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YOU ARE FNTITED
To join the Presbyterian of the South
Piano Club. The plan Is sensible, economical
and convenient. Club members
not only save money on their pianos,
but are protected and even Insured in
every particular so that dissatisfaction
is impossible. Study the club plan
carefully and you cannot fall to see
that it represents an unusual opportunity.
Those who have already joined
and have received their pianos express
themselven Bs "neliehtoH
pianos and the plan."
The club gives you the benefit of the
"purchasing power of its one hundred
members." This means a saving of
about one-third in the purchase price
of your piano- Terms are made to suit
the convenience of the individual member.
The life insurance feature is ideal.
It is well worth your while to investigate
the club carefully. Write for catalogue
and full particulars. Address
Ludden & Bates. Presbyterian of the
South Club Dept. Atlanta, Qa.
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THE PRESBYTERIA
Miscellaneous
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&EK0VAL10N OF THE WORM-OUT
ORCHARDS OF THE WEST
VIRGINIA FARMS.
Theories Ad>anced By a Practical Man.
>Viu. K. Alder mail, Professor of
Horticulture, West Virginiu
University.
Of the many causes that contribute
towards the downfall of an orchard old
age is the most often ascribed, for it
is an elastic term and, like charity,
covereth a multitude of sins. As a
matter of fact the apparent age of an
apple tree depends so intimately upon
the care it has received that it is impossible
to say even approximately how
many years an orchard may be handled
with profit.
Close Planting.
In many cases too close planting has
been the cause of an untimely end to
the orchard. The trees at maturity become
crowded, the branches interlock,
the supply of air and sunlight necessary
for existence is shut off and the
lower branches die. The trees grow
upward towards the open air, as in a
forest, and more lower branches die,
until finally the orchard resembles a
huge green canopy supported upon
bare poles.
This struggle for existenoe has not
been confined to the branches alone,
for the roots, in their search for food
and water, have wandered far and
wide, until by necessity they nave become
trespassers upon the feeding
ground of their neighbors. It Is difficult
to f.illy rejuvenate such an orchard,
for the remedy?taking out
alternate trees?should have been applied
years before. After the branches
begin to touch, to put aff the thinningout
of the trees means a steady falling
off in the orchard's income.
Pruning.
The dead and decaying wood?ideal
lurking places for dangerous insects
and fungi?should be cut out, as well
as the water sprouts, crossed branches
and parallel limbs. To round the tree
into a symmetrical form and to stimulate
growth it may be well to cut
back some of the sound branches.
Spraying.
A policy of careful and systematic
spraying should be carried out. The
first year spray the dormai c trees
with a very strong solution of copper
sulphate?say 12 pounds to 60 gallons
of water or with commercial lime and
sulfur at the rate of one gallon to
five of water. This spray Is to clean
off the fungi and lichens that may be
on the tree and may be omitted after
the first year. Subsequent sprayings
for scale, scab, codling moth, etc., will
be discussed In a later article.
FertilizersFrequently
worn-out orchards will
respond to fertilizers, where well-cultivated
ones will not. During the first
few years of regeneration, at least, it
would be advisable to feed the orchard
liberally with either a high-grade
chemical fertilizer or barnyard manure.
Shaping up an Old Tree.
By far the most important thing is
to place the orchard under a thorough
system of cultivation. Stirring the
soil sets free plant food that hag before
been locked up. The old sod
which has been a drain upon the soil
should be destroyed, so that the trees
may secure all the available nourishment
In normal seasons there is only
about rain enough to properly develop
a crop of apples, and in years of
drought the moisture hag to be guard
N OF THE SOUTH [January 10, 1912
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MM I they have the best range in the world, but I will furnish
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Singing Tone ^
There's the test cf a piano?the tone. Has it a rich, singing
tone that makes playing a joy to the critical musician, and
jgrff lends a new delight to the old-time favorites?
You'll find just that delightful tone in the Chute & Butler
piano. A rich, sweet, true tone?matchless in its fulness?
and so pure that every note is like a stroke on a silver
bell. It's a tone that will catch vour ear from the
first note. So be sure to hear this piano
before you decide on buying any
X|fS^j>? instrument.
Chute & Butler
" HK Pianos i
are especially noted for this distinctive tone?bat M
tli.-y have many other superiorities (hat voull not U
fl id In pianos at much higher price*. Little ra'MBW^HBKatliHBi
. >*?rtM fl icmrnt* In construction. In deslirn?the resulla
of SO years cxporlenco ?that make a Chute &
nutlcr only n pin no to tako pride In
owning,Inn one lit
IIy all means, see this piano before
you buy. Write today
for our free
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Peru, I net.
Like many other valuable things In this world, HjMggg.
many of us do not appreciate our trees until they I^Hr
tiro gone. How much more beautirul was our B egg W . S
home before that majestic oak ut the p >r< li oornor las %;flH
died; how much more inviting was our gateway IB c,
before death came to the willow that guarded it. IF JcHn
knew It. yout trees are probably'in a degenerate Mv "' ''TuJIW]
condition. Decay is eating away the heart of one. B ftBuiii i ' 7Mf 'wESS?"1!
another has broken limbs that are rotting, and B r fi*
another has a split fork.
Save Them With the Aid
Of The Davey Tree Experts
A John Davey Is father of Tree Surgery, and his representatives are
oxperts. They are to the tree what the dentist is to the tooth or the
surgeon to the human body. The above illustration shows how they have ^B
M ' doctored a tree, cleaning out the decay and filling the cavity. Their treat- ^B
M incut restoros perfect health to diseased and crippled trees, and adds
m years to their life. Davey Tree Surgery is a service that your treos require. ^B
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h oavmg me irees ot the South
We have published a book. "Saving j??????????????
^B theTreesof the South," telling how Winthrop Nobmax. a*d Imdcstriai. School
^B we can do for your trees what wo _
^B have done for those of hundreds of M . n Kocrnuu, & u.
B other Southern Homes. Sent free The D?v^ Tree Expert Co., K?-nt.O.
upon request. hrom December PearSir:?The tm-e treated by yourrepto
May, the Davey Tree Experts reacntatlvpf are doing well and ft ^^^B
work from Texas to the Atlantic. aeema that they will be aaved and make
I'erhai>s wo can have one -of f??d tree*- n V'mn'I&i ^Hb
them examine your trees without D. B. JOHNSON. Prctdent. JK
obligation or cost to you?If you
let us hear from you at
p?-i ance. Mention the number of trees you own, their ^ ^ ^BBB^
I kinds, location, and their apparent condition. He- I
member, Davey Tree Surgery is a Science, and cannot I The above Is
I be compared with the butchery of Irresponsible I a splendid
"Tree Doctors." I example of
Write urn promptly for literature I the Davey
ylBflL The Davey Tree Expert Company, lnc. J be0*0?."
K&hw 12S M?*noll? Street, Kent, Ohio t^l'?aT?{'lnn_St
(Operating the Davey Institute of Tib Is
^ Ml Surgery) would have
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