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February 



In connection with the reduction in 

 the number of buds in all parts of the 

 tree, the soil must be so managed that 

 root intake will be stimulated. If any 

 element of fertility is lacking, it should 

 be supplied in the form of fertilizer. 

 Barnyard manure is always good for 

 trees in this condition. Especially are 

 cover crops valuable to improve the 

 condition and fertility of the soil. If 

 the orchard has been in sod, cultivation 

 will be advisable. Soil treatment for 

 such trees is fully as essential as the 

 pruning given. 



3. Finally, how does this knowledge 

 of fruit-bud formation help us to deal 

 with the alternate bearing habit of 

 many varieties of apples and pears? 

 It is essential that we maintain condi- 

 tions in the tree such that fruit buds 

 will be formed every year, if the tree is 

 to bear every year. If the tree is al- 

 lowed to produce a very heavy crop one 

 year, it is extremely likely that so much 

 elaborated food will be used up in de- 

 veloping the fruit that very few, if any, 

 fruit buds will be formed. Hence, it is 

 essential that we so thin the fruit that 

 an excessive crop is never produced. 

 It is also essential that in thinning, all 

 the fruit be removed from many of the 

 spurs, for a spur will usually not pro- 

 duce fruit buds during the same year 

 it matures a fruit. Finally, the thinning 

 should be done as early as possible. 

 Fruit-bud formation begins by July 1, 

 and thinning should be completed as 

 soon after this as possible. This method 

 of thinning, with regular pruning and 

 cultural treatments, should go far to- 

 ward preventing trees from assuming 

 the alternate-bearing habit. When the 

 habit is once firmly established, it is 

 very hard to break. 



In conclusion, then, we may say that 

 in all our orchard operations we should 

 bear in mind how they will affect the 

 conditions of nutrition in the tree, and 

 how these conditions will affect fruit- 

 bud formation. Each orchard, and in 

 fact, each tree presents a different 

 problem. We must bear in mind the 

 conditions we are seeking to bring 

 about in the trees, and regulate out- 

 pruning and cultural practices accord- 

 ingly. 



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Mr. McAdoo, Director General of 

 Railroads, has just issued a most ear- 

 nest appeal to shippers and to everyone 

 in any way interested in freight trans- 

 portation to unload and release cars 

 with all possible expedition. 



He calls attention to the circum- 

 stance thoughtlessly overlooked by the 

 average shipper that every hour a car 

 is detained unnecessarily adds danger- 

 ously to freight congestion and is more 

 instrumental than any other one thing 

 in causing disastrous freight blockades. 



Individual shippers are apt to feel 

 that an hour or two, or possibly a day, 

 does not amount to much, while the 

 haste necessary would inconvenience 

 him considerably and entail additional 

 cost. He forgets that a hundred thou- 

 sand others are feeling and acting the 

 same way, that the aggregate delay 

 means hundreds of thousands of days 



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