Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-02-18
ORCHARD MANAGEMENT.

/ ks.tcsi sosisty, a. >erway. Wednesday, by
/ Iien. Rafus frbcs.
The question II orchard management
embraces a wide field, and many columns
might D. profiiably written upon the
subject, bat q. my invitation was only
,o write a short article upon the subject,
I will endeayor not to make you glad
twlcc. Many things can b. done which
would b. called good management In
one case. that would b. suicidal In an
other. Then n one go.s Into orchariing
asa speciality az leading business, De
must ncccssarily do differently irOm the
p.r.on with few trccs, ar even an acrc
| oT two. where every twig can b. watch
"a and every extra spear 90 grass eradi-
Gated.
our grcat trotting horses only accom-.
pli.h their great fcais hy being carefully
/ br,d ani rrarNl. What would their
hrcc,ilng amount o. u " ended thcrcf
Al woald say, nothing. Not q single
thing known to man u left undone tn
produce the results hoped Tor. Even
then. Ia large majority ~ eases, the
| fond hope. of the owner. are not rralis-
/ 81. still II the same CaTv Vas bestowed
/ upon the fruit trc,s sct la cur stale Tor
| a few wars, Ne should .cc results that
even the most sanguinc dare not even
| hope Tor. Ou the cOntrary, thousands
~ fruit trvcs will D. sct In this state the
coming .pring. IN not only run oui grass
| hnl. lat even whctv the twiiCh gras.
will In a few days wclV, network II
root. around the doomed tire 49, closely
that even the lcaNcs of the tree turn vel
| low With fright. ltthc tire survives the
nr.t wear, thc bark lousc aud borcr step
/ ln aul render their assistance Ia taking
u out 70 hs misery. The owner stands
/ bv. sees al beautiful tree die without
even the fr.t thought that Dc was the
instigaiur of ~. death. on the contrary
d. thinks that hls land Il ne, adapted To-
orchsrling. During the cumlng season
he So. the trcc. II his n"ighbor. Who
carrs fpr th-m as though h. loN~i then,
grow ing vigorously IN the same Kind of
land a. his own. lie then l-'comcs slils-
nc,l that u va. not the soll, but that hc
Nas cheated la the ircc.. lie therefore
tfic. the tfrcs sold by some other agcD,
with the samr result, and frp"ats
| through life. "a ihis way Thousands oi
dollar. ~ the harl rarucl money ~ the
| farmer. uf oar state Afv annually thrown
away. and probably will u" for year. To
come.
while blowing an orrhard always
srrmel rough treatment, silll never
knew Que u follow u carefully Who Nas
not satishs,l v iih It. results. Hut plow-
lnc among fruit tfvc. shoald onlN D.
done o, one Who loves them, Que whose
heart viii bl.gd when b. secs a large
branch ~ ruot stripped frum The trunk.
A. thi. cannot b. done Without r"fma-
Brnt Injury to thc trvr. I use my or
,har,l. Iarsvl, a. sheep pasiurcs, ani
ds the ploWing with swine. In ihi. way
much frult that prrmaturvly drops, i
eaten bY yias. that arr not over fasili'
ious. consequently many worms arc thus
Je.tfotcl. There l. Also another all
vantage Ia this course, which should not
D. overlooked. aud that l. Nherr an or
,harl Q. Iastur~d Ia thls way and The
.hcrp taken out a shurt time bcinrr
gathering. much of the rip"n~i fruit
falling "n the soii pasture sNafd VII
not D. injured fot market, while ih"
samr fruit falling on ploNcd land az
gfas. .iubblr, would d" spoiled Tor the
market. Immediately after gathering
the fruit pat swine into the orvhnri'
and .oon have the pleasure "f seeing
thsm we'll ploNci With uu Injury 30 the
tr.... notwithstanding the team used
Was .troug ani contrary. Anrf the
Moving d. done spread on good wat
| II mauurr. and harrow thoroughly. ani
good rrsult. follow.
Will. believe that no part ot our
cuuntr, .. l-ti.r adapted a. fruit grow
| iur than our state. It'll u should ever u
i1rps in mind that NO crops eau u
proatahly rai.c,l la Maine without carc
ami drys.ing. aud those Who Try a. farm
/ In any other way arr doomed io dlsal'-
pointmeni. Aftsr the trrvs of an or
chard have bccom. ~ good sire they
NAV n,r ani h.ar an occasional crop of
/ fruit without much carc, siul " one
make any calculation upon an orchards
/ being profitable, b. must carr for " a.
/ A. would hi. garlen ot corn Held. III
the orchards hai as guoi care a. our
corn or even potato fields have; the
trc,.. a. well manurySi, AZ we'll hoc'i. as
our hill. of corn and potatoes, ,-our state
/ would not only have the reputation oi
l..lng great fruit growing state but
a.. .hnull IL richer by millions than to-
dsN. Many say that they cannot anord
Ia purrhas. dressing for an orchard,
| .tili IN they have cows giving milk you
will ssc thsin haul load after load ~
meal fur the COWS aud think nothing ~
A.. whys simply bccaase they feed the
meal to-day, aud to-morrow receive the
Inrome. N the Income came ~ soon
With The fruit ire n with the COW, there
/ would D. great Improvement ln our or
charl.. bat the trouble l. Ne live In a
fasi agc Ia a fast country We afc IN
every .snsc ot the word, a fast people
Ne cannot walt. n W. put out dollar
| to,lsy. Ne feel that ~ must have the
return. tomorrow. We cannot walt
| until next year. or even until another
/ fan. even IL In the meantime We zee the
/ rich foliage. the pink blossoms, the
growing fruit, all bstokening a rich
/ harvest aud wsil-fillci pocket books.
/ Iu closing. let me ssy, Jet the course
pursued L. what II may, do not sci an
/ orchard with the idea that u viii care
for itsclf. for II you do, you arc doomci
| 10 di.appolntmcnt. Occasionally tire
will struggle through alone, but thI. !.
/ the exception, not the rule. While or
| charding j. without doubt at least AZ
/ profitable a. any part 81 farming, and
/ believe the most 40, It'll would not all
/ ,l.e any Que to enter into II without they
had a taste for II. for the reason that u
one start. Who has not = real love for u,
long before his orchard begin. 10 yield
/ .olil returns he gets discouraged and
nesle,ts Il, and when once neglected,
/ seldom rcc.iycs good care again.
AVOID EXTREME CROSSES.
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