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plough, for the ground is a mass of roots. I believe I 

 have lost good trees from that cause, but young trees 

 should be ploughed and cultivated very shoal. 



Question 8. I use manure broadcast. I cover in the 

 Spring, or, when I have the time, in Spring or Fall ; I 

 prefer'the later, as you ought to get some benefit in 

 next crop. 



Question 9. Prune slightly, have never hand- 

 thinned, but believe if I had done so on several crops, 

 would have paid. It is too great a risk here ; as a 

 general thing, the trees thin themselves. 



Question 10. The slug, as some call it, eat the 

 leaves ; of course the tree or limb is affected, or, in 

 other words, the leaves to a tree are very much the same 

 as the lungs to a being. I have thrown dust over the 

 tree, and wherever it strikes a worm, it will fall. 



Question 11. I did this Fall, but did not find any 

 worms or grub. We hoe around and examine around 

 the roots of trees. I think the hogs have an excellent 

 tendency to keep the trees healthy, as they will eat the 

 fallen fruit. 



Question 12. We have them, and I notice the trees 

 look healthy, but the fruit has been knotty and small. 

 It may grow out of that in time. Sometimes the tree 

 dies. 



Question 13. Can't say. 



