Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-26
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Dne often beass the expression "veii. |
700 are 10 luck with this CROP" II may be
GOOD yield Of grain or fruis 10 Of yeass,
a. they ere called. ! admit that sccsBenfs
by food Ard aeh efEen bsIk the best laid
plans. hat thefs 10 aftsf eli very LITTLE
jock In Is proper sens~, IN bustnsss-
FARM soSk 10 no exception 10 the rule In
this year Of Almost total failure of apples.
nov snd then an oscbse9 has . good crop.
and Only nov SD then You sill hnd, ~ .
raj shst sses orchards have had sxrrx care
all the time. no ms1~r about the Price
They have been trimmed and MANFRED and
kept free Of vssm. spssmodic care Of
an orchard does little good 1t 10 Ike
90 ding horse once . seek and dump
ng q bashsi Of Gals into his
ma ger at a time. There 10 great deal in
location Some land 10 not sdApssd to
orchard growing, and on each land sooi,
paying frait vili neser srow. Heavy clay.
OF land that 10 eonesntiy yet aadefnsash.
viIi never pay 10 sppiss. f5a may grow
tres, but il wi!s slssys be ''as1t year" fos
fruit Grsysliy loan, With . naiafsi drain
age 10 apple land n il inciiass to the
.osth 30 mach the bestSS. have - paying
an orchard a. there il 10 Vermont The
i-ad 10 xfaselIy loan. pitches to tins south
east ssa IL protected on the norih and vest
~ <oods. James " White. an extensive
apple huysr Of sheibufn. Vt, pronounces
il ons Of the finest, II not the best, pssaraI
loeafion he has seeD in sev England.
Rat above sll this the orchard has
been cared for all the time. 10
OF yvarsT or ssy other years. The worms
have been killed the moment the hyst nest
appeared 10 the spring Every morning my
self anil man vent over the orchard while the
dew VS.. on AZ this time the worms sfe 81
81 home. turn Of the hand kilis them ali
A search along the limb. following . thread
like track from, the nest reveals the "cuff
or eszs--pick these on and the york is done
Il peat this mill the worms are disposed Of
We killed enough in this way last spring to
have stripped III. orchard OF every leaf.
D9nt wait until they scatter all over the tree
and then spray them, that 10, unless You
want 10. have seen il stated that you must
nse some special fertilizer for orchards Very
good II I had an abundance Of ashes II
sould suit me 70 dot but outside OF This
don't pay oat q cent for fertilizers IL you
have plenty Of barn yard manure. Put
plenty Of IL on don't pile il around the foot
Of the tree broadcast IL. I have trees Nth
.ix to ten barrels on this year that have in
stditio1 clean limb grovth Of q foot 70
i lfiSfirH 4sDt ifss hhH wv tbb7 VI
hay to the acre was taken out Of the orchard
this year and there il an immense after
gro~ih being trodden down at this writing.
But You can 70 among the tree almost
any here and kick of the manure.
Feed your trees Don't be afraid
Of the pillow IL ~ill hurt nothing II
you break on lots Of roots but don, get care
less sHd butcher trees. Dig oct the bores or
punch a wire MP and kill them. All the pat
ented contrvsnce and paints 10 christendom
won't equal jack knife. half inch ehisei
and wire a foot long in protecting an orch
ard from bores Finally, IL you have no
taste for orchard ~ork. aad don't like to do
il. put your money into something else. for
you will not make success Of H. And
don't expect IT /, going To pay big thing"
all the time either, for IL won't do it.-for.
heu England Farmer.