not irrigate. Prices average about fifty cents per
bushel.

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JOHN E. DAVID, Winona, Logan county: Have lived in Kansas thirteen
years; have an apple orchard of ninety trees from seven to ten years
old. I prefer level land, black loam with a clay subsoil, and an eastern
slope. I prefer thrifty, healthy trees, set in holes three feet deep. I
cultivate my orchard to beans and melons, using a cultivator and plow
for six years; then cease cropping. Windbreaks are essential; would make
them of honey-locust, planted in rows on north [?] and south. For
protection from rabbits I use wire screening, and dig the borers out. I
prune my trees with a knife to give big growth, and think it beneficial.
I never thin my apples while on the trees. My trees are planted in
blocks. I fertilize my orchard with stable litter; think it beneficial
and would advise it out here. I never pasture my orchard. Am not
troubled with insects. Do not spray. Do not irrigate.

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P. F. JOHNSON, Oberlin, Decatur county: Have lived in Kansas seven
years; Have 200 apple trees, four to eight years old, and seven to
fifteen feet high. For commercial purposes I prefer Ben Davis. For
family use, Red June, Winesap, Grimes's Golden Pippin, Jonathan, and Ben
Davis. I prefer bottom land, with deep, black loam and clay subsoil,
north slope. I plant two-year-old trees, in rows north and south, as
close as the different varieties will allow. I cultivate as long as the
trees live, with plow and cultivator, allowing them to go no deeper than
three inches. I plant the young orchard to beans, pumpkins, and
squashes; the same in a bearing orchard, and never cease cropping.
Windbreaks are essential. I would make them of Russian mulberry and
ash, and keep them cultivated. I tie dry corn-stalks around young trees
to protect from rabbits. Never prune. Never thin. I use stable litter as
a fertilizer and mulch; I think it advisable in this latitude. I pasture
my orchard in fall and winter with hogs, and think it advisable. My
trees are troubled with roundhead borer, twig-borer, and grasshoppers. I
do not spray. Have never irrigated, but intend to soon. Prices have been
from $1 to $1.50 per bushel.

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W. B. STOCKARD, Beloit, Mitchell county: I have lived in the state since
1871. Have an apple orchard of 800 trees. For all purposes I prefer
Missouri Pippin,