AN EXAMPLE OP SUCCESSFUL FARM MANAGEMENT. 



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186 bushels of grain. Buckwheat yielded 120 bushels of grain on 5| 

 acres. On the rough pasture 13 head of young stock were summered. 



RENOVATING THE OLD ORCHARD. 



On this farm there are about 2 acres of old apple orchard in which 

 some 30 trees are still in fairly good condition (fig. 4). About one- 

 third of these are of the Northern Spy variety, one-third Rhode 

 Island Greenings, some Russets, and the remainder summer and early 



Fig. 4. — One of the Northern Spy apple trees in the small orchard on the hill farm 

 of M. J. English. This orchard of 30 trees was renovated at a cost of $90 and 

 yielded a total income of $360. The owner's net profit as a result of the first 

 year's work was $270. 



fall apples. Having become somewhat interested in apple growing 

 and having seen the opportunity to develop a local market trade in 

 this fruit, Mr. English decided that he would try to renovate this old 

 orchard. The previous year he had cut all the underbrush, berry 

 bushes, etc., which had grown up in the orchard. The tenant was 

 paid for all work in the orchard, which was reserved by the owner, 

 who thus had the entire income from it. Two sprayings were made, 

 using a hand pump, the first just before the trees came into bloom and 

 the second just after the blossoms had fallen. Table V shows the cost 

 of renovation and the income derived from the orchard. 



