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have been planted a year or more, and do not show a 

 satisfactory growth. Unfortunately a great deal of dam- 

 age has then been clone, and a great deal of time his 

 been lost. A better method is to plan windbreaks as part 

 of the grove and plant belts of quick growing trees suit- 

 able to the locality a year or two years before planting 

 the citrus trees. 



Modification No. 2 : Planting from Own Nursery. This 

 method is frequently followed by the more experienced 

 planters, and there can be no question about the advis- 

 ability of it, for those who know how. It is claimed that 

 it takes too long to start a grove in this way, but while 

 it does take longer to start, it does not necessarily take 

 longer to produce bearing trees and usually it does not 

 take as long. 



In following this method the planter selects a piece 

 of land on his property that is close to a water supply, 

 and on which the soil is preferably a clayey one. This 

 land in cleared, plowed and cultivated thoroughly in 

 order to make the soil mellow and fine for seed bed. Rows 

 are then laid off 4 ft. apart and furrows made and a 

 fertilizer composed of about equal amounts of Nitrogen 

 Potash and Phosphoric Acid is applied at the rate of t 

 least l /2 ton per acre. This is mixed thoroughly with the 

 soil after which the seeds are planted 2 to 3 inches apart. 

 The seeds should be covered with about an inch of soil 

 and a light mulch of grass should be spread over, 'Cover- 

 ing the rows. The ground should then be irrigated jr 

 watered by hand, so as to keep it constantly moist. The 

 seeds will germinate in a few days and in about two 

 months the plants can be thinned out, leaving the most 

 vigorous at a distance of about 3 ft. apart. By constant 



