270 



ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Fig. 4. Fourth Year. This Ur«jhard lias Uaii an lutercrup iruui the Time it Was i'lauteil. 



the gross value of field crops f. o. b. 

 Grandview for 1913 was approximately 

 $2,500 and of poultry and dairy products, 

 $1,000. Help during the year cost about 

 $500, leaving $3,000, which met all current 

 expenses of the ranch, including living 

 expenses. 



Crops grown in 1913 and comments on 

 same follow; 



Tree Fillers 



I wished to put in some peach fillers, 

 mostly cling, and some apple fillers, so 

 adopted the hexagonal system of plant- 

 ing with permanent apple trees 33 feet 

 apart and rows 28 feet apart with fillers 

 in the same row as the permanent trees 

 and 16''o feet from the permanent trees. 

 No appreciable revenue has yet been ob- 

 tained from the peaches, but a good crop 

 Is indicated this (fourth season) year 

 with $22.50 per ton offered by the Sun- 

 nyside cannery. 



Hay 



Leaving eight feet for the tree row, 

 my planting plan permitted of 20-foot 



strips of hay. A total acreage of 16 

 acres or a net acreage, excluding tree 

 rows, of 11 acres, was in hay last year 

 and yielded 45 tons, which was all fed 

 on the ranch. Those portions of the 

 ranch most heavily graded off were first 

 seeded, using clover, as I expected to 

 plow the sod up at the end of the second 

 year. I am now making new seeding 

 with alfalfa, as I expect to leave the 

 ground in sod longer. I will state in 

 this connection that clover is more of a 

 surface feeder than alfalfa and seems to 

 require more water to prevent robbing 

 the trees of moisture. With care in 

 watering and cultivating, I find no in- 

 jurious results from stripping with grass 

 but have seen many young orchards which 

 have shown injury from seeding. 



Cantaloupes 



Six acres. Yield 1.150 crates. Re- 

 turns f. o. b. Grandview $1,350. This has 

 been my best paying crop. Prices have 

 been satisfactory three out of the last four 

 years. The seeding and the harvesting 



