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Increasing Profits, Etc. 



Continued fi'um page 7. 



season. The books showed a saving in 

 cultivation tliat year which anioiinted 

 to $!)87 while approxiiiialely !?1,U00 

 was cleared on Hie lio^s. Mr. Gam- 

 mon figures that the manure from the 

 liogs and .sheep offset any loss in fer- 

 tility due to feeding. In addition the 

 jjear trees bore a bumper crop of 

 fruit, some trees yielding from 30 to 

 40 boxes. Mr. Gammon says he will 

 continue to intercrop with legumes. 



Mr. A. B. Ilumjjhrey, of Mayhes, 

 California, is as well known among 

 live stock breeders as among fruit 

 growers. His Berkshire boar, Grand 

 Leader II, was grand champion of the 

 Panama-Pacific International Exposi- 

 tion, and later with several of his 

 progeny, sold for !?4.500. iMr. Hum- 

 phrey also raised Star Leader, sired 

 by Grand Leader II, who headed the 



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Berk.shire herd of the University of 

 California and later sold for $1,500. 

 Mr. Humphrey has his three orchards 

 of plums and pears on a 300-acre 

 farm sown to alfalfa, not only to save 

 the labor of cullivation but to furnish 

 pasture for his increasing herds. 



The Wenatchee irrigated section 

 used to be a staunch adherer to clean 

 cultivation and the dust mulch. One 

 orchard, that of Barney and Williams, 

 however, adopted a permanent alfalfa 

 cover crop. This system has been 

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Hogs and sheep offer a good diver- 

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It is interesting to note that more 

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7. Manure of animals returns fer- 

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8. Plant food of soil made more 

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