Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-11-16
Farm. Garden and Home.

w 'iIilie me FARMER has beer
working hard for many years I,
pay for the farm and has had Il
do without many things tina,
would b. nice to have. hut ! ~,
glad u say that those who have
combined hard work with eruno
my and good Judgement have
good homes and can do more t.
increase the comfort and beauty
Of their homes. The apple on
chard seems to 10 the hard
problem 10 solve. FOLLOW these
instructions aud set out rs many
apple and plum trees rs you
think YOU can afford to and in ten
years you will wish you had pu,
out more. First prepare your
land, SOW to harley, thinly, say
one hushei tn an acre, and clover
to geta good stand OF clover same
as you wnuld seed it To grass If
you never expected to put any
trees un it; then dig good Siz ID
holes and take Il sharp knife and
cut nf the bottom of the tap rooi
SO they will set Hat ON the loose
moist ground (that will help them
tn draw moisture until they get
healed and started to grow dig
deep enough IT. have loose dirt
under and all around the tree
but when you get the tree set in
and small roofs all Strengthened
ont and covered, pack thorough
ly but not wet enough u kill the
life of the soil, then ill tile rest
of the hole but don't pack the
last six inches any more than you
would for oats or corn. You can
set your trees much closer than
many do. Twenty feet apart will
do very we'll: they will not get
too large while the planters live
anu If they GIT too large for our
boys they can thin. And | think
they would do better shaded II
little more than they generally
are. So | will recommend keep
ing a space about five feet in di
a"eter worked around the trees
Out keep all stock, even horses,
out of TIE %orchard) this is the
best place on the farm to raise
some choice seed corn. Plant one
kernel in n place about s inches
to | foot apart around the trees
and you can raise. choice seed
corn and shade your young trees
from the July and August sun
| believe more trees are killed by
stock and bad management in
blowing so your trees set on the
high ridge that turns off what
rain we have these dry summers
and barking trees with white
trees and exposure to the hot
SUM-. than there is by the cold
winters. If you cant afford the
land and fence and time tn tend
to an orchard You had better not
buy the trees; plant corn and
buy apples, A clay subsoiI is IN,
doubtedly the best for apples and
level or northern slope. The
tools tn plow and cultivate an or
chard with horses has not yet
been invented, but a man can
spade around fifty trees as | rec
0mmend in one day and no dang.
er of barking the trees and it will
keep the soil in shape to take all
the rain that. comes. Then mulch
your trees n little in fall or win
ter after tn" ground is frozen to
hold the frost in spring and not
have them start too early.
We generally try to ito too
much so We have not time to at.
tend to the small things, such as
fruit and garden but these are
the things that add largely to
the comfort of the farm home
We have been ruStling hard for
our homes and now we need to
cry a halt and take slightly new
hearings and press toward the
greatest enjoyment Of home.
THE GOLDEN SIDE
There is many Il rcst in the road
Of life,
If we only would stop to fake
il;
And many - tone from the better
land,
If the %qneru!Ons heart would
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