x Contents 



THE LOCATION AND ITS CLIMATE, Continued Pages 



WINDBREAKS FOB FRUIT-PLANTATIONS 55- 63 



Benefits 56 



Injuries 56 



Forests and fruit-growing 57- 58 



General statement 58- 60 



How to make the windbreak 60-63 



CHAPTER III 



THE TILLAGE OP FRUIT-LANDS 64-108 



The case of the early apple plantings 67- 69 



Sod orchards 69-72 



Allowable use of sod 72- 75 



THE PHILOSOPHY OF TILLAGE 75- 84 



The structure of the soil 77-81 



The moisture of the soil 81- 84 



USE OF THE VARIOUS TOOLS IN RELATION TO MOISTURE- 

 SAVING 84- 91 



Plowing to save moisture 84- 85 



Harrowing to save moisture 85- 88 



Cultivators and moisture-saving 88- 89 



The roller, in its relation to soil-moisture 89- 91 



SUGGESTIONS FOR THE TILLING OF FRUIT-LANDS .... 91-102 



Preparation of the land 91- 94 



Subsequent tillage 94- 97 



Specific advice on tillage 97-102 



CROPPING THE PLANTATION 102-106 



Orchard crops 104-106 



IRRIGATION OF FRUIT-LANDS 106-108 



Irrigation in the East 106-108 



CHAPTER IV 



THE ENRICHING OP FRUIT-LANDS 109-152 



The land is to be kept at work 109-112 



The lesson of nursery lands 112-113 



COVER-CROPS 113-126 



The kinds of cover-crops 116-123 



List and rates of seeding of cover-crop plants . . . .123 



Average quantity of seed to the acre 124-125 



Weights of the seeds of cover-plants 125-126 



