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r r VT tc KUK.A.L, NEW-YOKKER 
February o, 
STARTING A PEACH ORCHARD. 
JOTTING INTO CONDITION.—The 
20 acres of land we leased for 
planting a peach orchard had been idle 
for two years, and grown up in wild 
Aster, poverty grass and briars. The 
weeds were pretty thick, and gave us a 
good cover crop to turn under. This 
ground had boon cropped to corn by 
renters for a number of years, and needed 
building up before making it profitable 
grain land. The top soil is a light clay, 
with here and there a streak of sandy 
land running through it. It slopes gently 
to the east, and is well drained. Peach 
trees do not require strong land on ac¬ 
count of too much wood growth, and 
this particular field has had the humus 
worn out, yet there remains plenty of 
potash and phosphorus, two important 
chemicals in producing peaches. We can 
overcome the lack of humus and water¬ 
holding capacity of the soil by proper 
tillage and the turning under of cover 
crops. The subsoil is a deep porous red 
and gray clay, and the land was formerly 
covered with a good grr th of our native 
Indiana hardwoods, "White oak, poplar, 
hickory and walnut. 
growing while a large tree is almost 
sure to die. 
Tillage and Inter-cropping. —Culti¬ 
vation was begun immediately after 
planting. The trees being small, permit¬ 
ted us to straddle the row. We used a 
corn cultivator and worked the dirt right 
up to the tree. Four rows of corn were 
planted in the 20-foot middles, the out¬ 
side rows of corn being drilled as far as 
possible from the peach trees. The trees 
and corn were cultivated at the same 
time, and cultivation of the trees ceased 
when the corn was laid by. An extremely 
dry season followed the planting of this 
orchard, yet by constant cultivation we 
harvested" 35 bushels of corn to the acre, 
and the trees made a wonderful growth. 
They are four to six feet high and from 
three-fourths to 1*4 inches in diameter 
in the trunk. We shall inter-crop this 
year in corn, tomatoes and melons. This 
Fall the orchard will be sown to rye, to 
be turned under the following Spring. 
We shall then cultivate the ground till 
June, followed by peas as a cover crop. 
Indiana. s. ii. burton. 
A Crop of Mangels. 
Setting the Trees. —We began plow¬ 
ing the land the middle of March, but 
did not get the job completed till April 
10, owing to rainy weather. The soil in 
part of the field puddled badly, and we 
were compelled to disk the greater part 
"f it before getting it in shape. This 
afterwards proved to be a good thing, as 
T HE picture given below shows how a 
crop of mangels ought to look when 
it delivers the goods with a big crop. 
This crop was grown by Ilenry Field, 
and gave, we understand, a yield of over 
50 tons to the acre. In order .to do this 
the mangels demand a rich soil, abund¬ 
ance of plant food, and the most thorough 
A WELL-GROWN CROP OF MANGELS. 
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it loosened the soil lip thoroughly, and 
it worked well all Summer in spite of 
very dry weather. I believe a disk is 
the best tool on the farm, and I like 
to use it both before and after plowing. 
After disking, the ground was gone over 
with a spike-tooth harrow and we were 
ready to start planting. The field was 
staked off with lath before planting, the 
rows being 20 feet apart and the trees 
10 feet apart in the row. Six men were 
employed in setting. One man was kept 
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and pruning the roots and top, placing 
them in a barrel half full of mud and 
water as soon as they were prepared for 
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spring wagon kept the planters supplied 
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on tliij wagon containing mud and water, 
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the trees being hilled in as soon as re¬ 
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cent, of them. Par^ % this loss was 
caused by mechanist running 
the cultivator too eicSrand occasionally 
cutting one off. 
Varieties.— We did not like to put all 
our eggs in one basket, so bought 1,000 
Flberta from a New York nursery and 
1,000 Carman from a Tennessee firm. 
June buds were selected, whips from 18 
to 24 inches high, no branches. We 
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