196 



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cultivated and pastured with sheep yield (four-year average) 63 barrels 

 per acre, with an income of $128, while orchards of the same group pas- 

 tured with hogs yield 57 barrels per acre, with an income of $120. On 

 the other hand, orchards that are in sod continuously but pastured with 

 hogs produce 65 barrels per acre, with an income of $119; orchards in 

 the same group pastured with sheep yield about 58 barrels per acre, with 

 an income of $107. In this case the value of a hog as a cultivator is 

 clearly shown. When the total number of sod orchards is considered, 

 the figures for orchards pastured with hogs run a little higher than for 

 those pastured with sheep. 



FERTILIZERS 



General practice , 



The use of manure or fertilizer of some sort is quite general. There 

 are only three orchards reported as neither fertilized nor pastured. Were 

 the orchards classified on this basis, however, it would be misleading, 

 for orchards that receive but a little manure at rare intervals yield as little 

 as if they received none. Those that are pastured with but one or two 

 animals occasionally, and receive no other manure, give low returns. 

 All such orchards have been considered as not being fertilized at all, with 

 the result that 77 orchards out of 379 are receiving practically no fer- 

 tilizer. 



TABLE 25. Distribution of Orchards According to Fertilizers Used 



Orchards 



Fertilizer 



None 



Stable manure ., 



Stable manure and cover crop 



Stable manure and commercial fertilizer 



Stable manure with cover crop and commercial fertilizer. 



Commercial fertilizer 



Commercial fertilizer and cover crop 



Cover crop 



Table 25 shows the distribution of orchards according to the kinds 

 of manure used, stating the number and percentage of orchards to which 

 each is applied. The chief manure used is stable manure, a total of 288 

 growers (76 per cent) using it either alone, or in combination with com- 



