Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-03-08
CASH IN THE APPLE
ORCHARD
Mrs. S. L. Wilson, Iowa.

HTHE apple orchard an Investment and
as a healthful, congenial occupation
possesses great opportunities. 1t will
pay more in cash returns on the money
invested and the labor that is necessary
to maintain it than anything | know OF.
/ think that the south central section
offers as many or more advantages for
such orchard than any other section
of the United States. In the first place,
there is found as good soil for apples as
can be found anywhere. There is proht-
able market right at home, and farmers
can grow the Jonathan and Ben Davis
apples just as easy and with as much GER
tainty as they can grow crop OF corn.
All they have to do is to give them as
much attention.
with the work, and has steadfastness or
purpose enough to not lose all his enthu-
siasm as soon as he has planted his trees,
or after the first off year, providing ne mas
business ability enough to get all out OF
his crops that they are worth. He must
spray his fruit for fungus diseases ana 15
insects and give it good care small,
commercial orchard should be planted to
only two varieties, the Jonathan and Ben
Davis, equal number of each About the
right area to plant would be twenty acres.
The Ben Davis will be the first to bear
fruit and the first to die, The Jonathan
will bear fairly well while young, and the
older they get the more freely they will
bear they generally live longer than
most varieties A Jonathan orchard from
ten to thirty years old is sure money
maker.
The orchard should be planted on high,
rich land that is we'll drained and not
rolling enough to wash and should be sell
supportiug for the first ten years and from
the age of ten to thirty years should net
it's owner $1,000 on an average. Such
an orchard will return as much pront 10
the farmer as the ordinary quarter section
of land, as it is generally harmed WIN the
different grains and stock
DRY PICKING is BEST
Dry picking is always to be preferred
when preparing turkeys for market. When
in fine condition, nicely picked, and sent
to market without havir@ been packed IN
quently commands the highest price. AS
soon as the fowl is stuck and the blood
is still flowing, pluck the feathers dry IRON m
its body, taking care in doing this not TO
tear the skin or break the flesh. Nothing
detracts so much from dressed poultry as
torn places upon the carcass or shank;
V When the fowl is plucked hang it head
down in a cool place until all animal heat
is gone from the body, being careful not
air as to be likely to freeze. Do not re-
move the head, feet, or entrails. but have
the whole carcass, including head and Feet
perfectly clean.
FEED EACH COW BY HERSELF
To feed most economically each COW must
be individually fed, and the quantity OF
feed she is given governed by her, size
and the quantity of milk she produces.
Four pounds of grain daily may be as
while others will make most profitable re-
turns from ten to twelve pounds. Other
things being equal large COW requires
more feed than a small one, and cow
giving a large quantity of milk more than
one giving smaller quantity.
Crows have Become such nuisance in
some parts of Illinois that farmers are
organizing crow hunts In Elgin and Cain
counties LIB crows were killed by 81
hunters in one week.
For many years we have been told that
snow is a poor mans manure We know
that there is nitrogen in snow and that
the soil is more or less benefited by it, but
when one has to dig through snow to a
gate four times week, taking away six
feet at a time, he becomes skepticaT shout
the chemical analysis of this particular
kind of fertilizer,