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on the land the mulch you are going to place under the trees. If 

 you can buy straw at a reasonable rate, to cover the ground, it will 

 far better take the place of tillage than the sod-mulch. 



Member. Have the eight year old trees in the Hitchings or- 

 chard borne any fruit? 



Prof. Hedrick. No. In the last two years we have had blos- 

 soms and ought to have had crops of fruit, but both years the blos- 

 soms have been killed with frost, which accounts for our not having 

 had a crop. 



One Section of Adams County Fruit Which Won BeuE Ribbons at 

 Recent Fruit Show in Pittsburg — York, Stayman and Grimes. 



