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No. of Trees. 



Wayne county, New York 796,610 



Marion county, New York 795,188 



Monroe county, New York 789,409 



Clay county. New York 751,727 



Erie county. New York 631,283 



Orleans county. New York 604,401 



Wayne county, Illinois 604,215 



It will be seen that three states contain these ten great apple produc- 

 ing counties, and that New York contains five of them, Illinois three and 

 Arkansas two, although Arkansas' two counties contain almost as many 

 apple trees as does New York's five counties. 



This apple question is an important one, and the industry is receiv- 

 ing mbre attention each year. Better trees are being selected, and they 

 are receiving more attention than formerly. Spraying is having a bene- 

 ficial effect, and the outlook for apple culture is good. 



POTATO CULTURE IN GERMANY. 



Chicago Record-Herald. 



B. H. Warner, consul at Leipzig, Germany, has recently made an 

 interesting report to the government at Washington on the production of 

 potatoes in Germany. The most striking thing in the report is the wide 

 difference in the production per acre between Germany and the United 

 States. It shows that Germany's farmers raise more than twice as many 

 potatoes per acre as the American farmer does. 



Although Consul Warner makes no explanation of this fact it is 

 easily explained. The Germans are better farmers than Americans. They 

 have small plots of ground instead of many acres and are of necessity 

 compelled to get the most out of the ground that is possible by the high- 

 est cultivation. Nothing is allowed to go to waste that can be used as 

 fertilizer and the greatest care is taken in the selection of seed and the 

 preparation of the ground. 



Most of the small farms in Germany are worked by the spade, the 

 hoe and the hand rake, and the soil is always in the most perfect condi- 

 tion. German soil is no richer than ours and it has been worked much 

 longer, but it is made to produce more by intelligent and thorough culti- 

 vation. American farmers may find a lesson in the following figures: 



America. 



Acre. 



1899 2,581,353 



1900 2,611,054 



1901 2,864,335' 



1902 2,965,587 



