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Show ORCHARD CULTIVATION. A subscriber ln Halt Iike county asks ' W hat la the bent Implement for cultivating an on hard?' Tho Inquirer dues not stale the exlwit of the orchard nor whether or not tlwro aro small fruits or vigotables between the trees 'Inking It for granted that tho orchard Is on ii commercial stale and therefore without small frulta between the rows, It h probable that no better Implements Imple-ments can bo found thnn tho disc and smoothing harrows The dlaa is now manufuctureil with an extension which reaches under the low bronchea and may be run as closo to the treo aa desired. de-sired. After discing both wavs, the common toothed harrow should bo lined, going In tho two diagonal directions direc-tions If the trees nre set so as to admit ad-mit of It Ah ii rule, the above-men-tloned two Implement will be found sulllilent and no cheaper or better cultivation cul-tivation can bo given an orchard There are many devices In the way of orchard lultlvntors nml none are without more or less merit but tho nbovo method an I Implements havelieen used bj the writer In the largo Hear river orclnrd and In the experimental orchard at tho I tali Agricultural college with the utmost ut-most satisfaction |