86 FRUIT FARMING 



The Grass in Cherry Orchards should never be mown 

 for hay but be closely grazed, and cattle should be 

 freely fed with corn and cake ; the trees will well 

 repay any outlay upon them. A local grower states 

 that he fatted three lots of sheep per annum in his 

 orchards upon this plan, and then sold the ripe 

 Cherries for ;^i,ooo. 



I am persuaded that a great per centage of our 

 Cherry Orchards are not sufficiently manured. 



