1914. 
THE RURAL NE W-YORKfc-K 
SO? ' 
A MODERN SOUTHERN MICHIGAN 
ORCHARD. 
By model the writer does not mean a 
small imitation of the real thing, which 
is the dictionary definition. But on the 
shores of Baw Beese Lake, Hillsdale 
County, Michigan, is a small orchard of 
about 11 acres, only one year from plant¬ 
ing, that bids fair to be all that can be 
desired in the way of a profitable and 
pleasurable fruit venture. Situated upon 
a hill which slopes to nearly every point 
of the compass, with soil running through 
all gradations of stone, sand and black 
loam, this orchard will have as great a 
variety of growing conditions as might 
be found in several counties. And yet, 
chard on a small scale, and every up-to- 
date way of picking, packing and market¬ 
ing the fruit will be used. The inten¬ 
tion is to show just how good fruit can 
be produced on our Southern Michigan 
soil, and it is hoped that a great number 
of farmers will plant such orchards, and 
in such quantities that the fruit-buying 
public will turn naturally to Southern 
Michigan as one of the great fruit sec¬ 
tions. P. L. w. 
Michigan. 
POTATOES FOLLOWING STRAWBERRIES. 
Would you advise planting potatoes 
on land occupied by strawberries last 
season? I have never raised these crops 
in succession and have wondered whether 
A WELL PLANNED ORCHARD IN SOUTHERN MICHIGAN. 
Outdoors for forty years 
painted once-carries five tons today 
W HEN Mr. Peter Kern, Jr. of Reese, Mich, bought a Studebaker 
wagon, thirty-two years ago, the wagon had been working for eight 
years. This means that it has now been in use forty years. 
A letter from Mr. Kern says: 
“I bought my Studebaker from Henry Daley thirty-two years ago. The wagon 
has never been housed—always out in the open air and has had but one coat 
of paint in the forty years. 
I have used this wagon to haul sugar beets, four tons at a time, over country 
roads. The material in the wagon is as hard as a bone. 
In 1881 I bought more land, giving me a total of 340 acres, and myoldwagon 
with one other Studebaker 1 bought fifteen years ago, has done all the hauling. 
1 will guarantee my old Studebaker to deliver 5 tons today. I am satisfied 
that the Studebaker is the best farm wagon in the country.” 
MADE OF THE RIGHT MATERIAL 
the growth of the trees does not indicate, 
as yet, that difference in soil has made 
any difference in growth. 
This land is owned by a man whose 
business calls him constantly out into the 
State, thereby making it necessary that 
all the labor be hired labor, but the 
owner has such an interest in this or¬ 
chard that he is making sure every 
modern method of cultivation and fertili¬ 
zation is used. It is intended eventually 
that practically all of it will be an ap¬ 
ple orchard, but at present peaches are 
used as fillers. About an acre right on 
the shore of the lake is devoted to grapes, 
and they have been so planted and cared 
for along straight lines that they make 
as pretty a picture as a flower garden. 
Another piece of about an acre will con¬ 
tain fruit of practically every kind for 
home use only. The trees were furnished 
by a prominent Michigan nursery firm, 
and the head of the company came per¬ 
sonally to test the soil and see the 
ground before a tree was ordered. He 
was very enthusiastic over the outlook 
in Hillsdale County for future fruit 
farming, saying it was splendidly adapted 
to commercial peach and apple growing, 
and showed surprise that more farmers 
were not utilizing the hill slopes—and a 
large part of the county is such—for 
fruit growing. 
About 1,300 trees of the first size and 
quality were planted, an expert being 
sent from the nursery to do the work. 
Of the entire quantity planted not over 
six have died, and five of those that died 
were planted in standing water, as there 
remained a little drainage work to be 
done at planting time. The trees have 
made an astonishing growth during the 
past season. A couple of months after 
planting, tree protectors were purchased 
at a cost of $5 a thousand and placed 
on the trees. These were made of wood 
such as is used in berry boxes, and are a 
great help to the tree, not only from the 
gnawing of rabbits, but also from the 
burning of the sun and any other causes 
that might injure the tender tree trunks. 
One of the remarkable things about 
this orchard is that no fertilizer was ap¬ 
plied previous to planting. The year 
immediately preceding the ground was 
in corn, and preceding that was part 
hill pasture and part swamp grass, but 
evidently the soil was rich enough, for 
the growth has been all that could be ex¬ 
pected under the most favorable condi¬ 
tions. Cultivation has been kept up 
throughout the Summer in both direc¬ 
tions, and not a weed has ever been seen. 
In late September 30 pounds of vetch 
and two bushels of rye were sown to the 
acre, which made a fine stand before 
snow came. This will be plowed under 
the coming Spring, and probably no 
further fertilizer will be applied until 
the trees show the actual need of it. 
This is to be strictly a commercial or- 
You may be offered a wagon represented 
to be “just as good as a Studebaker”—and 
at a lower price. Don’t be fooled. It is the 
life of a wagon that counts. Studebaker 
wagons are the cheapest in the end. 
Remember Studebakers have been build¬ 
ing wagons for over sixty years and they 
know how to build wagons that will last 
longest and give the most satisfaction. 
The same thing is true of Studebaker 
Buggies and Harness. 
South Bend, Ind. 
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MINNEAPOLIS SALT LAKE CITY SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND, ORE. 
This letter proves that Studebakers use 
good paint on their wagons, but the real 
reason for the long life of Mr. Kem’s wagon 
is the material underneath the paint. Nothing 
but the best of everything is used in Stude¬ 
baker wagons. 
You can buy today a Studebaker wagon 
that will last you just as long and give you 
just as faithful service as the wagons Mr. Kern 
and others describe. 
STUDEBAKER 
Studebakers last a lifetime 
potatoes would tend to grow scabby on 
such land because of the berries taking 
the acidity from the soil. L. n. R. 
Harwinton, Conn. 
Yes, potatoes will do well after a 
strawberry crop. The land where straw¬ 
berries are grown is usually rich. Large 
quantities of manure are generally put 
on the strawberries for mulching, and 
when this with the plants is plowed 
under the soil is filled with humus, a 
condition which just suits the potato 
crop. The acid condition of the soil is 
what is needed to prevent the spread of 
potato scab. The germs of this disease 
thrive and spread best in an alkaline 
soil. In an acid soil they do not de¬ 
velop, while the strawberry crop makes 
its best growth on an acid soil. Thus a 
soil where strawberries have done well 
would be less likely to spread the disease 
of scab. We should go ahead and plant 
the potatoes on this soil. 
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else?” Patient: “I went to see the chem¬ 
ist in our village.” Dentist: “And what 
idiotic advice did he give you?” Patient: 
“He told me to come and see you, sir.”— 
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