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THE OLIVER PLOW BOOK 



Cultivating orchards helps to faeef> the farm rid of many bad insect 

 pests that hibernate in such places during the winter as well as keeping 

 the weeds and grass from consuming plant food that should be utilized 

 by the trees in developing good fruit. When we learn to keep weeds 

 down and trash burned on all parts of the farm our insect troubles will 

 begin to disappear. 



effective time to bury trash for the eradication of bugs 

 is when it produces the best humus. 



Dry vegetation buried in the ground is harder to rot 

 than green. The rotting of this vegetation helps along 

 in the destruction of insect eggs so that the work is com- 

 plete. It is a self-evident fact that if there is enough 

 fertility and the soil particles are arranged so that 

 fermentation is taking place in all parts of the seed bed 

 it is impossible for insect eggs to hatch, hence the 

 desirability of plowing under this vegetation while it is 

 in a gieen state. 



