Show cultivating the plum orchard S H marshall ot of wisconsin who I 1 b has as a I 1 large a rge plum orchard said recently to a representative ot of the farmers review I 1 begin to lo cultivate my orchard in the sp soon as I 1 can get onto the land and I 1 keep up the cultivation tion till about the ot of august when I 1 sow the land to oats I 1 leave the oats for or a winter cover crop in the spring I 1 run a disk through the oats and break up the surface of the I 1 SOIL kojl I 1 never dever plow unless I 1 faveto have to c 10 80 it Is sometimes sometime sa a little difficult to cultivate under the branches of the trees but for that I 1 use an ail extension harrow then around the trees I 1 put to work tho the nian man with the hoe I 1 do not use a deodor on my land as the land Is not na light enough to give good results from the use of that implement my object to la to keep a dust mulch of from two to three inches over all the ground |