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THE ORCHARD. 



U7iiversity of Illinois Orchard in Clean Cultivation. 



If nothing but neatness were the result of such a 

 method of caring for the orchard it would still be worth 

 the trouble and expense. But when the well-being and 

 productiveness of the trees are so much increased by 

 cultivation, then surely the fruit grower cannot afford not 

 to cultivate his fruit land. 



INTRODUCTION. 



If your father grows corn or any other field crop, or 

 if you have been out in the country during seed time, you 



