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Pruning can be done any time after October. Cut one-fourth off 

 the ends of laterals, but where they lean over into the middle of the 

 rows, they must be cut back more, so as to leave ample room for the 

 horse and cultivator. The dead wood must also be removed. Grape 

 shears are best for pruning. For the past two years we have given our 

 patch but one thorough hoeing, two or three weeks before the crop 

 ripens, and later cut out the largest weeds and vines. The cultivator 

 was run through twice. The weeds and grass cut off in hoeing are 

 put around the base of the plants for a mulch. With all this rather 

 scant cultivation, our plants look as well now as they did three or four 

 years ago. Out out all suckers between the rows and plants, and do 

 not allow them to spread out into a hedge row. 



We give below a statement of the yields and income of our patch. 

 In the spring of 1889 we planted 1^ acres in Snyder, with the following 

 result : 



EXPENSE. 



Culture in 1892 was entirely omitted. 



INCOME. 



It will be seen that the total income is $1,945.22, from which deduct 

 total expense, $1,043.66, leaves a profit of $901.56 for the six years, or 

 a yearly average net income per acre of $100.00. We have kept a 

 record of the crops, but the expense and income is approximated, yet 

 I believe it is nearly correct. I have included everything. As we had 



