CHAPTER II. 

 TILLAGE. 



Acreage of tilled and untilled orchards- About 30 per cent of the 

 orchards that were set before 1880 were tilled in 1903. This percent- 

 age is slightly below what it would have been in a favorable season. 

 The very dry weather in the early spring prevented many from 

 plowing. 



About half of the orchards of the county have been in sod five to ten 

 years or more. The other half are tilled more or less. In the south 

 part very few old orchards are tilled, only 12 per cent in 1903. In 

 the north part tillage is much more common. It is practiced more in 

 Walworth township than in any other part of the county. Here less 

 than one-third of the orchards are in sod permanently (see Table 7 and 8). 



TABLE 7. 

 Treatment prior to 1903. Trees set before 1880. 



TABLE 8. 

 Treatment in 1903 of orchards set before 1880. 



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