CORNELL READING-COURSE 

 FOR FARMERS. 



Issued by the College of Agriculture, Cornell University, 

 Ithncu, N. Y., in the months of November, December, 

 January, February and March. 



Entered at the post office at Ithaca, X. I'., as second-class 



matter. 



READING-LESSON 



NO. 13. 



JANUARY, 1901. 



HY JOHN CRAIG. 



Orcharding. 



MANAGEMENT OF THE ORCHARD, 



Tillage affects the soil in three ways : It improves its physical 

 condition / it conserves inoisture j it hastens and encourages chemi- 

 cal action. 



In lesson 1, page 5, the soil's texture is discnssed very fully. It 

 is shown tliat although a soil may be rich because it contains an 



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16. — Mixed planting. Burbank and Abundance plums. The interspaces 

 occupied with currants. (A j^^easant groiqnng of plums, curraiits 

 and Junior Naturalists.) 



abundance of the elements of plant-food, at the same time it may 

 be unproductive. The fertility of the land is its productive power ; 



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