POISON IN CELLARS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3536, 20 June 1905, Page 4

POISON IN CELLARS.

{U><Ung Vegetable* and Fruit* Frodace Carbonic Gnu, a Deadly Disease Ilreedcr. Says J. J. H. Gregory, the well-known seedsman and vegetable grower: “A cellar may be more valuable than the building which stands oti it when the famei as learned just how to control its a.iiipiTUMire and dryness for the best keeping of his vegetables.” have generally bff: "nd to be unt.-.t'bhy. Vegetables ar. 'ah ly left over to rot. While rotting, carbonic acid gas is formed. ’Hus ga* i» heavier than common air a"' *• to the bottom of the cell. e - SETTING APPLE TREES. ttalMS They Are Placed lit G» < metric

TRIPOD FOR SETTING TREES. out of line. Setting nut stakes beforehand wiM not answer, since each stake must be taken up in order to dig a hole. An excellent plan is shown in the cut Set out small stakes in the exact spot where each tree is to stand. Make a light tripod, as is shown in tlu cu;. with a cord and weight, arranged ns shown. Set the tripod over stake so that the weight at the i■ . i th, cord will be exactly over t ! -take Now pull up (he stake and . • •■■'a for the tree, without raov.i.. ;’-r tripod. Set the tree so that •• 1 n G<weight is lowered it will touch b trunk. In this way every tree will stand finally in the exact position of the row of stakes first set out.—American Agriculturist.