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chards. " I plowed half of my orchard and the other halft left 

 in sod. Where I plowed the orchard, I had more apples than 

 where I did not plow. Ever since that I have practiced cul- 

 tivation, and I expect to continue. 



THE CHAIRMAN : It seems to come down to the propo- 

 sition of each man knowing his own conditions and working 

 them out. Some are getting results one way and some in 

 another. It is about that way with any kind of a farm propo- 

 sition. It seems to me the man that is running his own farm 

 knows it best and knows the best treatment to give it and 

 he has to work those things out according to his local condi- 

 tions, 



I have seen on the same farm one orchard under cultiva- 

 tion that was on very light soil, what we call "asparagus 

 soil," and on another location on the same farm, heavier soil, 

 that we would not dare cultivate at all. 



]MR. PARKER: There is one question I would like to 

 ask and that is in regard to the sooty fungus. Our Northern 

 Spy apples in 1915 were so covered with sooty fungus they 

 were good for nothing. They were very large apples and 

 they were just ruined by the sooty fungus. This year we 

 had the handsomest crop of Northern Spies you ever saw 

 and there wasn't any sign of sooty fungus. 



I would like to know if someone has had the same ex- 

 perience. 



THE CHAIRMAN: Did you give any different treat- 

 ment in the two years? 



MR. PARKER: No, we did not. We used the same 

 formula both years. 



THE CHAIRMAN: And sprayed at the same time both 

 years ? 



MR. PARKER : At the same time, too. 



THE CHAIRMAN: Mr. Davenport, can you give us 

 anything on the subject? 



MR. DAVENPORT: We had the same experience as 

 Mr. Parker. The same year, the same conditions, the same 

 spraying. We laid it to climatic conditions. As you all re- 



