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the bluff-side, set 

 in ground that, in 

 part at least, has 

 never been broken 

 up, but the trees 

 and brushhadbeen 

 cut off close to the 

 ground and the or- 

 chard planted at 

 once without fur- 

 ther preparation of 

 the soil. The 

 weeds and under- 

 growth are kept 

 down by one or 

 two mowings a 

 year. This or- 

 chard showed 

 much thrift and 

 was in every way 

 satisfactory. Quite 

 a large basin is 

 dug around each 

 tree, and short 

 ditches comedown 

 from above at an 

 angle leading into 

 this basin, thus di- 

 verting all the 

 water that falls up- 

 on the hillside 

 and leaving it on 

 the roots of these 

 trees. Orchards in 

 such locations as 

 • this are evidently 

 to be successful, 

 although the prob- 

 lem of getting the 

 apples out of the 

 orchard is yet to 

 be solved in some 

 practical way. 



