95 



(the same grower may have treated part of his orchard, by 

 one method and part by another, in which case he is counted 

 twice in my calculations). These descriptions are briefly 

 summarized in the table which follows: 



System Number of Per cent 



Orchards . 



Sod 2 n 0.95 



Sod mulch 10 4.74 



Clean tillage followed by cover crop 64 30.33 



Clean tillage alone 35 16.59 

 Clean tillage for a period of years 



then sod 3 1.42 



Intermittent tillage with cover crop 7 3.32 



Partial tillage 11 5.21 



Tillage with a catch -crop 79 37.44 



The few growers who stated that they had no system 



of managing their young orchards are not included in the 



above table. A glance at the table shows that there are 



three dominant systems of management, and several others 



used in a lesser degree. I shall not go into details of 



tillage and sod methods since these were considered under 



old orchards. 



Sod.- The sod method was reported in only 0.95 per 

 cent of the young orchards. In one instance the grower was 

 trying to get a stand of alfalfa in his young orchard. 



Sod mulch. - The sod mulch method is practiced in 

 4.74 per cent of the young orchards. These are generally 

 orchards on mountain land where cultivation is undesirable. 

 These orchards are mulched in various ways, as by use of 



