APPLE GROWING 



grass land and where mulching material is 

 cheap and readily available. It Is undoubtedly 

 at Its best on lands too steep or rough to till, 

 or otherwise unsuitable to cultivation. Tillage 

 IS the more Intensive method and where labor 

 is scarce and high sod culture might be more 

 advisable for this reason, other conditions being 

 not too unfavorable. 



In order to Illustrate a method of manage- 

 ment under the tillage system we may suggest 

 the following as a good one for level to gently 

 rolling land; 



.1912. Early plowing in spring, cultivation to 

 July first to fifteenth. Then sow red 

 clover as a cover crop. 



19 13. Repeat previous year's treatment, 

 varying the time of sowing cover crop 

 according to conditions. 



19 14. Let the clover grow, mowing and 

 leaving on the ground as a mulch, June 

 fifteenth to twentieth, and again in 

 August. 



19 15. Plow early In spring, cultivate to mid- 

 summer, and then sow rye or buck- 

 wheat as a cover crop July fifteenth to 

 August fifteenth. 



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