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Planting a New Orchard ? wnera? On a better soil than the old one? Soil type 

 is more important than variety, because the variety may be changed by top graft- 

 ing, if necessary. If you are planting in a nevy/ location or replanting an old 

 one, we suggest getting acquainted with your soil to a depth of 3 or 4 feet. 

 Getting 300 bushels per acre is fairly easy in some locations, but practically 

 impossible in others. Freedom from spring frosts, good soil drainage, good 

 water holding capacity, and such conditions as favor deep rooting vdth adequate 

 aeration throughout the growing season, - these are things we must look for in 

 the new site. A good orchard soil will show only a gradual color chioige, and 

 no gray layer as we dig to a depth of at least 4 feet. If you are interested 

 in the Orchard Location Service now available, call your County Extension Office. 



The Roche s ter Meeting s. For lack of space in this issue, an account of certain 

 interesting talks and exhibits at Rochester will be printed later. A new method 

 of waxing apples to prevent shriveling, dropping of Mcintosh, the land use pro- 

 gram in New York, and research in by-products were some of the features. 



Sawdust as an Orchard Mulch . Sawdust seems to merit more consideration as a 

 mulch in the orchard. Not that it is an ideal material. But it is increasingly 

 available, nov/ that millions of board feet of hurricane timber are being sawed, 

 partly in portable mills where the sawdust piles are mounting daily. The use 

 of this material in orchards will be determined largely by the cost when de- 

 livered. An area may well be mulched liDerally as an experiment wherever sav/- 

 dust is to be had nearby at reasonable cost. For best results it should be 

 spread at least four inches deep. 



Salv..ging a Vi/aste Product . n New York farmer who combines orcharding with 

 grain farming has hit upon a novel arrangement for placing the straw where it 

 will do most good. In former years the straw was burned. Nov; the threshing 

 is done at the edge of the orchard and the straw loaded directly onto a long 

 tractor drawn skid from v/hich a pile is dropped alongside each tree. Thus a 

 former waste product is turned to advantage v/ithout extra handling. 



Gold S tor-age Lo ckers . V/ith the increased interest in cold storage lockers in 

 various se-.xions of the country for meats, fowl and butter, there has arisen the 

 question of the suitability of such lockers for storing frozen fruits and veget- 

 ables. Most of the experimental work to date has been done by and for commercial 

 interests. Accurate information as it applies to the individual cold storage 

 locker vdll probably be forthcoming as Experiment Station projects get under way. 



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Mcintosh T reas for In ar chin g. Attractive quotations on one year old Llclntosh 

 troos 0/ two different sizes, suitable for inarching, have just been received. 

 Any grcw'jr wishing to purchase stock of this kind for bolstering up the injured 

 side of hurricane damaged trees may obtain details concerning the above nurseries, 

 both as regards prices and sizes of trees, by dropping a postcard to the Pomology 

 Department, Mass. State College, Amherst, Mass. 



