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grew corn in their orchards after the first year, and they 

 thought a crop of corn did no harm in the first year of the 

 young orchard's life, provided the fertility of the land was 

 properly conserved toy subsequent methods of rotation and 

 cultivation. Other growers were of the opinion that corn 

 could he grown in the orchards until the trees came into 

 hearing without danger of injuring the trees. One point em- 

 phasized "by all who answered this question is the matter of 

 rotation. None of the growers made a practice of following 

 corn by corn successively. A few were growing corn every 

 other year, but most of the growers had a three-year rotat- 

 ion. 



Potatoes stand next to corn as a catch-crop for com- 

 mercial apple -orchards. In localities where the potato 

 does well, it has proved to be a very satisfactory catch- 

 crop. It requires surface cultivation; it does not grow 

 up high enough to shade the trees; it is not hard on the 

 land; and it has generally been found profitable. No one 

 pointed out any objections to growing potatoes in the or- 

 chard. I judge that the potato is one of the most satis- 

 factory crops that can be grown in the orchard. 



Cow -peas, the Glovers, Soy-beans, and Rape were 

 reported by a number of growers. In some instances these 

 crops are taken off the land as hay; in other cases they 



