clover two years; then corn one year, after that
clover with a little timothy, to keep the weeds down. I cease cropping
the clover when the orchard is from twelve to fourteen years old. I
consider windbreaks harmful. Any good axle grease or "dope" will keep
off rabbits. I trim until five years old with a pocket-knife, to give
shape and stout branches. I believe fertilizers are beneficial, put on
every second or third year. I pasture my bearing orchard with horses and
cattle, after the fruit is gathered until the 1st of January; think it
is advisable and a benefit; allow no hogs in at any time. Am bothered
some with borers and codling-moth. Have never tried spraying, but would
advise it. We pick in sacks fastened over the shoulder with a snap and
ring. Usually sell in the orchard. Have tried artificial cold storage
satisfactorily, and think it the most reasonable plan. Prices have
ranged from $1 to $1.50 per barrel, for firsts and seconds, in the
orchard. I employ men at seventy cents per day.

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A. D. ARNOLD, Longford, Clay county: Have lived in Kansas twenty years.
Have 300 apple trees, sixteen years planted, from ten to fifteen inches
in diameter. Grow only Ben Davis, Winesap, and Missouri Pippin for all
purposes. I prefer bottom land in this locality, sandy loam with a
northern aspect. Plant two-year, stocky trees, with a low top. I
cultivate with the plow and disc, and grow no crop in the orchard. I
believe a windbreak of box-elder or evergreens is beneficial but not
essential. I prune very little, using my knife with judgment. I use
stable litter as a mulch, and think it pays. I never pasture my orchard.
Have few insects but codling-moth. I shade the body of the tree to keep
borers out, and dig them out if any get in. I use ladders, and pick into
baskets, and sort into two classes--perfect and imperfect. My trees have
never borne a full crop, only enough for home use and the neighbors. We
have had several dry seasons, causing the fruit to fall badly.

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J. S. GAYLORD, Muscotah, Atchison county: Have lived in Kansas
twenty-six years; have 5000 apple trees, planted from one to twelve
years. For market I prefer Missouri Pippin, Ben Davis, Winesap, and York
Imperial, and for family would add Yellow Transparent, Cooper's Early
White, Maiden's Blush, Grimes's Golden Pippin, Jonathan, Rawle's Janet,
and Little Romanite. I prefer hilltop wi