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or other good fertilizer into the hole and mix thoroughly 

 with the soil. Next fill the hole nearly full leaving a little 

 hollow with the tree in the center, so that when it rains the 

 water will have a tendency to settle around the tree instead 

 of running aAvay from it. 



Cultivate and hoe the trees as you would care for a field 

 of corn until the last of July or first of August. Sow oatu 

 and turnips or some other cover crop such as vetch or clover 

 if you can grow it. If the land is steep so that it is liable 

 to wash, plow furrows along the side of the hill, beginning 

 near the top and turning furrow down hill to catch the 

 water. Plow furrow so there will be fall enough to carry 

 the watep off. Plow similar furrows along the side of the 

 hill as often as is necessary to take care of the water. These 

 furrows should be plowed deep and cleaned out with a shov- 

 el. Then sca.tter a little fertilizer in and on the furrow and 

 sow oats rather thick and rake in. The oats will help keep 

 the furrow from washing. When the trees get so large it 

 is impossible in some places to plow the furrows along the 

 side of the hill all the way, plow them so as to catch the 

 water and if need be plow straight down the hill to carry the 

 water off. It is much better tp have a few deep gullies 

 washed that can be filled up with stone, than to have a lot of 

 the top soil washed off as would probably be the case if the 

 water was allowed to run down over the surface of the hill. 



Trim the little trees in August, forming the shape of 

 the head. Trim a peach tree just opposite from what you 

 would if you were raising a tree for a saw log. A tree with 

 fl»m five to seven branches at the crotch will not be nearly 

 so apt to split down as one with only two or three branches. 

 If the tree is so shaped as to make it impossible to form a 

 good head, tie up one of the best branches so it will grow up 

 straight. Later cut off all 4;he rest of the tree and form 

 the head out of that brandd. Late in the fall, just before it 

 freezes up, bank the trees with dirt 10 or 12 tnches high. 

 Be careful to pack th§ dirt firmly. If pieces of turf are 

 thrown up loosely mice are apt to get in and nest and gnaw 



