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out any more work. (2) Disk thoroughly 

 in the spring and clip the alfalfa as 

 often as it reaches eighteen inches in 

 height and allow the hay to remain in 

 the orchard for a mulch. (3) Disk thor- 

 oughly in spring and harvest one or 

 two crops of hay. Some growers plow 

 shallow in the spring instead of using 

 the disk, others use the alfalfa reno- 

 vator instead of the disk. There are a 

 few who do their disking in the fall. 

 The third way is the hest, provided the 

 hay is fed on the place and the manure 

 is put back on the orchard. 



Many other crops can be grown in 

 the orchard where moisture is abun- 

 dant, and they should all be fed on the 

 place. A shade crop is a crop that is 

 grown during the sunnner to shade the 

 soil and is i)lowed under in the fall. In 

 orchartis where the moisture is not suf- 

 ficient to support the trees and a com- 

 panion crop, cover crops can be used. 

 Cover croi)s are sown in late sunnner 

 or early fall and plowed under the fol- 

 lowing spring. Wheat, rye, barley, rape, 

 turnips, peas and vetch are useil for 

 cover crops. We have found hairy or 

 winter vetch gives the best results. One 

 seeding is all that is necessary, provided 

 it is not plowed under before it blooms. 

 After it is jdowed clean culture can be 

 practiced until fall, and before winter 

 the soil will be covered with a mat of 

 vetch. Vetch furnishes hii-ge quantities 

 of humus and fibre to the soil and it is 

 a great nitrogen gatherer. It becomes 

 a weed, but is a good weed in the 

 orchard. 



Barnyard manure is the only remedy 

 for orchards that are not sutliciently 

 supplied with moisture to grow cover 

 crops. 



It is not advisable to use commercial 

 fertilizers on a large scale until they 

 have been tried with success on a small 

 scale. They are expensive and do not 

 add humus. 



The growing of one crop on the 

 "ranch" is rapidly becoming a thing of 

 the past, because it depletes the soil fer- 

 tility and gives an income but once in 

 the year. 



You nuist apply the methods best 

 suited to your conditions. 



World Economy of Food. 



The International Institute of Agri- 

 culture at Home has issued an extensive 

 report on the food tpiestion, which it 

 says is vei-v grave. It is estimated that 

 2,.300,0fl0,0()() bushels of wheat will be 

 consumed in the year ending July 31, 

 1917, which will decrease the world's 

 surplus to -KKflOCddO bushels. The 

 world's surplus of the live cereals, 

 wheat, rye, barlev, oats and corn, is 

 placed at ,533,()()(),00n bushels. This in- 

 cludes the stocks in Hussia, Houmania 

 and Bulgaria that cannot be exported. 



It is announced that a steamship line 

 is to be established between ,Ia])an and 

 Brazil. The first steamer, which will 

 be of 5,0(10 tons register, will leave 

 Japan next l<"ebruai-\-, carrying in addi- 

 tion to cargo !)00 enugrants. It is stated 

 that beginning with February ,"),000 Jap- 

 anese will be sent to Brazil each year, 

 to be employed in the cultivation of 

 rice, beans, jjolatoes, onions and coll'ee. 



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