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Show a t Making Old Orchards New : (By L. M. Crook Logan, Disabled Vocational Soldier In- Agricultural Agricul-tural Engineering, U. A. C. Paper Prepared fr Class in Horticulture) It has been found through experiment experi-ment that orchard rejuvenation Is profitable. The West Virginia Experiment Ex-periment 'station and others have demonstrated this fact, and the same results can 'undoubtedly be obtained in Utah. In tho experiment of tho West Virginia station, six unproductive orchards or-chards containing in all 31 acies wero usod, tho total number of trees being 29G3. Tho net profits from theso orchards for three years wero 7626. Tho total returns wcie $13,553 0G. Tho gross retdms por acre woro'$33G. Tho net profits per aero was $18G for tho three years, The gross roturns for. "one year por ncro was ?122. Tho not pioflta per' lacrc for one year was $G5. Prom this wo can sed that rejuvenation paid well. For tho rejuvenation of old orchards or-chards certain things must bo taken Into consideration. First; Tho age and vigor of tho trees. This depends on tho previous caro of tho orchaid. Somo trees 'are too old and devitalized, they aro j unhealthy and part of tho trunks aitf decaying. Such tioes should not be selected. Second: In somo orchards tho, trees aro too closo together. Tho I average apple tree should be about thirty feet apart. Great care musl bo .taken in thinlnlng out, so as to havo the right variety and tho best trees. Third: The location. Tho soil conditions sould be good as regards fertility and drainage. This Is very important." Tho orchard should not be In a place too much Subject lo frost as on low bottom land. There are also questions of doslrablo varieties var-ieties and economic problems to bo considered. The big thing sought for Is a new orchard made out Of the old so It will bo profitable, if tuts can bo done,, well and good. If not, tho old orchard should be pulled out and tho land -put to more productive produc-tive uso. Probably tho most Important operation oper-ation In renovating an orchard Ib tho piunlng. All dead and dlseasod limbs should bo lemovud, All cross branches' should be cut out. Gradually Grad-ually but suroly tho tree should bo brought to tho proper Bhape, height, vfgor and productiveness. The expenses ex-penses or spraying and picking aio much less on a woll prufied tree. Spraying Is Yory Impoitnnt. Insects such as tho San Jose scale, codling moth and others must bo controlled. Somo spraying may bo necessary In, tho dormant season, using mlsclblp oils -or uq sulphur. Sprnylng for L . , - 'I in codling moth must bo dono soonnf tor the blossoms fall and at such tlmos during the growing season as will prptcct the fruit from Jho entrance en-trance of tho larvae. Pressure should bo great enough to force tho mixture Into tho ond of the young'frult. Arsenate Ar-senate of lead is commonly Used now fpf.thls purpose. I 'In enso Irrigation "water is scanio cultivation is essential. It ,1s now knownthnt a. good mulch eonservciS the noTsturo. vTh& plow, tho dlsjc, i- -, ' y - 1 ) hay row and tho spike, tooth linrtow if freely and properly used will accomplish ac-complish wonders In stimulating tho old trees to productive growth. Coupled with this treatment, barn- . ynrd manure can often , bo used to advantage. Somo Irrigation will .bo necessary In connection with proper cultivation, I? tho farmers of Cache will cither cith-er tako out or renovate their old unpioductiv.o orchards It will mean money In tholf pockets. |