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Show PREPARATION OF GROUND FOR ORCHARD W hlle hundreds ot orchards are planted on 1 ind that has Just been broken up from nlfnlfa nn 1 the trees uns live still the entire hlitors nnd achievement of sili a pi intatlon would It vnatls heightened and augmented were pioper nttentlon given to tho I reparation of the soli before planting plant-ing In the llrBt place very few alfalfa Hi Ids me leveled In such was us to mike thorough Irrigation possible It Is n common Impreailon that small burnt s nnl slight depressions ill not need correction before Seeding to alfalfa al-falfa It is this carelessness nbout leveling that causes so mans dried out and drowned spots In the tlelels iheo Iriegularltles ate woefully manifest when nns crop requiring furrow Irrl-ration Irrl-ration follows the breaking up of the alfalfa and 111 no Instnnce Is thla tl liner than In watering fruit trees Wheip the drs knoll ocucrre 1 In the alfulf i a dead tree will stand nnd diwn In the low spots the trees will either turn sellovv nnl become blighted or mans be Mile! nltogtehcr hs too much water It Is plain then that leveling Is nf utmnbt Importance befnre setting trees and this leveling cannot be prop eils done while the Inrge roots of nl-fnlfi nl-fnlfi am flesh nn the surface After treiiklng up the nltnllii the I ml shoul 1 bo cropj ed one season In corn wheat or nns other crop thit will all In killing kill-ing alfalfa After harestlng the crop the land should be plowel shallow slmt ly deep enough to turn under the stubtlo nnd loosen up the dirt for leveling level-ing If depressions nnl high places are cl isely mingle 1 a tongue scraper will be found the handiest implement to use In leveling but If the dirt must be haule fai a wheel scrater will be bettei fler all Is clone that can be with the temper u lcveler or some de-'vlce de-'vlce shoul 1 b Ufed A simple frame I of exfi tlmheis Is very effective nnd a I rnllronl Iron will nlso prove a gool iilod crusher and leveler If one nf tho bhunrt graders la not nt hand llnv-Ing llnv-Ing thus gone over the field with scrap-ei scrap-ei and h viler the ginunl will he prct-I prct-I IS well acked It should then le plowel to it dot Hi nt ten Inches following fol-lowing with n tub soil plnw gnlng down eight hit lies furthei This subsnllliig should nit be doni If the tegular plow goes down nenrls to gravel An or-dlniirs or-dlniirs beet tllkger will nnwer vers wi II for Rubsolllng Having thus plowed th lun 1 the surface should be left inugh ns osslble that Is clodds thioughnut the winter for the t ur-tosc ur-tosc of gathering un) holding ns much snow and wnter ns poslhle thus In-creislng In-creislng the wnter suppls nnd aiding In the mellowing of the soli To still flintier stote up moisture nnl aid plant foe 1 tn tho oll deep doul le tin rows nould bo run where tho rows ut trees nre to be set There me many nlvantages from having these furrows uin In the fall Ihey catch a great lenl nf water during dur-ing the winter nnl It sinks down deep unlcineith when the tree is to t planted Another most liuportaut point gained Is the nitdiovvlng of soil through aitlm of the frost and sun thus miking mik-ing rhh surface soil it the very bed where the oung roils of the tree are tn repose Still nnotlier nnd most Im-portrit Im-portrit advantage Is tint the bottom of the furiow will bo waim eirls In the siring mil the soung trees tlamel In one of these furiows will hive ten days the start of those planted in a fresh hole due, twelve oi fourtien In dies deep In tin coll ground In eirly spring The care mil nttentlon thus outlined In the lepaiation of giounl for a joung oichaid win not ptove expensive ex-pensive On tin other hind tho woik properls done hefnie plnntlug will not onls i rove moat botietlclal to the trees but will doubtless sae doul li tho amount of labot after the orchud is planted |