less; so much so that tillage proved more profitable. The 



follov/ing figures for five years ure suggestive. 



SOD. 



Total 196.06 1102.34 1714.13 2457.06 



Although the sod method costi only ^40. 62 and the 

 tillage cost* ^196,06, yet the net gains of the sod v/ere only 

 fpl552.05 while those of the tillage were *2457.08 or nearly 



tv/ice as great. So in this case at least, the cultivation 

 method proved financially to he the more desirable. 



"^ith regard to soil management, out of fifteen men who 

 had been more or less successful in renovating old orchards, 

 eight were decidedly in favor of tillage and seven favored 

 sod in some degree or another. Of those who favored sod one 

 simply delayed cultivation for three or four years until 

 the other necessary operations such as pruning, spraying, 

 etc. were well under way and beginning to show results. 



