ON PRACTICAL PLANS 



Such a record, coupled with the fact of an ever- 

 increasing demand for orchard fruits, seems al- 

 most incomprehensible. Yet similar reports might 

 be had from numberless other regions where fruit 

 production was formerly a more or less important 

 industry. 



But fortunately the facts of the situation are 

 now being called to the attention of the general 

 public, in particular by the workers at the agricul- 

 tural experiment stations. Bulletins are being 

 issued that call attention to the possibilities of 

 rejuvenating the old orchards, and in many re- 

 gions results of this work are being manifested in 

 the restoration of abandoned orchards. In one 

 county in Ohio, in a recent season, 117 rejuvenated 

 orchards added more than fifty thousand bushels 

 to the apple crop. 



"In several cases," says the Ohio report, "a net 

 profit of $400 per acre has been secured from an 

 abandoned orchard." 



The report continues : "It is like reaping where 

 one did not sow, to bring one of these orchards 

 into its own again. An investment in one of these 

 orchards is better than gold mine stock, for there 

 is no 'luck' about it. If there is any risk about 

 operations of this sort, it is because of lack of busi- 

 ness capacity and industry. To take a neglected 

 orchard and bring it back to usefulness does not 



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