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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
PLANTING AND PRUNING.
HARRY QUEAHPALMA.
For the past five years 1 have been
working under my instructor doing
gardening and fruit raising. As my
time is limited I will speak to you for a
few minutes on one subject fruit grow
ing. Take the apple tree: The way to
raise an apple tree is to get a seed from
the seedling apple and plant the seed
in January or February and when it
comes up, cultivate it well during
spring and summer.
The following spring it should be
stock grafted and cultivated and put
out that fall or the next spring. The
main thing required to make a success
of putting out a young tree is proper
pruning and planting. In forming a
top on young trees for planting there
should not be more than from three to
four limbs left on the tree.
The limbs that are left, should be cut
back two-thirds of the way from the
body of the tree. The object of having
a few limbs ;on the top is to keep it
from getting thick, so that the sun and
air can get to the apples and then, too,
it will be easy to spray.
The next thing is to prune the roots,
from six to eight inches from the main
body with a sloping cut underneath.
The object in doing this is that the
roots will grow downward and be safe
from the plow. In digging the hole it
should be dug six inches deeper than you
want to plant the tree, and also six
inches wider than the roots of your tree.
Then put in six inches of loose, rich
dirt; then put in the tree and fill in
some more loose dirt around it.
The object of having it wider and
deeper is that when the fibers start to
grow it will grow more easily in this
loose dirt than it would when you have
the hole just large enough to fit the
tree.
WRITES TO Y. M. C. A.
We take pleasure in publishing the
following letter, written July 15, at
New Pine Creek, Lake County, Oregon;
To The Chemawa Y. M. C. A.
Dear Brothers in Christ: Just a line to
say that I have not forgotten you in my
prayers, and I believe you have not for
gotten me. I often think of you and of
our pleasant times together this past
year. My prayer for you is that ou
may ever be found true to your fellow
man, and loyal to Christ. I am expect
ing great things of many of you in the
near future. I know that many of you
are striving to live the christian life.
"Do not be weary in well doing for in
due season you will reap if you faint
not".
Some of you will soon be going to
your homes and perhaps will not return
again. If not, forget not the instructions
you have received at Chemawa, not
only from me but from your teachers and
beloved Superintendent and his cheerful
wife, also Mr. Campbell and his wife,
in fact, all those that are interested in
vou. Forget them not, I repeat; re
member ever the kind advice given,
and those of you who remain behind or
are coming back; let you with me, pray
and look forward with earnest espec
tation for the best year Chemawa has
ever seen, both mentally and spirit
ually. My kind regards to all of you
Trusting I may have the pleasure of see
ing many of you again this fall, I re
main your Brother, As Ever,
E. Goudge.