Photo 101. 



over these pits. Why? Be- 

 cause the roots went down and 

 found moisture among the bits 

 of leaves and straw that had 

 been plowed under. They 

 stood there in perfect health 

 for six weeks after the main 

 crop had been dried .up. See 

 the difference in the crop of 

 tubers ! The sample that you 

 see at the right were dug after 

 a sharp frost, about the Sth of 

 October. Good drainage, a 

 plenty of fertilizer, deep plow- 

 ing and frequent cultivating is 

 the remedy for potato blight, 

 so-called. What is called blight in trees 

 comes from the same source, i. e. , the destruc- 

 tion of the feeding rootlets. 



\ 

 PEACH YELLOWS 



seems to puzzle some of our ablest writers. 

 The peach is tenacious to life, and does not 

 ihrOii 1 its leaf like the potato, but the leaves, 

 not having sufficient moisture, partially dry, 

 turn yellow and drop prematurely. Of course, 

 you find fungoids and microscopic insects on 

 the leaves, because you have prepared the 

 conditions for them. I know of a large 

 peach orchard planted twelve years ago. It 

 was situated on a high altitude, and in every 

 way favorable to that fruit. But the pro- 

 prietor seems to have thought that if he purchased the 

 trees and stuck them into the ground the Almighty would 

 attend to the rest. That is not His way of doing business. 

 God never helps any but those who " help themselves." 

 If you want peaches, potatoes, or anything else, you must 

 " co-operate." This would-be peach grower allowed his 

 orchard to grow up to grass, briers, etc. This absorbed all 

 the moisture; none could get to the roots of the trees, and, 

 sure enough, the whole orchard became struck with blight 

 (peach yellows). Some who are thus afflicted (?) become 

 almost blasphemous and charge the blame to Providence. 

 Dr. H. M. Ladd, of Cleveland, Ohio, has a large 

 poultry farm at Kent, Ohio (Crescent Farm). They raise 

 the highest breeds of fowls. Mr. E. T. Blood is the man- 

 ager. They have selected the finest kinds of fruit trees 

 for the pens. In 1895 they planted apples, peaches and 

 plums. In the following year a larger number of the 

 same species, and also pears were added. They have experimented. All trees had the 

 ground prepared and the trees were carefully set. Hen manure has been applied freely 

 to some, and soil kept worked, thus, furnishing both a stimulent and moisture. Photo 

 102 is one of the peach trees. It is so healthy that the bark shines. As you will ste, the 

 picture was taken before the leaves had developed, just when the blossoms had expanded. 



Photo 102. 



Photo 103. 



