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■&he  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
March  4,  191G. 
'EVER-  »EAOY 
(Continued  from  page  361) 
The  Mu  ecu. — In  the  Spring  of  1906. 
when  the  rye  had  attained  a  height  of  IS 
inches  we  mowed  enough  by  hand  to 
place  about  each  tree.  We  broadcast  the 
old  mulch  which  had  remained  around 
each  tree  through  the  "Winter  a  distance 
of  three  to  four  feet  about  each  tree. 
Then  we  covered  this  old  mulch  with  the 
fresh-cut  green  rye.  and  we  plowed  the 
remainder  of  the  rye  and  vetch  under, 
which  was  about  the  middle  of  May. 
Then  I  allowed  the  ground  to  lie  just 
as  plowed  until  I  got  a  good  rain,  then 
I  harrowed  thoroughly,  bushed  and  sowed 
cow  peas.  My  peas  came  beautifully,  and 
about  every  known  weed  came  with  them. 
While  this  crop  of  weeds  and  peas  was 
growing,  wo  turned  the  mulch  of  rye 
over  after  the  first  rain.  As  we  turned 
crop  as  I  ever  saw,  and  placed  the  tur¬ 
nip  tops  around  each  tree  on  top  of  the 
old  mulch.  After  harvesting  the  turnips, 
we  allowed  the  ground  to  lie  until  Spring, 
190S.  We  also  harvested  a  nice  lot  of 
handsome  No,  1  apples.  We  also  had 
peaches,  plums,  and  pears  in  abundance 
from  those  young  trees.  These  young  trees 
threw  out  fruit  spurs  over  the.  trunks 
on  the  maiu  branches,  and  one  would 
have  certainly  thought  that  these  large 
handsome  specimens  of  the  different  va¬ 
rieties  had  been  placed  there. 
Cow  Peas  Again. — In  the  Spring  of 
1908,  after  allowing  this  ground  to  rest 
since  taking  the  turnips  off  through  the 
entire  Winter,  it  had  settled  over  the 
whole  area,  and  when  we  started  to  plow 
the  first  of  April  anyone  experienced 
with  the  soil  would  have  certainly 
thi.s  mulch  over,  we  worked  into  the  soil 
as  much  as  possible  of  the  old  mulch 
that  we  had  broadcast  previous  to  plac¬ 
ing  the  green  rye  in  the  Spring.  Our  trees 
were  growing  beautifully  and  so  were  the 
wools  and  cow  peas.  When  the  peas  com¬ 
menced  to  bloom  and  set  pods,  we  turned 
them  under,  weeds  and  all,  the  first 
week  of  August.  We  allowed  the  ground 
to  lie  just  as  plowed  until  the  last  week 
of  August,  when  we  harrowed  thoroughly 
and  sowed  rye  alone,  omitting  the  vetch. 
This  rye  got  a  good  start  by  freezing 
weather  and  my  trees  had  made  a  short, 
stocky,  healthy  growth;  they  ripened  oil' 
their  wood  for  Winter  and  looked  as  if 
they  could  stand  almost  any  kind  of 
condition. 
Further  Treatment. — In  the  Spring 
of  1907,  along  about  the  latter  part  of 
May.  when  my  rye  had  attained  a  height 
of  38  inches  and  the  bottom  was  still 
green,  1  turned  under  the  entire  crop,  de¬ 
pending  on  tlie  old  mulch  that  I  had 
placed  around  the  trees  the  previous  year 
to  conserve  and  hold  the  moisture.  I 
immediately  harrowed,  bushed,  and  sowed 
cow  peas.  Instead  of  getting  such  a  tre¬ 
mendous  amount  of  weeds,  much  to  my 
surprise,  quack  grass,  or  dog  grass  and 
clover  in  variety  came  in  in  abundance 
with  the  peas,  but  the  peas  grew  so  fast 
that  they  held  the  dog  grass  in  check. 
After  my  peas  had  got  high  enough  so 
that  they  had  commenced  to  blossom.  I 
mowed  by  hand  enough  of  this  crop  to 
place  around  each  tree  as  a  mulch.  The 
old  mulch  of  rye,  I  broadcast  out  around 
each  tree  as  far  as  the  spread  of  the  limb. 
Then  I  worked  what  I  could  by  hand 
into  the  soil,  then  placed  the  new  green 
mulch  around  each  tree.  The  remain¬ 
der  of  the  crop  I  turned  under  the  Jirst 
week  of  .Tilly  and  prepared  the  ground 
for  Winter  French  turnips  to  he  taken 
off  as  a  crop  for  market.  It  would  have 
done  any  reader  good  to  have  seen  those 
turnips  grow.  We  worked  them  out  just 
long  as  it  was  practical  to  do  so  with 
e  horse  cultivator.  When  the  plants 
1  made  a  spread  so  that  the  cultivator 
kl  have  damaged  the  crop  we  just  let 
ow  on  up  to  freezing  weather, 
harvested  the  turnips,  as  fine  a 
thought  from  looks  and  conditions,  that 
we  could  go  right  ahead  and  plant  an¬ 
other  crop  to  he  taken  off,  but  I  plowed 
and  harrowed  and  sowed  cow  peas.  To 
my  great  surprise  the  different  species 
of  weeds  and  other  plant  growths  came 
in  with  the  peas.  While  these  peas  and 
various  growths  were  coming  on,  all 
we  did  to  the  trees  was  to  turn  the  mulch 
over  as  we  had  in  the  previous  year,  and 
when  the  peas  commenced  to  blossom, 
we  mowed  just  enough  for  a  fresh  green 
mulch  to  place  around  each  tree. 
c.  w.  YOUNG. 
(Continued  next  week.) 
Spray  Tall  Trees 
In  my  orchard  arc  a  number  of  old  and 
very  tall  trees,  so  it  would  be  impossible 
to  spray  them.  There  are  also  a  num¬ 
ber  of  young  trees  just  coming  in  bear¬ 
ing.  Would  it  be  of  much  benefit  to 
spray  the  young  trees  when  the  older 
ones,  growing  by  side  of  thorn,  are  not 
sprayed?  A.  e.  m. 
Spray  the  vonng  trees  with  extra  care. 
The  spread  of  scale  from  mu*  free  to  an¬ 
other  is  usually  a  slow  process,  as  the 
scales  are  carried  chiefly  by  the  birds, 
but  when  once  established  on  a  tree  they 
increase  and  spread  rapidly.  Therefore 
it  is  easy  to  control  scale  on  your  young 
tree  by  one  thorough  spraying  every  year. 
The  spray  for  Codling  moth  and  apple 
scab  is  put  on  as  a  protective  measure 
and  to  a  certain  extent  will  kill  a  num¬ 
ber  of  young  ('idling  moth  larva*  or  fungus 
spores  as  easily  as  it  will  one,  and  if 
the  second  and  third  sprays  are  well  ap¬ 
plied  the  fruit  on  the  young  trees  should 
be  of  much  more  value  than  if  spraying 
is  neglected.  Nowadays  it  is  very  hard 
to  raise  fruit  at  a  profit  without  spray¬ 
ing  two  or  three  times  and  it  might  be 
well  to  cut  the  old  trees  back  to  a 
height  of  20  feet,  so  that  all  the  orch¬ 
ard  can  be  sprayed,  or  else  get  a  power 
rig  and  tower  that  will  enable  you  to 
spray  the  old  trees.  E.  \v.  MITCHELL. 
A  LITTLE  five-year-old  girl  on  seeing 
the  steel  framework  of  a  lofty  building, 
said,  “Mamma,  what  is  that?”  “That, 
dear,  is  a  skyscraper."  replied  her  mam¬ 
ma.  After  a  few  miuutes  earnest  gaz¬ 
ing  the  little  tot  said:  “Well,  rnainma, 
why  doesn't  it  scrape?" — Credit  Lost. 
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