Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1929-05-03 | Page 3 | Fruit Trees Respond to Any Good Fertile Soil

Fruit Trees Respond to Any Good Fertile Soil Fruit trees, like other crops, respond re-spond to a good fertile soil. The fertility fer-tility that is applied artificially by-most by-most farm folks is largely barnyard manure. In too many cases, In their desire to treat trees properly, the planter Is inclined to put fresh manure ma-nure in the holes, immediately about the roots of the trees. This Is about the worst practice that one can follow fol-low in the planting of the trees, for It will nearly always result in the death of the trees If any quantity of manure is used in this way at the time of planting. The fertilizer should be cultivated Into the ground immediately imme-diately about the surface of the ground, and not too far away from the tree, but by all means keep It away from the roots at time of planting.