry is as follows: Potash, 21.06; soda. 28.18; lime. 14.20; magnesia-â€" oxide of iron. 5.99; phosyhoriu acid, 13.82.: silica. 3.05; sulphuric acid, 3.15, uhlorico. 1.60. Per cent of ash in fruit, 5.2. s I plant my trees in rows 32 ft apart and. 16 ft apart in the row, making 80- trea. per acre. The rows run north Ind south. As the vines \\ hioh lear strawberrios require great moisture from the time of blossoming to bring the fruit to ifs pmper size the soil and situation in \\ 1111 b they we placed must not he tcodry. 'l‘he foliage and stems contain on the average. five times as much! of the various elements as the fruit alone but ‘8 these are not for market, the [arm suffers no expert but that of the fruit. GETTING RID OF \VILD OATS. This plant after it once becomes well established is somewhat difficult to get rid of. It is, however, an annual, and if prevented from seeding for a few years. and. measures adopted t0\ induce the germination of seeds that are already in the ground.- it will soon disappear. Possibly the best method is of seeding the land to field oats in Spain . then as soon as the croy of grain has leen removed, plough to a deplbb of three or four inches. \Vell drained land is essential to a good orchard. I plow north and much where I wish the rows of trees to stand, plowing as deeply as possible and having the dead furrow come Where a row of trees is to stand. Plow mp the bottom of the dead furrow» stirring as deeply as possible then by bark furrowing make a ridge on which to set the trees. Jus‘ as soon as the wild oats have- well started. go over the ground with» come shallow-going instrument, such as a smallotoothed cultivator» This “ill kill the plants already‘i growing; and bring to the surface seeds .that' have not already sprouted. These will germinate. and before the plants are old enough to mature seed they will be killed by froet. In autumn seed the land to winter grain, if' this ican he grown. and after harvest, the follow- ing season plough the ground. and give the same treatment as recom- mended for the oat fields. Two years’ treatment of this kind, it carefully. performed. will kill almost any annual. PRACTICAL FARMING. (‘ARE 0F GRAPEVIN ES. Woman mounds of pruning grape- STRA‘VBERRIES 6} ‘atomizer on the nr-Iarldet.’ If this is scoured. the kerosene can he applied without much danger of bad results. Builders are lnceuantly M Work all Around the Melropolltan Arena. 1 Some striking figures which havei just been published seem to indicate? that the wonderful growth of the vast l province of houses that we call Lon- dcln is going on as vigorously as ever. says the London Daily News. A re- turn just published states that the number of houses built in London in the twelve months ending August last was noless than 14,591. This is, of course, in the Greater London of the Registrar-General. The London of the School Board contained in 1891 the vast aggregate of 557,134 inhabited houses, which was more than one~tenlh of all the dwellings in England and! \Vales; Birmingham had 851324, Liver-i pool. 91,484, and Manchester 100,249.i But in the Greater London of the Re-i gistrar-General’s weekly return the. number of inhabited houses was 767,-! 679, or nearly one-sixth of the houses} in England and Wales. The largest: aggregate of inhabited dwellings next! to that in the Thames valley is that; on the lrwell, where the twin towns of Manchester and Sallord had he-; tween them 129,412 inhabited houses; But London, at the present rate of? growth, is adding more to its streets: and squares in ten years than thel whole of Manchester and Salt'ord put‘ together. Yet. even the present gigan~g tic growth is not quite equal to that? which took place in each of the ten] years ending with, the last census. lti l is exceedingly difficult to realize what You say that bu-rglar's defemse was a plea of insomnia. Don’t you mean kI'eptomania? . a large variety of other trees, for kill- ing the San Jose scale. He shows that. pear trees were Sprayed in February) and no scales were visible: until the following Septemlfer. 'l‘hese probably. came from neighboring trees. The essential point, and the one that must he observed carefully, is the use of the finest Spray possible that will apply a very thin coating at a time when weather conditions are favorable for rapid evaporation. -. The trees them- selves should he dry when the kero~ acne is applied. Any departure from these suggestions may prove injurious. At. present there is no perfect sprayer :1 Northampton, a Southampton or a Reading to its already gigantic size. None of these towns large, active, enterprising as they are, contained in 1891 so many houses as are added to London every year. They are all grow- ing with great rapidity, and probably each. of them now contains nearly as many houses as London adds to itself yearly. It, is impossible. not to look for- ward “ith interest, not unmingled “ 1th anxiety, as to the future growth of fins vast centre of the British Em- pire. the increase represents. All around the metropolitan arena the builders are incessantly at work. and by whatever routeone leaves it, whether by road rail or river, everywhere the long lines of new streets encroach upon the mea- dows, and there is a new town in the making. There really is anew town. for each year London adds an Ipswich, No. Imean insomnia. He declared that he could not sleep 0’ nights, and hated to have his time going to waste in that way. Adonisâ€"There’s one thing Imuldn’t stand, and that's a wife who would be eternally putting her hair up in curl-[:apers. “Say! I believe the shippin’ clerk is thinkin’ about marryin' you.” The Typewriterâ€"“ Why. the idea I” “ 0n the dead. I do. I heard him askin’ the bookkeeper how much salary you got.” Mrs. Gabbâ€"Are you goin’ to have your darter take music lessons? Mrs. Gaddâ€"N-o. lguess not. She hain't no ear for music. Mrs. Gabb-\Vell, I wouldn’t be dis- couraged at that; mebb she might learn to play classic, any ow. vines-keeping them short and the stock a mere stumVâ€"are not adapted for our freer-growing varieties. There is, however, a wide range in the train; ing, from covering a large arhor to a trellis of only eight or ten feet. The main point 18 to have fresh. hearing wood each year, while not. checking the general growth too much. If the vines are young. with established arms, the hearing canes are cut back each year to a bud or two. new shoots trained to a. desired height. but not cut back,‘ simply pinched three or four leaves above the fruit when set. ~ Or they- may lie allowed to grow along the top of trellis. to avoid the forcing of later- als below. On large arbors. with es- tablished vines, the pruning is more intricate. but the principle is" the same. Never cut. away the leaves; they are the lungs and stomach of. the plant. The grapes need the sun, not directly, but through the leaves, and ripen far better in their shade than if they are pulled off. Matronly Friendâ€"Have no: fear, Mr. Adonis, Girls don’t go to any such trou- ble after they get married, ' Prof. Smith calls attention to the fact that if properly used, pure kero- sene may he applied to apples, pears, quinves, plums, cherries, peaches, and PURE KEROSENE FOR SPRAYING. Looked that \Vayâ€"The Office Bay. JUST THE OTHER \VAY. HOW LONDON GROWS. A CHANCE FOR ALL. HIS DEFENSE. (autumn of the Spaniards â€"-â€" llawauu. the Ancient-Cuba ”gunman! by Warâ€"Ila» the Cubans l‘lglnl. Mr. 'Alexander Patterson, who for eighteen years has been appraiser at the Toronto Cuvstom House returned the other deny after can extensive trip through Florida and Cuba. "Havana is a wonderful city in many reSpectsâ€"some of them of an unenvi- able nature," said he in an inter- view. “The architecture of the place, the habits of the people and their modes of living differ entirely from the customs of the Canadian and American people. The city itself is a very ancient one and Spanish through- out. The wealthier families instead of living in urban residences, as ours do, on the outskirts of the city. reside over the down town stores. Their buildings are large and massive and the archi- tecture very ornamental; the doors are generally double the size of ours. and the windows are correspondingly large. The climate is tropical, no glass is placed in their windows; which are never closed; instead iron bars. which are fitted and locked at evening. give their large buildings a gruesome ap- pearance. and the city after nightfall looks like a huge collection of prison houses. In the hotels men do the cham- ber work. Their culinary habits differ radically from ours; almost every dish prepared there is mixed with garlic and oil. The streets are very narrow. so much so that when the awnings of the storekeepers are let down they meet overhead. The pavements are all stone and waggon traffit' makes a. deafening noise. The sidewalks, like- wise stun-e paved are so narrow that two persons can . t “The Ingleterre and the Pizaccee are t "In . . ‘ ‘bul I the pr1nc1pal hotels of the place. 'lhey not b. are massive buildings, picturesquely Lure d located Opposite. Central Park, where its mi the volunteers and Spanish soldiers 390‘ ' . . . onew drill every morning, not excepting. u“. Sunday. Havana has a population of i are r 250,000 people, but it covers no more 'for it space than oneâ€"quarter of the extent ‘ to Sp: of Toronto. The peeple are all huddled Bidet-N , f possrt together. The poorer classes towards i es the outskirts, you might say, sleep _ 3T5 ‘ with their cattle. for there the cowâ€" the e. shed is located Where our summer kitchens are placed.” l “What are their traveling twill-.1133 a ties 8" i when "Railroads are almost unknown in W13?“ Cubs. There is not a street car in their Havana, but there are thousands or on da SCARCELY \VALK ABREAST. and on others there is only room for. the one person; Obised street, General Weyler street and O'Reilly street, the principal commercial thoroughfares of the city, are of this nature, and were laid out after the custom of the seven- teenth century. ‘ ‘ 'Tamarinds, limes, arrowroot, ginger. rice and sugar twere produced abund- :antly, but all is wasted by the war.” 3 “How do they keep Sunday 2" t "Sunday afternoon is kept. as a holi- day. and it is given over to bull tight- ing and cock-mains. The cocks in many instzmves are carried by devout wor- shippers to mass, and afterwards the {fights begin. I saw a hull fight, there 'on a Sunday afternoon at the Hippoâ€" :drome. Maratanza. one of their great. gbull fighters. had three horses killed :under himâ€"gored by the hullâ€"before ,he despatrhed the furious animal by a is-kilful spear thrust through the Upper ipart of the neck to the heart. When- ;these bull fighters miss their aim, the {mistake generally costs them their 'lives. On this occasion three horses :hitched to ropes attached to the horns ’of the slain animal dragged its carcase a'way. and the entertainment was ov- er... “l was there when the explosion oc- tcun'red. It. was terrific and shook the icity to its cent re. A great paniv en- sued. and the peOpIe thought the city ;was being bombarded. Nearly every- ;body remained up throughout the might." - "Did it occur through treachery '6" . “The Spaniards passionately deny it. ,but I never met an American who did .not believe it was prearranged. There :are diagrams of the harbour showing its mines, and underneath the identical spot Where the Muine was anchored, one was llocated.” | “\Var is inevitable. The Spaniards iare ready for fight and even anxious for it. \Vhen l was there they sent ito Spain for another 25,000 men. Pre- sident McKinley will do everything possible to avoid collision. but it is an impossibility. All throughout the -Sltlates a resolute determination that t e ‘ "How about the Maine ?" 3 TIME FOR VENGEANCE {has almost arrived, is visible every- ;where. I expect that war will result when the Board of Inquiry have given their verdict. which is expected in sev- en days. Even if an indemnity is de- Havana surpasses description. Men, Spaniards. AWW lmf'rx women and .children. cripples and lthey never can ii)“ “A”! wounded soldiers. with starved coun- tSpaniards purwe tlwx. ‘ te-Imnces and so wretchedly poor that isoldiers die in lmtm ‘ they have not sufficient rags to cover famong the Cubans. lt . their nekedness. daily display their lwould be a herculem. 14w misery in the streets of the city. yet; 'suhdue them. and S} 1:. nothing is ever done for them. Yellow _ it. in mv opinion." fever. smallpox and leprosy are preval- ' “ls Hiu'ane well 17 Litu- out. :All this exists in one of the fair- t "Fort Murrn guum ‘-l.' est climates in the world. The soil is ttrance. \Vhen l mu tho u prolific. the islanth ‘ish men-ol-war rum 1: SHOULD BE A GARDEN. lcity was overrun “1th Tfiinarinds, limes, arro'wroot. ginger. gsoldiers. .Every hotel hi” ,1 rice and sugar twere produced abund- ("8 ‘0 “(‘3' .“mi'f‘” ‘ antly, but all is wasted 1W the war." !Spend their time Ill >kule “How do they keep Sunday ?" 3drinking. curuunnu .‘sl..l » "Sunday afternoon is kept; as a holi- 'drill .hut little. ()n .t'sI‘I} day. and it is given over to bull fight- ,Hre eight or ten police-nu ing and cock-mains. The cocks in many .rifles, pismls and lmrm instances are carried by devout wur- ?of war with the Flatw- Splppers to mass, and afterwards the ofleet might. harass tlw v fights begin. I saw a hull fight, them gbut America “mini 5"“ on a Sunday afternoon at the Hippo- .Spaniards out of (‘m A drome. Maratanza, one of their great dawning of a new unc‘. n hull fighters. had three horses killed things would break mm" under himâ€"gored by the hullâ€"before tunate island. so (“Nun-tent t h_e__d_espat;ched the furious animal in, a [government and “Hr." "Vessels are continua patrol of the Spam: landing cargoes of I for the Cubans. \‘thm souville, a vessel rem! successfully umking trip." "Have the Cubans in "They derive large 9-- sympathizers in Amen West entertainments : and the proceeds do cause." "How are hhe rex'oinf “They fight a gmlxi clusively. and Mien Spaniards. .Awuy 1»th they never can be H: Spaniards pursue 11w Storm at Searâ€"It “as fu'lsw- temPCSt heat the sea mm 1 fury ; the waves were u: “1'4 they ewe 1 over the . 0090016351 . " y flesh crefpfi crud. “ compiexiun runs. 5 ed IhO.’ For it! bi "bi! Lot Of “'0“ “(hr moat. Ledgerhyvâ€"lt 0095 Old Daylmke hack at long illness. .Autborâ€"l am trnuMwi am. I lie awake at nigh! hour, thinking about my id of'it? 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