Show HOGS RUNNING IN ORCHARD unless animals are well ringed they will do much damage by exposing roots of trees much Is said bald and written nowadays concerning the disease and insect pests affecting the orchard while many orchards are quite rapidly approaching pro aching extinction for one cause or another there Is ono one cause that Is seldom mentioned as it appears to bo be generally overlooked that la Is the continual pasturing pastur lne of the orchards b hogs formerly it was the practice of professional fess ional lonal fruit growers to allow their swine tree free and untrammeled range in the orchard in fact some raised hogs bogs for this purpose rather than any pos poa bible profit to be derived from pork production believing that the rooting and tearing that the hogs aro are capable of doing would be beneficial in the way of cultivating and mulching th the e trees and destroying injurious insects however most of them have discovered that although the hogs destroy many harmful insects the good done in this way unless the hogs are well ringed Is many times overbalanced over balanced by the damage done to the trees in tearing up and exposing the roots to the weather the little rootlets rootless root lets aro are very palatable and a rad nutritious and as good as a grain ration they make a splendid change of diet for tho the hog but are rather expensive teed feed the time has come when science has developed to such an extent that the hog Is no longer needed in orchard management in this day the posted fruit grower can overcome me or at least largely prevent the ravages of orchard posts pests and files the time has long arrived when there la Is no money in trying ng to grow fruit without giving particular attention to these features all fruit growers whether specialists or general farmers should post poat themselves and keep abreast of the procession they will lose money by getting behind |