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year that brush i)rodu(ed twelve and one-half bushels to a 

 tree of very fine fruit. One of the trees produced an apple 

 measuring thirteen and one-half inches in circumference. 



1 have spoken of the successes in fruit production in this 

 district. I might mention many failures; these failures have 

 been mainly because of a lack of care and proper manage- 

 ment, which will result in failure anywhere. 



SOME METHODS RESULTING SUCCESSFULLY IN THIS DISTRICT. 



While in some cases fruit of various kinds have been pro- 

 duced within the bounds of this district in spite of bad treat- 

 ment, yet not in such quantity and quality that it could be 

 called successful fruit raising. There are some things which 

 can not be omitted if we expect full crops of good fruit. 



FERTILIZING. 



While most of the land in north central Nebraska \vill 

 bring fruit trees to bearing age with but little or no fertiliz- 

 ing, yet when the age of fruit bearing arrives they require 

 more plant food than is found in the soil of most localities in 

 this region. 



SPRAYING. 



We find that the insect enemies of fruit trees and of frait 

 manifest their presence very soon after the trees come into 

 bearing so that spraying is indispensable. Our method has 

 been to spray once soon after the petals fall with pyrox, using 

 a rather coarse spray with all the force we can give it and 

 cultivating twice in July and once in August, being careful 

 to move all the earth clear up to the body of the trees. In 

 this way we virtually protect all our fruit from worms. Our 

 women folks have only found five wormy apples in all that 

 two families have used (about 24 bushels). 



CULTIVATION. 



The best results seem to be obtained in this part of the 

 state, especially on level and sandy land, by plowing under 



