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organic matter to enable the soil to take hold 

 of and retain moisture. 



Cultivation should be such as will set free 

 the plant food of the soil, at the same time en- 

 dangering it as little as possible to the wasting 

 effects of the elements. 



The care of the orchard should consist of 

 preventives, rather than cures. He who would 

 be successful in caring for and cultivating the 

 orchard should be determined, persistent, 

 watchful, prompt, earnest, thoughtful and 

 diligent. 



'' 'Tis not the branches, not the leaves, 

 Where tints of gold the sun inweaves, 

 Nor yet the sturdy trunk, that tells 

 Where life, incipient, active, dwells. 



Within the fructifying mold, 

 That moisture from the rivers hold ; 

 In the warm breast of Mother Earth, 

 The giant tree is given birth." 



— /. M. Cavaness. 



