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accessible, dispose of your surplus ;is soon as ready, and do not 

 wait for it to become mellow. Never attempt to get rid of 

 poor or inferior apples by mixing with good ones. 



The diagrams are rough drawings of a cheap shed frame, 

 made of liglit scantling, and firmly put together with half-inch 

 bolts. They were designed to be open all around, and are roofed 

 with dimension boards, set on fence posts four feet in the ground. 

 They were built in 1878, and cost fifty dollars. They are valu- 

 able for hay, loose grain, clover seed and straw. 



GEORGE J. KELLOGG, 



JANESVILLE, ROCK COUNTY. 



Fruit Growinrf and Marketing — Prepariyig the Soil — Apples — 

 Pears — Plums — Cherries — Gfrapes — Currants — Berries. 



LOCATION AND SOIL. 



The location and soil for a fruit farm is of the first and 

 greatest importance. If the site is poor, no care can make 

 fruit raising a success. It may be a satisfaction to have a 

 meager supply, but it can never pay. Avoid flat, level lands. 

 There must be surface drainage. Avoid hillsides that wash 

 badly ; also hills with subsoil of gravel or sand. Clay marl, 

 or clay loam, with an underlying of limestone, such as our 

 timber ridges afford, are the best locations. Where white oak 

 and hickory, burr oak and butternut abound, there you will 

 find the elements of soil suited to tree growth. Undulating 

 knolls, ridges, sloping sufficient to easily run off the sur- 

 face water, even very steep, rocky hillsides, and the highest 

 table lands, are often very successful locations. 



The hilltops of northern and northeastern slopes are excel- 

 lent sites for the orchard. If already located, and must have 

 the orchard on low ground, back farrow until the place is 

 raised for each row from one to two feet higher than the dead 

 furrow. On this ridge the trees should be planted. 



