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sites and soils, would be the height of folly. 

 So what may be said will be only suggestive, 

 having in mind, however, orcharding on rough 

 lands. The first year's care of the orchard has 

 already been given. The general care of or- 

 chard trees, especially apples as has already 

 been said, should begin with the setting, and 

 continue as long as the trees are expected to be 

 profitable. This should consist of careful cul- 

 tivation which has been described, as well as 

 the care of the bodies of the trees by worming 

 and soaping spring and fall. 



Mounding. — Mounding, to cause the borer 

 to locate higher on the stem or trunk of the 

 tree is a good practice. Place a mound around 

 the tree eight to ten inches high. This should 

 be done in May or early June, then when the 

 borer enters the tree at the top of the ground 

 or mound, it will be much easier gotten out 

 than if it were at the roots. The birds can 

 be of even more service than if the trees had 

 not been mounded. When the mounds are 

 taken down in the fall and the trees examined, 

 if there should be anv worms left the birds 

 have a good chance to take them out during the 

 winter, which would not be the case if mound- 

 ing had not been practiced. There should 

 always be a space about the tree kept clean, 



