To Prevent Forked Trees From Splitting

S. T. Moxley, Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, recommends to twist or wind together a few of the smaller limbs above the fork, which will grow in that position as the tree increases in size, and t'onn a naturalbrace. Ile statcs that he has treatcd many trees successfully in this manner. We have prevented forked trees inclined to split, and even secured those that had already commenced to part, by boring through with an inch augur and driving in a strong wooden pin. A small iron bolt, with a head on one end and a nut on the other end, is even better, The new growth will soon cover the pin or polt.-