TxHi: REMOVAL OF rirCLECTSD AP'^Li-^ ORCHARDS. 

 Scatterad throughout the state are many aople orchards 

 of fro.u three orjfour acres to thirty-five or forty acres in 

 e>:te-it, vhich, frora lack of proper care or at least from 

 careless .aanaje.aent , are t^oin^ to v/rack and ruin. This 

 state of affairs is not only .vasteful of the material 

 bounties of the earth but results in an actual financial 

 loss to the ovmer of such orchards. A few years of care 

 and scientific treat-aent could bring an orchard that was 

 costing its ov/ner annually the rent of the land it was 

 occupying, up to a condition where it would not only pay 

 that rent but be a source of revenue considerably over and 

 above it. This has oeen done by practical growers on a 

 co.iiiaercial scale so its validity is tested out. ""ith these 

 in view, it would seem advisaole to study the matter in 

 so:ae detail, discovering, if possible, the most efficient 

 methods of soil .aanagement , fertilization, pruning and 

 spraying for old trees, frou. the experiences of men vrtio 

 have been successful in bringing their old orchards into 

 profitable bearing. This paper, being as it is in a way 



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©f compilation of the results of many, cannot be accepted 

 as final. Diffeient methods of renewal may be equally 

 efficient in different localities. ^he present study is 

 therefore designed to be simply suggestive, and in no sense 

 the last word on the subject. 



For convenience, the subject has been divided into 

 separate heads, v/hich will be discussed in order, as follows; 

 1. Cultiv -tlon, includirig soil management, the use of cover 

 crops, etc. 



