OREGON WALNUTS 



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Well headed tree. Properly 

 pruned would become ideal. 



necessary to carry on the orchard 

 work; but where strips of hay or 

 grain are grown between the 

 trees, it is advisable to leave 

 clean tilled strips on either side; 

 otherwise, the trees will become 

 stunted. 



It will be well for some of the 

 walnut growers in western and 

 southern Oregon to consider the 

 possibility of handling hogs in 

 connection with the orchards. 

 Such crops as cow-horn turnips, 

 Aberdeen turnips, rape and 

 vetch, can be planted by the mid- 

 dle of July and should make a 

 most excellent winter feed. It 

 would not be advisable to keep a 

 large number of hogs on heavy, 

 poorly drained soils. On the 

 average rolling soils, this system 

 is practiced and is being used by 

 a number of growers. 



The excess stock of hogs is 

 generally turned off in early 

 spring and this is a time when 

 prices are generally quite satis- 

 factory. If the orchardist has 

 some spare land that he can raise 

 grain on, so as to obtain large 

 quantities of wheat screenings, 

 it may be found possible to pro- 

 duce cheap pork. It is not ad- 

 visable, under ordinary condi- 

 tions, to grow large quantities 

 Of grain among young trees. Tree with weak crotches account 

 J branches all coming out at one 



It is only orchards that are point. 



