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Show - Illinois Fruit GrowersThinning Growers GrowersThinning Thinning Out OrchardsIntent Orchards OrchardsIntent Intent upon reducing wastes and andlosses andlosses andlosses losses and producing vroducIng more economical economical- economically - ly , 25 25southern 2 > southern Illinois tI tiult fruit uit growers growersthmned growersthinned growersthinned thmned thinned 11,500 11500 , trees from their or- or orchards orchards or orchards - chards the past year , according to re- re reports reports re reports - - ports collected by R n S Marsh , hor hor- horticultural hor- hor horticultural horticultural - - ticultural extension specialist of the thecollege thecollege thecollege college of agriculture . , University Umverslty ot of otIllinois ofIllinois ofIllinois Illinois These same growers have al almost . most 2,000 2000 , more trees labeled for remosal re- re remo re removal - - mo moval mosal , 01 during durrug the coming year . Gron Gross Growers era throughout the state are aretnklng aretaking aretaking tnklng taking up the tree thinning and cull cull- cullIng culling culling - ing campaign " which hlch the atenslon extension atenslonservIce extensionservice extensionservice servIce of the agricultural college Is Isconducting Isconducting laconducting conducting . , Thinning out crowded trees , even In Inwell Inwell Inwell well cared for orchards , Is held to be beparticularly beparticularly beparticularly particularly essential at this time 1t If 1tgrowers Ifgrowers Ifgrowers growers are to wage a successful fight fightagainst fightagainst fightagainst against the growing growmg menace of ot Insects Insectsand insectsand Insectsand and diseases and thereby reduce reducewastes reducewastes reducewastes wastes and losses losse < ; and keep heep beep down pro- pro productIon production pro production - - duction costs Even more important ImportantIs Is the culling cUllmg out of ot more than 900-000 900 000 900- 900 900000 900 ; , - 000 apple trees In neglected orchards . , |