Show HUNIUS HUMUS IN THE ORCHARD it I 1 is an important point in ili farming to preserve the humus in the soil where there la Is hunius and to supply it where there la Is no humus humus has a value distinctive from froin that ot or the fertility it contains it holds moisture in the soil sell and also holds some forms of forti fertility lity to increase it in the orchard a good way la is to grow legumes of some sort and plow them under at stated seasons N not at only does docs the cultivator thus thug increase the humus in the soil but tho the nitrogen is increased a as s it has been caught from the air by those plants domn follow the practice of not plowing or Ep spading haltig under the green crop but of mowing and leaving it on the ground but to our mind this Is 13 a very interior way ol of getting the good of 0 decaying humus lit M us the air must in that QUO rob tho the cr crop op rn mown own 0 of f a part a 0 f its fertility especially tho the volatile portions moreover the roots in tho ground cannot get hold bold ot of this decaying vegetation and we see sea little chance of their benefiting by it wo we believe that by all means tho the crop should be turned under in someway some way the soil will then grow crow moro more perfect in mechanical structure from year to year and tile the roots will always bo be able to get into touch with the alumns and the fertility and moisture contained in it |