Show PREPARE LAND UNO FOR ORCHARDS Immediately Preceding Planting of Trees a Crop That Requires Cultivation Is Beneficial New ground however rich needs to tobe tobe tobe be subdued before trees hees are set upon It Such lands are apt to be full of ot Inequalities lUes hence every every effort should be made to discover and remedy the poor spots that hat need man ring and the wet ones that require drainage so that the trees when planted may grow even evenly y and rapidly from the very first The cereal crops such as wheat and oats bring out these Inequalities Immediately Immediately Im Im- Im mediately prece preceding ling the planting of the orchard a crop that requires thorough thor ough cultivation such as potatoes is highly beneficial In putting the finishing fin finIshing touches upon this preparatory cropping system Subsoil plowing should be resorted to in all cases where the th-e lands are by a I stiff stratum of ot soil This is ac accomplished accorn- accorn om I pUshed by running a subsoil plow in inthe inthe the be t furrow left by y t th tho ordinary a y break break- Ing plow loosening tile the soil to an additional ad aa aa- aa I depth of t twelve to eighteen Inches Treating soils In this manner not only deepens them but promotes good drainage and increases their wa a. a ter-holding ter capacity This work is preferably done in the fall so BO as fa to faget foget get the benefit of ot the frost action in winter It Is not always essential ess that the whole area of ot the ground be before the trees are set A trip of six or eight feet teet wide on which tho trees are planted furnishes sufficient suf sut for tor the first year This area may be increased by a strip three to four tour feet wide on each side of it annually until the whole space is ii covered This practice practice tice tics stirs the ground deeply for tor the roots to penetrate In a a. way that could never be secured after they occupy the the soil Instead of ot using a subsoil plow wh where ro the hard pan is very pronounced pronounced pronounced pro pro- holes may be blasted to considerable con depth by the explosion of ot dynamite and the fall taU Is the best time timeto to do this work What splendid orchards orchards' orchards orchards or or- people might have if it they would only follow tollow our instructions |