CHAPTER IX. 



CULTURE, ETC. 



THOBOUOH Cm.TI7BB BHOtTXD FOLLOW THOROUaH FBEP.^BATION — HOBO 

 CHOPS BECOMUENDED — NO WHITE BTBAW OBOFS, NOB OB ASSES AL- 

 LOWED — HOW LONO SHALL WB OXnCTIVATB THE OBCHABD ? — 

 LIMITS — THE BFADB AND FOBS, ANU MDLCHINO 8UBSTITUTBO — 

 BOBBE CULTIVATOKS NECESSABT IN LABGB OBCHABDB — THESB 

 SHOULD NOT BE DEEP TILLEB8, BDT SHALLOW, TO AVOID DISTUBB- 

 INO THB BOOTS — SEEDINO WITH OLOYBB — MULOPINO IMPBACTIOA- 

 BLE ON A LABOE SCALE — CLOVES UCLCH — THE HEIxOw BABTH 

 AS A MULCH — PASTUBINO AN OBCHABD — OBJECTIONS — DAMAOH 

 DONE BY HOB8ES AND MULES — BT CATTLE, BT GOATS — SHEEP — 

 THEIB ADVANTAGES — SWINE AND POCLTBT MAT BE ADMITTED — 

 HOW THEY MAT BE USEFUL — DBSTBUOTION OF INSECTS — POULTBT 

 AND CURCULIO 



In a previous chapter, reference has been made to the 

 necessity of thorough cultivation of the soil among young 

 trees; but the importance of the proper attention to orchard 

 culture is so great, that it deserves separate consideration. 

 The thorough preparation of the soil before committing 

 the roots of our trees to its embraces, which was fully 

 impressed upon the orchardist, might have induced some 

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