The Harrison times., 1912-06-01
A Few Orchard Dont's.

pacity for taking care Of an orchard
increases, This is the road to sue
cess.
Don't put off till tomorrow the
ridding of your orchard of obnoxious
weeds, logs and chunks, for they
furnish hiding and breeding places
for all kind Of bugs Except the Gold
bug. The borcr beetle is so shame
faced that he will leave your orchard
! if you keep it clean, The writer has
observed in many instances where
the lack OF clean cultivation was at
the head Of the list in the ctiology of
root rot.
Don't expect an orchard that is on
very poor land and covered with
weeds to mature a good crop; it
can't
Don't select your poorest land for
an orchard, it deserves the best,
Don't expect Ccycn if you do care
for your orchard property to reach
the goal Of success without CO.
operating with your icIlowhusbond-
men,
Don't let May catch you any more
with your orchard looking like it
belonged to a widow woman that
neither had friends or money,
Don't ship anything that isn't
good for YOU can't succeed in iooIing
the buyer but once,
Don't forget to attend the IIorti-
cultural meetings,
Don't place too small estimate
ON education,
Don't think that the raising of
your boy up to Just know how to
work is advisable at this age Of the
world, but encourage insist and aid
him to gain knowledge that is suIIi-
cicnt to render him immune to the
encouragement that is so often
found in rural life Teach him the
the old song, "Don't be in 4 hurry
to 60, better stay with the farm u |
while longer
Don't think that because you have
q warranty deed and an absolute
control Of your farm that you have
no copartncr for you have, The
soil itself is copartner with you
and q silent one at that and badly
abused too. IT makes its wishes
known and YOU heed them not, ltl
calls and calls in vain for the clc.
mcnts that are SO much needed in
the production ofa profitable crop
In the beginning Of things the om'
nipotent Creator in his infinite wis
dom no doubt looked down through
the annals of time and saw that
owing to the wastciul nature of
man il was necessary to make u |
great deposit Of plant food in the
bowels Of the earth to be discover.
ed by a needy generation,
Owing to the eXorbitant price Of
the German potash, the United
States government made search
and found that we have plenty of
potash at home, We have perhaps
in unknown quantities and nitrogen
TOO, The very air we breathe Isl
tbrcclourths nitrogen We do not
have to pay for mining nor trans
portutiOn on the majority Of the
nitrogen wc use, All that is ncccs-
sary is to cultivate lcgumnous
plants and they will cause nitrogen
60 be added to the soil
We find that in the heavier clay
soil there is enough potash 60
produce 1000 crops and yet con-
tNins hardly enough available pot.
ash to make one good crop, The
problem that now conrOnts the
scientists is an effective and pracU'
cal key that will unlock the vaults
that contain 4 great treasure, Lime
acts for this purpose to Il certain
degree hence the old adagc, "Lim.
ng Of our lands makes rich fathers
and poor sons" It is surprising
the number Of farmers who believe
chat commercial fertilizers rob thcl
soil oritsrcscrycd forces The No. !
gan Of this country should be hog
and soy beans, l. H.