Tillage in Young Orchards. 



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less moisture, the less food! And yet this is a com- 

 mon method of treating fruit -trees! 



In young orchards, then, 

 it is commonly best to plow 

 rather deep say six to eight 

 inches in order to send the 

 roots down. Of course, the 

 plow should not be run deep 

 close to the trunk of the 

 tree. The careful plowman 

 will turn out his plow when 

 he comes within a couple 

 of feet of the tree. This 

 deep plowing for a few 

 years will ameliorate the 

 land, establish the root -habit 

 of the tree, and obviate 

 the necessity of laborioiis 

 plowing in after years. 



2. Tillage should be be- 

 gun early in the season, 

 in orchards. Trees com- 

 plete most of their growth 

 by the first of July. Early 

 tillage saves the moisture 



Fig. 19. Roots of u young apple tree in sod land. 



