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Fp.rm AnalyalG . R. E. Llocer, Extonclon Economict r.t the Str^.to 

 Collop;p hac recently publinlied n, Ffirrn Managomont Survey covering 

 the to'-n of Achfield, Frr-nhlin County. In the l6 fr,.rnn ctudied, 

 the labor income varied from $2313 to-$lli]-0. Thirty percent of 

 the crop area, on thece farmn in uaed for gro^'^in^ applet, averag- 

 ing ahou.t 2^ acro!3 per farm. Factorc affecting profits are an- 

 alyzed. It appears that the per acre yield ic Important, cince 

 the average foi"^ all of the farmc ic reported ac only ^2.5 "buchelo 

 per acre. Grace wac rer.oved for hay from about ^0% of thp total 

 orchard area inctoad of leaving it ac a mulch. f 



Mold Spore s. Steam Sterilization of Apple Boxec for Blue Llold Ic 

 diccuijccd in Bui. No. 357, ^Y Vi^ellnian a.nd HeaJd of the V/rch. Agr. 

 Exp. Sta.. , Pullman, V/.q^hington. The authoro point out the fact 

 tha.t picking boxeu ucod for one or more cea;;',onG arc recognized 

 ac a Gource of Gi^oren of Blue Mold and that cteam Gterilizatlon 

 fitc in v.'ith commercia-1 practice aince cteam ic a.va.ila.ble in moct 

 packing houcoG vfhere It ic uced to warm wanhing Golutlonc. They 

 find a. direct oxpoGure to ctepin for one minute sjufficiert to hill 

 a. very high percentage of the cporec. Spore g mixed with decayed, 

 apple ticGue are more difficu.lt to kill, and Gporec between t-vc 

 piecoG of v-'ood, ac in jointc, may require tvro minutec' expccure. 



Cyanami d. A three yea.rc' atudy of the effect g of Cyanamid on 

 fruit ti-eec in Ilichigan by F. N. Hev^otGon Ghor that thic m.atri'irj.l 

 may be applii-d '■'Lth apx'arent Gafoty to apple g a.nd pearc in earl^r 

 cpring, 3 "^^ ^ vreekc before gror^th ctartc if the coil ic reacon- 

 a.bly raoict. Treec on heavy goIIg '-'ere found to be lecc Guccf;pt'-- 

 ble to injury from 111-tlmod a.ppllca,tionc than thoce on oandy 

 ooilG. Some lea.f burning i;: reported on cherriec and perchec 

 v'h.ore the coil wa.u too dry for oroper a.bcorption of the fertilizer 



Appl e Tree Rootc . The rootc of Deliciouc a.pplo treec gror.^ing 

 ur.der a mulch in Nebracka have Ghovai in the cecond year a hori- 

 zontal development of 9 to 10. 5 feet, i\c compared ^-'ith 7-5 foot 

 in treec gro'ving under clean cultivation. At the end of the 

 third ceacon clx m.ulched treec had pn average; root cprea.d of 11 

 feet on either cide of the trunl':, 2 feet greater than that of the 

 cultivated treec. The average depth of rooting of the mulched 

 treec rrac 7*7 feot. It ic cuggected tha.t apple treec in Nebracka 

 chould be spaced ■'.-'idely. 17-yr.-old Jonatha.r. treec planted 

 30 X 35 ffiot apa.rt cho^.ved rootc overlapping in all directionc 

 and come of the r.')otG ]iad reached a depth of 35 ft'et. 



Apple Pie . IVhat makec a. good apple pie? Hero ' c the ccore crrd 

 to be uced in judging the piec cubmltted in the New England Apple 

 Pie Contest. Appeara.nce (20 points), 10 points for color and 10 

 for size and shaoo. Cruet (4-0 pointc). 25 pointc for texture 

 and 15 for fla.vor. Filling (^10 pointc), 20 points for flavor 

 and 20 for concistency. Winners in the county contectc v.dll com- 

 pete at the Ea.ctern Statec Expocition for the ctate champlonchlp, 

 a.nd a. chance to try for Ne" Ergla.r.d honors i;r ;- fi'^.a! contest . 

 scheduled for eai'Ly October. Mrc. Edith Parker of Fickda.le is 

 cha.irman of the general committee. 



