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Show Old Orchard!.' Tho plnn followed by orchnrdlsts In Oswogo County, N. Y., und which seems to bo a fonslblo ono, is this: Crops nro grown nmong tho young fruit troos until thoy nro largo onough to boar, whon tho orchard is socdod down and nftorwurds pastured with hogs or young stock. In plowing nmong tho trues, short whllllotroes nro used so ris not to bark them, and a spaco left around tho trees ns wldo as tho branches oxtond, to bo aftorwards turned ovor with a spading fork, Hy continued plowing nnd working nmong thorn, tho roots oxtond down deop and nro not injured by tho plow or by suddon changes in tho wonther. Ono should bo vory careful in plowing an old orchard that has boon many yenrs to grass; roots loud to grow nonr tho surface nnd aro dlsturbod and bruised by tho plow. Knther thun run tho risk It would probably bo hotter to pasturo It with hogs. |