To Rejuvenate Old Grape Vines

The editor of the Practical Farmer ejs: "Haviug on our premisos, planted by former owners, probably twenti years ago, balf a dozen old grape vines with large weather besten trunks or steaig, wliich made anually but litilo new wood and yielded but rery few poor grapes ; two seasong ago we cut ofl the branohei, covering with about a foot o: earth. Vigorous and bealtby ühoots epruDg np in great abundauco - the weak ones of which were broken off, and lead ing ones at proper dislances trained to the arbor. The new growths are very olean, bealthy and strong - sufficiect en tirely te corer the large arbor the prei eat BenaoD ; we look for bushels of fruit from the üew bearing wood. We see old grape Tines everywhere, doing no ■good, and which could be made young aod thrifty br thia crocees.