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probably due to the low temperature and abundant moisture that 

 followed the planting for two or three weeks. Unless this crop can 

 be sown very much earlier or will make a much larger growth in a 

 warmer season it will be of little value. 



Plot No. 5, Fig. 13. Next to the peas and barley this crop is the 

 largest and holds the snow nearly as well, but from its coarse growth 

 will not protect from frost as well. Its value in plant food is prob- 

 ably greater than that of No. i but the exact value under the present 

 conditions can only be determined by several seasons' comparison. 



PRUNING ORCHARDS. 



The questions, •' how to prune," " what to prune " and " when to 

 prune," are what we will attempt to answer by a few illustrations. 

 Many progressive orchardists are studying the problem very closely, 

 and some of them have arrived at the conclusion that it is a very 

 easy matter to prune too much and that it requires the grea /est good 

 judgment to prune just enough. 



The following tigures show some of the conditions found in many 

 orchard trees. Fig. 15 illustrates a tree pruned up so that teams 

 can work under the Ijranches or so that cattle can be pastured 



Fig. I 



