THE NATIONAL 
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^he D. M. Osborne Co., Auburn, N. Y. We follow the Disk 
with an Acme spring tooth harrow made by D. H. Nash, 
Millington, N. J., or a spike tooth drag harrow, any make. 
The roller we prefer is the Cyclone Pulverizer and Roller, 
made by the Ohio Cultivator Co., Bellevue, Ohio. 
We cultivate with the idea of forming a dust mulch of two 
or three inches, and as flat as possible that we may preserve 
the soil moisture and keep the capillary attraction in the 
most avorable condition. 
Our soil is classified by the U. S. Bureau of Soils as “ Ha- 
garstown clay” i. e. it is a red clay with a stiff red clay subsoil 
three to ten feet in thickness. With the use of cow peas, and 
if we. may say, our method of cultivation, it becomes quite 
loamy, loose, and productive. It is comparatively level. 
Huntsville. Alabama Nursery Co. 
MARYLAND. 
SUBSOILER NOT NEEDED. 
(1) Our soil does not require subsoiling. 
(2) Iron Age or Planet Jr. 
(3) Syracuse or Oliver Chilled Pows, 2 horse, Girl Cham¬ 
pion, one horse plow, straight handle on left hand side. Sulky, 
two horse cultivator, light two horse harrow, spike tooth 
cultivator. 
Soil, sandy loam, clay subsoil. 
Trusting this information may be what you want. 
Baltimore. • Franklin Davis Nursery Co. 
GEORGIA. 
(1) When land has been thoroughly subsoiled the plants 
have a better root system and are more resistent to drought. 
All stiff soil shou'cl be thoroughly subsoiled before being- 
planted. 
(2) Syracue Expanding Lever Cultivators, with points 
varying n widths from one to four inches. 
(3) Syracuse Gang plow, two horse vulcan, one horse 
national turn plow, two horse subsoil rooter plow, made after 
our own pattern. Th’s plow is equipped with a long (bull 
tongue point) and is the best implement of the kind for sub¬ 
soiling in the furrow, where an extra depth of subsoiling is 
needed. 
The Clark Cuttaway, Ames and Syracuse folding harrows 
are the best for our purpose. Two horse cultivators, one 
horse Syracuse cultivators. When the ground has a crust 
and is baked we find the fourteen spike tooth Syracuse cul¬ 
tivator an indespensible tool for breaking this crust. It is 
also the best implement for running through nursery rows 
just after the planters. 
The implements as above mentioned we find admirably 
suited to the cultivation of the general line of nursery stock 
grown by us. 
We have a great variety of soils in our nurseries, viz., 
rich bottom lands which become very hard unless carefully 
watched and cultivated just at the right time; also stiff red 
clay, sandy loam and heavy loam soils. 
Augusta. P. J. Berckmans Co. 
IOWA. 
(1) We used subsoiler to good advantage long ago but since 
we dig everything with Tree Digger now don’t need subsoiler. 
(2) The Planet and Common Sense Cultivators are the 
best with us. 
(3) We grow most everything in the Nursery Line . Our 
soil is heavy clay. The small Tooth Cultivators and Planet 
type seem to be about all we want. 
Davenport. Nichols & I NORTON. 
KANSAS. 
(1) My experience with subsoiling implements is very 
limited. The soil in the Kaw Valley does not demand it. 
We prefer plowing to the depth of from 10 to 14 inches for 
seedlings. 
(2) For general nursery work the Spring tooth. We cul¬ 
tivate shallow but thoroughly. 
(3) Our soil is a chocolate colored loam, more or less sandy, 
very deep. 
For seedlings, we make our own cultivators that work 
the surface well. For trees—two year old or more, the lister 
and diamond plow; for smaller stock the spring tooth or 
some good make of shovel cultivator. 
North Topeka. A. L. Brooke. 
ENTERTAINMENT AT FRENCH LICK HOTEL. 
Members of the American Association of Nurserymen who 
reach West Baden Springs on Tuesday afternoon or evening 
(June 13), are invited by Mr. Taggart of the French Lick 
Hotel to partake of his hospitality. A reception at this 
hotel is provided for all members and their friends who are 
in attendance at the meeting. This acknowledgement on be¬ 
half of the French Lick Hotel of the Association is graceful 
and the courtesy will undoubtedly be accepted and much 
appreciated by the members who are able to reach the 
meeting place by that time. 
FRENCH LICK SPRINGS HOTEL. 
One of the ideal spots for tired natures to go for rest, quiet 
and recuperation is French Lick Springs, Indiana. This 
world famous resort nestling in the hills of Orange County 
antedates the history of the State of Indiana, by many 
years, and its beginning is almost contemporaneous with 
the French Settlement of old Vincennes. When first these 
springs received mention for their wonderful saline deposit, 
they were then the resort for deer and buffalo coming in great 
herds from the forest to “Lick” of the salty waters. It is 
from this fact and the early French Settlement that the neam 
“French Lick” derived its name, 
