The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-27

found in an iron-Wood tree BY Farm
Foreman Major.
One branch Of his tree has douL
led itself back until its free end has
gr0~n s0lldiy into the body OF enc
0f the main limbs Of the tree The
only explanation for the curiosity Is
that the limb In s0me manner be
came imbeded in the fork Of tho
branches and vas held there until Il
grew back 10 the main limb.
The cultivation OF this big orchard
farm il a matter Of greaf painstaking
as one naturally would suspect.
In the nst place IN order 10 handle
such a project the superintendent
and his assistants must be thourough
~ equipped for an sorts Of emergen-
cies and they mus. be particularly
well prepared for the tricks OF the
weather man.
To accomplish this. a chart OF tins
farm shoxs a SERIES. OF blocks. XIV
ing the location and number OF each
tree in a block. Prom the chart a
workman may report Ia the foreman
any difficulty with a tree. and by con
sultiOg the chart the director knows
at once just what tree be must treat
aud where to find II. Thus the en-
tire orchard b. indiyidualized as Il
were
Then there Is the weather sub
station with daily telegrsphic cXch-
ange reports with the state weather
bureau THIS sub station Is equip
ped with all instruments for mcasur-
ing maximum and minimum temper
aturcs: recorder on a clock regis
ter. showing the actual tempe 'ature
al any minute OF the day. and a reg
lister OF precipitation.
Twice last week the weather chart
readings, with kilograms from the
state weather bureau. probably re-
suited In saving these big orchards.
Immediately when the warning cam,
a half dozen men were assigned to
sections Of the orchards with instrnc-
,tions 20 FIRE up the oil tanks. or Orchd
'ard heaters. These burned all OF
two nights. and undoubtedly result.
ed in a great saving to the fruit
crop.
The cherry trees probably viii
bear a crop equivalent to nfty per.
cent OF the bloom. Any fruit grow.
er would say an indication is eAcep-
tionally good. The lime sulphur
spray is used. Within a few days
now. since the blossoms have about
disappeared. a l-to-4O spray solution
will be applied with a machine pump
sprayer. A dormant spray was given
these trees in the fall. BY a dor
mant spray. the fruit grower means
spraying at a time when the trees
are dormant, just before they are
ready to awaken for the spring bud
ding.
The dormant spray used is a one
gallon solution OF lime and sulphur
10 ten gallons of water. The spring
spray. or 1-to-40. is one gallon of the
solution to forty gallons of water
Twenty stands of honey bees on
Cherry Hill farm add TO the germina.
tion OF these thousands of orcha ID
trees. by the activities of the little
workers in distributing the pollen.
Nineteen stands wintered on Cherry
Hiill, and the twentieth swarm arrival
this spring. in April. Ten of these
stands inhsbit the cherry orchard.
An Industrious cultivation is fol-
lowed throughout the orchard land,
between the long straight rows of
trees the year through. Rye is sown
between the rows for a winter cover
} crop and also great amount of
clover seed. but no timothy. These
crops. decaying and mixing their
national properties with the soil
4 serve to enrich it. but in addition. un
Ill this year, carloads of manure
were shipped TO the orchard farm for
fertilizing.
For the lsyman as well as the agri
t. culturist, Cherry Hin farm is spot
of wonderful interest Its natural
beauty, surrounded as It is by the
great rolling hills, its fertility and
the completeness of its equipment
j all 20 toward making II an ideal
: place for growing the products for
J which there is such great market
the country over.
The bulk of the orchard cultva-
ton represents about ten years
growth and care. 1t is just now
coming to the place where its pro-
ductiveness is going TO mean much
to local markets. and it is not UNI
likely that the next few years will
witness remarkable development
of the canning industry on Cherry
Hin were quality quantity and
variety may be found, marking It as
one of Ohios foremost agricultural
specially farms.