Show ORCHARD CLEANUP CLEAN UP IS 28 VERY profitable massachusetts county agent demonstrates what can be done with apple trees A county agent nac nt in massachusetts began in 1914 a demonstration la in the renovation of some old apple orchards the following year from a two acre orchard heavily infested with san jose scale when the demonstration was begun a net profit of was realized after paying spray materials man and horse labor 5 per cent interest on the land trees and working capital taxes and all other expenses incident to the proper management of the orchard the net cost of developing young younger orchards in the same county has been reduced greatly by growing cash crom among the trees tree sas as suggested by the county agent inthe anthe case of an eight acre young orchard the crop so grown in 1015 met inet all the costs of the year properly chargeable besides P paying for some come permanent improvements and lacked only 1088 of paying for the the 1 trees planting etc I |