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Bulletin 72. 



A green manure improves the soil by adding fibre to it and by 

 increasing its fertility. It catches the nitrates which, earlier in 

 the season, are used by the tree-roots. Vegetable fibre in the 

 soil increases its power of holding both moisture and plant food. 



The crops well adapted to this late sowing are few. Vetch is ' 

 probably the best which has been well tested in the State. But 

 everything points to crimson clover as the ideal orchard cover and 

 green manure. 



The gist of it all is that orchards should be cultivated and fed. 

 ■Cultivation should begin early and be continued often. It may 

 be stopped in August if the grower thinks best, and then, if the 

 land needs it, a green crop may be sown for turning under the 

 next spring. L. H. BAILEY. 



