sfxrr.i'.xrrf annual mrrting. 43 



conditions tilled orchards arc more prodncti\e than those in 

 sod. 



hifhiciicc of sfirciyiii!^. The following- table shows that 

 orchards sprayed three times i;a\e 31 ])er cent, larq-er yield 

 and ?] ])er cent larger income per acre than those not sprayed. 



SI'KAYING .\N'li YIKI.l) AND INCOME PKK ACRE, lOUl. 



^'ii'ld. IncDiiic. 

 Per ct of 



No. of Avg. crop bar- No. of Avg. 



How sprayed, orchards. .Acres. vicld. relied, orchards. Acres. income. 



Unspraved. loo ()17>^ iM.") 71 04 mWj $ 92.00 



Spravedonce, 4!» 504 307 71 4(i 4()8 116.00 



Sprayed twice, 90 92 IK 343 75 84 864 J^ 127.00 



Spraved 3 times, 40 426 322 83 37 406 139.00 



Sprayed 1 times, 6 43 569 77 6 43 211.00 



Mrtlioils of sod ircatuicnt. As shown by the following 

 table sod orchards pastured with sheep and hogs give much 

 better }'ields than those not pastured and better also than those 

 pastured witli cattle. 



THREE-YEAR AVERACiE PER ACRE: 



Pastured witli hogs .')12 busliels 



" sheep 308 



" cattle 153 



Not pastured 217 " 



dhe \'er\- low axerage of those orchards pastured with 

 cattle is partiall}- accotmted for l)y the fact that cattle are only 

 allowed to run in badly neglected orchards. The value of 

 hogs in an orcliard is more dependent upon the amount of 

 rooting they do rather than tipon the amotint of manure they 

 contribute. 



H ow far apart should frees he planted / Many fruit grow- 

 ers now realize that their trees are too close together, ddiey 

 know that sunlight is essential to the production of highly 

 colored fruit, tliat they recpiire rooiu for s])raying and har- 

 vesting operations, and that the lower branches of crowded 

 trees soon die. restilting in a tall long-armed tree. Many 

 growers ha\e taken out every alternate row and after two or 

 three vears have sectu'ed more fi'tn't than before. The fol- 



