March, 1922 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page Twenty-seiien 



commercial fertilizers and neglect contin- 

 uously the opportunity to grow cover-crops. 

 An annual cover-crop of Oregon vetch, or 

 one of the winter grains and Oregon vetch 

 combined with the crop of leaves from 

 the fruit trees, which is usually lost where 

 no cover-crop is grown, will permanently 

 maintain the supply of organic matter and 

 nitrogen in a productive soil. 



Worn out orchard soils can be brought 

 back to life and productiveness by the 

 same cover-crops if supplemented by a light 

 top dressing of manure or 150 to 200 

 pounds of nitrate of soda applied broadcast 

 at the time of seeding. This fertilizer will 

 insure a rank growth of the cover-crop 

 which could not be secured on a poor soil 

 without some fertilizing, and soon replace 

 the depleted organic matter of the soil, 

 gradually decreasing the need of the ferti- 

 lizer and finally doing aw.iy with them 

 almost entirely. 



Manure, straw or any other crop refuse 

 available applied to these worn out soils 

 will be of grc.U help in their rejuvenation. 

 None of these refuse materials should be 

 permitted to go to waste within hauling 



distance of anv commercial orchard. Wheat and potassium and a great bulk of soil im- 

 straw contains much nitrogen, phosphorous proving organic matter. 



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