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CULTIVATING LOW-HEADED TREES. 
Leave Them in Sod. 
R. II., Mt. Morris, N. Y.—Does W. F. 
Massey, Maryland, intend to cultivate his 
orchard when set? If so, how will he do 
it? in two or three years from the time 
of setting, with his heads all- below 20 
iuches from the ground, how can he use any 
horse implement within two or three feet 
of the trunk, and when they get to bearing 
age how will he get anywhere near them 
with a horse at all? If he has to do all 
this work by hand, where will be the gain 
even if the spraying and picking is easier? 
I have worked in a bearing orchard with 
trees headed four feet aud over from the 
ground, and find it difficult to use a horse 
to advantage. 
Ans.— There is no objection to low 
trees more frequently urged than that 
one cannot get under them for culti¬ 
vation. But what do we want to get 
under them for? The feeding roots 
of a tree are always out where the 
limbs drip and a little beyond, and if 
the cultivation is carried to this point 
it is amply sufficient. I am not now 
planting an orchard, but I have planted 
them in this way for more than 20 years 
back, and no better or more thrifty 
trees are to be found* anywhere. After 
the trees are developed I do not want 
any more cultivation in an apple or¬ 
chard. I want it in sod, and the sod 
mown like a lawn and the cut grass 
Acetylene Refuse. 
E. V. B., Butler, N. J. —1. Do I under¬ 
stand by the article on page 6 that the 
stone, after the gas is extracted from it, 
is as good as ground limestone? If so 
does it lose its strength very fast by being 
dumped out on the ground? I know where 
there are at least 500 loads at present in a 
heap which is being added to every day. 
2. Is there any fertilizing value in the 
apple pulp from a eider mill? If so how 
should it be used? 
Ans. —1. If you mean the refuse from 
an acetylene light the lime is about equal 
to ground limestone in power and will 
not lose value by exposure. Gas lime is 
another form. This is a refuse from 
common illuminating gas and as it first 
comes out is poisonous to the soil. After 
three months’ exposure it will be safe in 
use. 2. The apple pomace is worth haul¬ 
ing and spreading, but it will be safer to 
use lime in connection with it. 
Strawberries With Good Care. 
E. G., Medford, Mass .—I have a small 
patch, about 125x35, which has been culti¬ 
vated and well taken care of for years. Last 
year it had a liberal dressing of stable 
manure and peas were sown five feet apart; 
good all-round fertilizer harrowed in be¬ 
tween rows and tomatoes set out between 
rows of peas. Ground was cleared in the 
Fall and 100 pounds phosphate powder har¬ 
rowed in ; rye sowed and cultivated by hand 
latter part of October and it would do you 
A RHODE ISLAND FARMHOUSE. 
left there, and though some of the ex¬ 
perimenters say that fertilizing an 
orchard does no good, I want to dress 
ic regularly with bone and potash to 
encourage the sod and to have plenty 
of humus-making material to maintain 
the moisture in the soil through its de¬ 
cay. In the younger stage of the trees 
one can get close enough as they ex¬ 
tend, and the place to feed a tree is 
where the feeding rootlets with their 
root hairs are ramifying, for the large 
roots near the trunk are mainly con¬ 
duits for carrying the food the root 
hairs have collected, so that I never 
want to get within two or three feet of 
the trunk after the top has extended so 
far. When they get to a bearing stage 
I do not want a horse near them ex¬ 
cept to haul a wagon for the fruit, and 
with trees 40 feet apart we will always 
have room for this. I have grown a 
successful orchard on a mountain side, 
where, on account of fast rocks, it was 
impossible to plow the land. But the 
soil among the rocks was rich and the 
trees grew with the grass mulch from 
the start, and more healthy or more 
productive trees are hard to find. With 
peaches, which are short-lived and need 
regular cultivation, it is easy to get 
close enough with a wide V-harrow 
frame set with cultivator teeth, or with 
the implement that Dr. Funk of Penn¬ 
sylvania uses in his peach orchard. He 
fastens two sections of a spring-tooth 
harrow apart with a pair of steel 
braces, so that one section runs under 
the overhanging branches with the 
horses outside. The trouble with low 
trees is all imaginary w. f. massey. 
good to sec it; best patch of rye I ever 
saw. I want to raise some strawberries 
for my own use (and possibly a neighbor 
or two) ; don’t care how many or how good 
they are, or rather cannot get too many or 
have them too good to suit me. I am willing 
to give them all the personal attention they 
need. This little plot is high and well 
drained and good medium soil. Will you 
outline my duties and advise on varieties 
and system, as I know absolutely nothing 
on the subject from practical experience. 
Ans. —This is what we would do in 
such a case, supposing the soil to be nat¬ 
urally good. Plow the rye under when 
about two feet high. Plow deep and roll 
the soil heavily, so as- to crush the rye 
down hard under the soil. Then work 
the upper surface until it is like an 
ash heap. Then set strong strawberry 
plants two feet by 2/i over the patch. 
This will require about 900 plants. On 
our own soil and from our experience 
we would use 100 Michell’s Early, 150 
Chesapeake, 500 Marshall and 150 Gandy 
plants. This will give a succession and 
all these plants do fairly well in hills. 
Give the most thorough culture with 
cultivation and hoe, keeping all weeds 
down. Let three strong plants form at 
each parent, but keep all the other run¬ 
ners cut off as they start. This will 
mean an endless job, but it should be 
attended to. It is doubtful if this soil 
needs any fertilizer, but if the plants do 
not make proper growth we should use 
a handful around each hill and hoe it 
in. This is called “hill culture.” The 
plan is to keep the runners cut off so as 
to throw all the vitality of the plant into 
foliage and fruit buds. It requires more 
work than the matted row plan in which 
we let the runners go to form a close 
mat of plants. The yield on the hill 
system is not usually as heavy, but we 
get larger and finer berries in this way. 
