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1 cup liquid, 1 tablespoon fat, 2 tablespoons 

 syrup, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoons baking powder, 1 

 teaspoon salt. % cup ground rolled oats (4 

 oz.), 1 cup corn flour (4 oz.). 



Combination Siibslitule Mutft^s. — Oatmeal 25 

 per cent, corn flour 75 per cent, 1 cup liquid, 

 1 tablespoon fat, 2 tablespoons syrup, 2 eggs, 

 4 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 

 1^ cup oatmeal (ground, 2 oz.), 1% <;ups corn 

 flour (6 oz.). 



Combination Substitute Muffins. — Barley 

 flour 50 per cent, corn flour 50 per cent, 1 cup 

 milk, 1 tablespoon fat, 2 tablespoons syrup, 2 

 eggs, 4 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon 

 sail, 1^2 cups barley flour (4 oz.), 1 cup corn 

 flour (4 oz.). 



As to Caretaker's Duty of an Irrigated 

 Orchard 



Editor Better Fruit: 



As a subscriber I wish you would publish 

 for the general information of your readers 

 what is generally understood to be the duty 

 of a caretaker of an irrigated orchard. I have 

 such an orchard. 



Many of your readers have, and many of 

 your readers are employed to "take care" of 

 other people's orchards. 



Don't say it depends on one's contract, for 

 too often the contract is verbal and is under- 

 stood to mean "general care," but what consti- 

 tutes '^general care"? 



To be specific, pruning, picking up brush, 

 cutting watersprouts, irrigating, cultivating, 

 thinning fruit, spraying, propping up trees, 

 storing props, teaming all supplies to orchard 

 tract, labor in keeping fences repaired, etc., etc. 



I am signing my letter, but believe you can 

 publish your views without making the matter 

 personal in any way; but the man who pays 

 to have his orchard developed with the ex- 

 pectation of moving onto the job when the 

 orchard becomes productive is certainly stung 

 early and often. Yours truly. 



Subscriber. 



Answer. — The term "care" or general care 

 as applied to orcharding has been a source of 

 considerable controversy all over the United 

 States. This has been especially true of many 

 development companies who have undertaken 

 to develop tracts belonging to non-resident 

 owners. A view of such tracts leads one to 

 believe that various interpretations were put 

 on the contracts. Probably it would have been 

 much better if the contracts had been more 



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specific and perhaps designated to a certain 

 extent the kind of care. But even if they did 

 not, it is doubtful if the poor care which has 

 been given some tracts was warranted. In 

 other words, the people selling the land were 

 carrying the impression that they were going 

 to plant and develop an orchard, something 

 which would be active and something which 

 would be worth while owning. The Standard 

 dictionary say that "Care means responsible 

 charge or oversight; often implying a concern 

 for safety and prosperity, watchful regard and 

 attention with a view to safety and protec- 

 tion." One who has purchased an orchard 

 tract would have a right to expect, if the term 

 care had been used, that it meant scientific 

 orchard care, and that someone would have 

 charge of the developing who is qualified by 

 experience or work in horticulture, to develop 

 the orchards. Care should mean that we have 

 good soil care, proper tillage, irrigation, main- 

 taining the fertility of the soil, handling of 

 cover crops, proper pruning and spraying, the 

 control and fighting of rodents such as rabbits 

 and gi-aydiggers ; keeping up the fences so as 

 to keep the stock from molesting the trees and 

 so handling the orchard that the trees could 

 be brought up to a high standard of pro- 

 ductivity. There is no doubt in my mind but 

 that those who have the contracts written 

 want to carry this thought to the purchaser, 

 and if this is so, they should be held respon- 

 sible. Some companies have lived up to this 

 interpretation of care, and others have taken 

 very broad interpretations of the word care. 

 It might imply that a caretaker simply lived 

 on the place, in fact in some cases the orchards 

 were not even plowed. It is to be regretted 

 that American horticulture has had to pass 

 through such a period of misunderstanding. 

 Many purchasers feel dissatisfied and rightly 

 so. There is another phase of the question, 

 however, and that is that some of the pur- 

 chasers have been unreasonable. They have 

 expected a caretaker to overcome climatic diill- 

 cuities, they have been dissatisfied if a single 

 tree died, have been dissatisfied if there is the 

 least sign of insect or disease attack on trees. 

 In other words, they expect the trees to be per- 

 fect. It probably would be well for managers 

 and owners of orchard tracts to come to a 

 better understanding, perhaps draw up new 

 types of contracts in which is stated more 

 specifically what good orchard care really 

 means. 



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