1 34 Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 



own problems, for as has been so well said, 

 'Thoughts are forces, living messengers of 

 power." 



Care and Cultivation are so closely allied 

 that they may be well considered together; not 

 only are they closely connected, but we shall 

 find by careful study that one without the other 

 will not bring about satisfactory results. We 

 might well say they are closely connected, for 

 when we are caring for our orchards we are 

 frequently cultivating them, and when we are 

 cultivating we are certainly caring for them. 

 So when we speak of care and cultivation of the 

 orchard there are many things that should sug- 

 gest themselves to us. Such as the stirring of 

 the soil for various purposes, namely, the de- 

 stroying of weeds, retention of moisture and 

 setting free the plant food which is in the soil. 

 Then we must supply plant food, either by 

 means of commercial fertilizers or barnyard 

 manure. 



The care may suggest the maintenance of 

 fertility by the growing of some of the many 

 cover crops, either winter or summer. As we 

 think of these crops, the long list of legumes 

 such as peas, beans, clovers, vetches, etc., seem 

 to pass before us. 



Then erosion is suggested, for who has not 



