A precious lot of the government's
money is still being wasted every year
through the printing and distribution
of so many thirty to sixty page bulle
tins, which from tho standpoint of
value for the average farmer might as
well be written in Hebrew and San
skrit. Not only does the farmer not
have time to wade through them, but
the average country editor does not. A
fair regard for the forest conservation
policy, concerning which so much is
•'just now being written, would seem
to suggest the propriety of boiling
down a good many of these treaties
and thus sparing the trees from which
the paper is made.
Onee in a while there is an orchard
which Is too thrifty to bear fruit, the
case being analogous to the farm ani
mal which gets so fat that it will not
breed satisfactorily. This difficulty
with the orchard may be belped some
by removing mulch if there is any,
plowing the orchard and growing some
crop which will remove surplus moist
ure and energy from the soil. Another
way of toning the trees down is to
prune heavily or to remove narrow
strips of bark running parallel with
the trunk. This last expedient should
only be tried as a last resort and then
only by one who understands the job
and will not overdo it.
