352 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



I store at first out of cellar in a cool dry place, and assort and put in the cellar 

 as late as is safe to hold outside. My cellar will hold some 1,500 bushels, and 

 leave some room to work. The larger the cellar the better, as the tempera- 

 ture can be better controlled. Devoting my cellar — my fruit cellar — wholly 

 to fruit, I am able to keep it much nearer the freezing point during the winter 

 than otherwise, a point quite important to attend to in keeping apples. 



I think it all important to cultivate an orchard until it is well established in 

 bearing. Beyond this it is still an open question whether it is really the best 

 plan to cultivate more frequently than once in five or six years. After trying 

 both plans I am inclined to the latter, but concede the necessity, at least the 

 expediency of manuring tlie ground, and of thorough pruning. 



I am persuaded that for an old orchard, pruning is of more importance than 

 cultivation. B. Hathaway. 



Little Prairie Ronde, Septcmher 6. 



VALUE OF APPLES FOK FODDER. 



The value of apples for fodder for farm stock is one point on which all 

 stockgrowers agree who have an opportunity of giving this fruit a trial in 

 connection with other rations. The chief objection to apples for this jjurpose 

 — the liability of animals choking on them — disappeared with the introduction 

 of root-cutters, and farmers, especially those operating in climates which 

 forbid 2frass durins^ the entire vear, are increasini^ the area devoted to orchards 

 with a view of dis2:)osing of any surplus amount as fodder. Some of our pro- 

 gressive dairymen, indeed, go farther, and urge apple culture as a necessary 

 adjunct to the dairy business, so thoroughly convinced are they that apples 

 given to milch cows in connection with feed rich in nitrogen, during the winter 

 season, impart to their milk a rich flavor, and to the butter a color akin to 

 that gained from grass. AVhere soil and climate are adapted to tliem there 

 is no doubt that apples for stock can be grown cheaper than any other kind of 

 food of corresponding value, grass excepted. 



Hogs are rapidly fattened on apples when grain meal is intermixed, and 

 horses and sheep thrive on them in place of roots when given with hay. 



Apples are comparatively little value when fed alone. This is accounted for 

 by the small amount of nitrogen they contain, hence the necessity of asso- 

 ciating them with rations rich in the elements they lack. The same rule 

 holds good with apple pomace, which is valuable or almost wortliless, accord- 

 ing as it is fed separately or in connection with other materials. — JVciV Yo7'h 

 World, 



ANOTHER UPON THE SAME. 



The New England Farmer, through one of its correspondents, says: 

 He had a cow which gave only a small quantity of milk, and with her he 

 began, thinking there could be but small loss should tlie experiment fail. He 

 commenced by giving two quarts of apples at a feed, and gradually increased 

 to half a bushel. The cow began to increase her milk till she nearly or quite 

 doubled in quantity. Tlie milk and cream was tested at every stage and found 



