Show C C S r. O 0 H Have ve Success Success' n I I With Fruit Farm R 14 Cultivating It Is Necessary to Plant and Turn urn Under UnderCover 1 I Ita Cover Crops f To have success with the fruit farm he e bearing trees need to be cultivated i ut ut t since continuous c cultivation burns 2 ut ut the tile vegetable matter in the soil It Ity itt t y Is necessary to plant and turn under c cover crops c F In the profitable upkeep and man- man gement of an orchard cultivation and c ver crops have not yet received the thed tj d which they deserve s says ys C. C pp P Matthews Matthew S professor of horticulture t. t i at it the North Carolina State college y These two practices should not be bei i considered l separately but should go goil il hr hand In hand lland as the value of ot one laS la'S Is la S 'S C pendent dependent den upon the other Advantages of af Cultivation I I II I Cultivation in Itself will Improve i the physical condition of ot the soil solI save I i moisture needed by the trees and will encourage courage chemical activities in the S soil U. U These results are secured by increasing Increasing Increasing In In- I creasing the water-holding water capacity of ot the soil soU by checking evaporation by byl l ld d destroying weeds and by bj hastening the decomposition of organic matter It must be remembered that on all soils solIs the moisture problem Is Important and i this ils year especially has It become a l limiting factor Growth of trees and size alie of fruit have been reduced byl by l lack ck of moisture because of poor The fhe apparent failure to get results from fertilizers In some orchard orchards or or- chard this year ear can be traced to the thelow thelow thelow low low moisture supply as result of poor wI Cultivation va I E Professor Matthews states that most fruit growers know that cultivation h helps to conserve moisture yet jet It is a roven proven fact that continued cultivation burns out much humus therefore clean lean cultivation year after year with out ut the addition of humus in some I t form lorm rm Is ruinous Maintaining and In- In f the supply of humus can best be accomplished by using green manure crops drops such as cowpeas soy beans rye and nd clovers These all have advantages advantages ad ad- vantages and each may be used where I the condition of the soil and climate imay may dictate Soy Beans Help f I In the lower Piedmont Pl sandhills sandhill and coastal plains satisfactory results can be be secured by planting soy beans as a agreen agreen ireen green crop between the trees trees Success with the soy beans will depend on moisture conditions How How- ever eyer if moisture conditions ons become bee favorable Professor Matthews states fuat that it will pay to plant soy py beans Several varieties may b ba be used sed profitably he states but the Laredo will prove best If It planted at atthe atthe the the rate of ot fifteen pounds per acre At this late date It is probable that soy soybeans soybeans soybeans beans will be the best crop to use in Increasing the humus supply in the orchards In September r crimson plover clover over or a combination of hairy vetch and nd AbruzzI rye is recommended nd |