Show ORCHARD WATCH aho who owns an orchard I 1 these days should watch his step may ays dr AT C merrill horticulturist U S C the rhe man who wat hes his step is careful and pains taking tal cing and lie he novas just where lie ike is going and why orchard charf or bus iness demands those qualities and that insight in surveying the prospects at the present time ti me dr cation and merrill declared beclar ed that the financial finane ial outlook for the orchard ore hard business is a better today than it has been for years the indications are arc that it will continue contin u e good said rr merrill adbul but even granting that fact there should bi be no rush nd and without a definite program slips and falls and bruises and possible are liabo to occur if one does not watch his step as lie he goes por for remember that the or ehard game is not an easy one to play the successful must have a knowledge of both the scientific and business details of his work he must be alert observing and prepared to co combat abat any adverse conditions or pests as soon as they appear in ili short he must watch his step every day of the year the present good prices for fruit and financial returns from the orchard will undoubtedly induce many men to go into fruit raising who are not adopted for peric peri nee ence or the present condition will also probably cause some general farmers to increase the size orchard and hlll thus IS districh dist tafe h e aquil abrum that should prevail bet the various types of plant and animal production on the farm again there will be some who will sei se out a 50 or a acre orchard where they should start with a one or a five or a ten acre orchard but bat by all means the man who has a bearing orchard today should his step if he has taken proper care of his orchard in the past and if he will continue to do undoubtedly find the the orchard bus business iness a very profitable one such ouch is the spirit of optimism at present pr evading the ranks of fruit growers gener ally and this optimism is most felt by those roost most familiar with the present conditions pertaining to the various phases of fruit production the man mail wio who would set out an all orchard who has a good orchard should talce take care of it both bath need to watch their step |