The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-07-25

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by nearly everybody on the hypoth.-
sis that we can grow successfully hut
one crop at a time. except unde.
heavy fertilization and even then only
for comparatively short periods Al
falfa. however. has the rare merit Of
enriching most soils by the constant
addition OF nitrogen. 1t seems like
, 4 novel idea to cultivate the oreharl
with a moving machine but we know
a man who Is doing this with sweet
clover as the ground crop and il Is
not nearly so valuable as its cousln.
alfalfa.
A fellow down in Fremont county
sprays his raspberry bushes every
morning with clear water and finds
that this makes better fruit and in
ereases the yield at least twenty-five
per cent This idea while not new
one is a very good one In dry sea-
sons when there Is no mols-
ture in the atmosphere young
raspberry plants will apparent
iy stop growing and dry up. failing
to come through and make good nrt-
withstAnding the fact that the irrl-
cation around the roots ls carried on
In the usual way. The leaves and
vines need a certain amount OF mo.s-
tarc and when the rain or air does
not carry IL to the plant. II should be
done BY artificial process. I; viii not
only Increase the bearing quality OF
the fruit but make It more pala,zhic.
However. ne doubt the wisdom Of
spraying every morning. We should
think that in the absence Of rain two
or three good sprays a week would be
sufficient The spray can be applied
by any force pump and an ordinary
hose or by 4 regular spraying ma
, chine. There has been suricieot
moisture this season TO properly ma
ture the fruit without the aid OF arti-
ncial means. but last year Il would
have aided nature wonderfully. II
ws we're going to irrisate raspberr!es
we would do Il in the open trench
niled with manure running close 10
the rows.
A very disagreeabie duty now lccm-
ing up before the orchardists is that
OF thinning out the fruit which has
, set on the trees. Even where frost
has done some thinning rs was the
unexpected case In the Crand Valley
on the night of May 18th Il will b.
necessary to go over the orchards
! and thin out. II marketable fruit is
desired. II IL not a pleasant process,
after waiting anxiously and watching
the seasons for a crop. to see the
trees. heavily loaded with small fruit.
and to realize that IL is necessary TO
destroy two-thlrds or four-nfths OF It
In order to save some extra good
stock that can be sold in the market.
There are several objects to be at
talned by thinning but we would not
undertake the job until after the June
drop is over and this may string along
pretty well into July. II the trees
are allowed to carry too heavy a load
their limbs will break down under the
burden and they will be ruined for
all time. Unless the fruit is thinned
vigorously It will be under-sized and
worthless either for use or for sale
so for the welfare OF the trees and
for the sake of profit. thinning is alb
solutcly necessary.
w-,.-w
The system of cover crops as advo-
Gated In the east will not apply to
this country for various reasons. We
can not plant in tho fall and expect
TO get much growth to plow under