Show SOD CULTURE IS NOW increasing better bette F than tillage with cheap fertilizer V erfil izer sod culture Is increasing lu ili orchards because ot of the expensive labor and equipment necessary to maintain cloan clean aud and the gradually declining price of nitrogenous enous fertilizers according accordia to the new kew york state college of t agriculture when fertilizer reaches a certain price it Is more economical than tillage under con J editions dIt Ions 1 sod a and fertilizer have bave important advantages fertilization is 13 more likely to be done on oil time than Is cultivation ti Sod reduces thea the amount ot of libor labor ne necessary bt at a buy busy season and leaves more time for better spray spraying lug it Is easier to haul baul a spray rig through a sod bod orchard than through a cultivated one where color decides the choice of a system sod bod and nitrogen Is probably the better on the other hand sod orchards suffer more from mice unless a consist ent program of poisoning Is carried out such a program should be starts start ej ed before the mice become troublesome so that they may be kept permanently in check spee since young trees are more seriously affected a young orchard probably should be cultivated unless ohve there are strong reasons to the contrary fire Is serious at any time in pr chadds adjacent to railroads or where trespassers are likely to spread fire it may be helpful to plow fire lines at strategic points where the orchard Is unduly exposed to fire the sensible course la Is cultivation nothing will so devitalize a tree as a good scorching of the trunk and under sides of the mula main limbs |