17(j State Horticultural Society. 



This applies to timothy, bhiegrass, or any tough sod. Clover does not 

 form a tough sod and may be readily put in fine condition for the plant- 

 ing of trees. 



In short, I would say for spring planting, give your ground an ideal 

 preparation as for corn. For fall planting, prepare as for wheat. 

 Such land is in good condition to plant to apple trees. 



Some say land should be subsoiled. In some soils it may perhaps 

 be necessary, but in our Carroll county soil a good, deep ploughing with 

 a common turning plow is all that is necessary. 



When you have your land prepared as above mentioned the next 

 thing to do is to lay it out for planting. 



There are almost as many different ways to do this as there are 

 men planting orchards, and I have never used exactly the same plan 

 twice. For planting small orchard of say 50 to 100 trees, it matters 

 but little what plan is used, the entire plat may be staked off with 

 small stakes and use the board with slot in center and hole in each end ; 

 it may be planted by the use of a common check row wire, or with one 

 row of stakes around outside, the trees may be sighted and put in line. 



But for commercial orchards it is necessary that we use the best, 

 the cheapest and the quickest plan. After using several different plans 

 here is one that I consider the best: 



Take a double moldboard plow, or in other Avords, a corn lister 

 with the drilling attachment off, hitch two horses to this plow and run 

 straight furrows across your field the distance apart you want your 

 trees. When you have this done, turn and lay off the other way driving 

 crosswise of the furrows already made. You now have the land laid 

 off and the holes almost dug. The next thing in order to distribute the 

 the trees over the field. I have the trees tied ten in a bundle. Take 

 the trees to the field and drive the wao-on between the first and second 

 furrows, heel in two bundles in the first cross furroAv and in every 

 tenth cross furrow, then drive between the third and fourth furrows 

 and do likewise, and so on until you have distributed all the trees. This 

 I consider the most convenient and best plan of distribution, as you never 

 have more than ten trees out of the ground at one time during the pro- 

 cess of planting, and when one bimch is used another is right at your 

 h:ind. This plan of distribution is intended for six men to follow and 



