The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-04-30

this. End II apples oEoc grew well VITA
you J. il not worth Will. 70 studs Tho
cause % their failure Env2
Mel realize that foT the growing os
their annual crops they uust cultivate
Uall and keep up the fertility ss tic
sol They do not Try 10 grow corn
aEi wheat at The same time na Tho
same aeld. for they know that II can
40, br done successfully. but vixen ~
comes - the orchard 'hey assume thst
q tie. en- To; oaly take care q. itsrl.
Ike the tures In tie f"rs-st bgi that
they can crop the land Tor other iE.n-s
NJ the same time and s'i!l get crops 81
apples. Herein les the greatest II all
the troubles In apple growing - lors
o. the s1l was n vir-.r s-ii and
ahSEuGuE In plant fo.l i5r ircrs
ih.ove In spite ~ neglect. i,ut ~ they
gradually robbed the sou r--..' 4 10y
the crops planted among them there
was soon a failure. FOR trees ns We'll -
other crops need plenty q! available
plant food In the soil
Another thing that apple trccs cf No.
moisture. II is useless 10 apply fc-iiiI-
Zcrs 10 any plant II there j. Dot moist.
| ure enough I'm the soil 10 dissolve them.
| Hence the importance for providing a
soil ahounlin= In Nc=sial.l" decay 20
| retain tho moisture needed for tn" 90
| luton Of the plant food applied. Fcy
| growers fully realize the amour; az
the various forms Of plant food that an
| apple orchard takes from thr soil. 80
the recent American App.e Growers
| Congress IN 81. Louis Professor Co
thier gave some very striking figure
| IN this regard which were taken from
| the experiments made at the ASriCul.
tu:al Experiment Station OF CoFncll
University. He showed that with m
average yield (and this is n small on,
in q good orchard, OF 200 bushels Per
ac-c. that this 2e0 bushels Of fruit
| would remove from the soil thirteen
| pounds OF nitrogen. only one pound oi
| phosphOric acid and nineteen pounds
OF potash. and the apples alone would
| remove from each acre S2.iJ worth oi
| plant fcod. Then the growth Of the
wood and the leaves of the tree must
| he taken into account. and IL takes 4
very considerabi amount OF food 20
keep up the activity OF large tree.
Altogether there was In the orchard i
| demand for plant food 10 4 total value
OF SOL per acre.
| He compared this with a crop or corn
making fifty bushels per acre. and
| showed that the corn removed little
more than the fruit ;rees. md yet every
| farmer knows that he cannot expect
| fifty bushels OF corn per acre unless he
keeps UP the fertility OF the soil. ard
yet we see the same men trying 10 ret
lappIes from soil that has been drained
by the trees in this way for genera
ton. and not only drained 10y The trees
but called upon to grow 4 hay crop a
10 pasture stock. is it any wonder tEat
we cannot grow apples as well as We
once did?
The statement we have given shows
that the demand for phosphoric acid 1,
very small rs compared with that foi
nitrogen and potash. ard the trees vii
demand more potash than n crop oi
corn OF fifty bushels per acre. and de
mand it every year. for there can b'
no rotation OF crops here. In theii
young state. when growth Is what We
want. applications OF stable manuT'
will he Of great help. not o;ily IN fur
n,shing nitrogen but in giving some hu
mus making matter 10 the soil. II Kai
nit has been used in the preservation %
this manure 1t will not only make ;h'
manure better in preventing the los
OF nitrogen. but IL win odd potash tia
is rccdsd. When the trees hav,
reached maturity we :dvisc the seed
ing down 10 grass. But not in grass &
be cut for hay. but grass TO bp cut onl,
rs mulch for the trees and left on III
ground. cutting il several times durin,
the sc2sOD. Then give the grass a tol
dressing annually OF fertilizer com
posed % 500 pounds OF acid phosphate
800 pounds Of cottonaced meal and 40
pounds OF muriate OF potash 20 make
ton. Use this literally and get gool
growth Of grass ard every time yo
cut the grass spread IL TO decay III
der the trees as far ~ the limbs OK
tend and little further. Then IL yo
attend 70 the spraying you can groI
apples just like you did I'm your 10y
hood and probably better.-W. +. Mas
sey.