CHAPTER III. 

 FERTILIZATION. 



Fertilizers used. The majority of orchards receive no commercial 

 fertilizer or green manure, but are given a limited* amount of barn- 

 yard manure usually much too limited. One-third receive no fer- 

 tilizing of any kind. Sixty per cent receive barnyard manure, either 

 alone or in combination with commercial fertilizer, green manure, etc. ; 

 green manure is used alone or in combination in 12 per cent; commercial 

 fertilizer is used alone or with other manures in 13 per cent (see 

 Table 13). 



These figures show too high a percentage receiving some kind of 

 fertilizer. In many cases only a little manure was applied, but the 

 orchard was included with those receiving manures. In others the 

 fertilization was given so long ago as to be of no consequence at 

 present. Probably less than half the orchards receive enough to 

 entitle them to be properly included with those receiving fertilization. 



TABLE 13. 

 Summary of fertilisers used. All ages of orchards included. 



Orchards receiving no fertilization of any kind. 



In many of the fertilized orchards the manure was used with a view 

 to helping some crop planted in the orchard". Of course if it is applied, 

 the apple-trees will make use of a part of it. 



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