p the
soil loose and kill the weeds. Am going to plant another apple orchard.
I think western Kansas will yet grow apples.

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A. N. PATTERSON, Ford, Ford county: I have lived in Kansas seventeen
years. Have an apple orchard of 100 trees five years old. I fertilize my
orchard with stable litter. Do not pasture my orchard; do not think it
advisable. I do not irrigate.

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JOHN HINDS, Olcott, Reno county: I have resided in the state thirteen
years. Have an apple orchard of 500 trees; 375 of them are three years
old, and the balance eight years old. For commercial orchard I prefer
Ben Davis, Missouri Pippin, Winesap, Rawle's Janet, and Grimes's Golden
Pippin; and for family orchard Early Harvest and Maiden's Blush. I have
tried and discarded Greening, Baldwin, and Missouri Keeper. I prefer a
sandy bottom with a clay subsoil, and eastern aspect. I prefer
three-year-old trees, set in the spring. I prune the roots and tops when
setting. I plant my orchard to corn or potatoes for six or eight years;
plow shallow; cease cropping after eight years, and plant nothing but
clover and orchard-grass in a bearing orchard. Windbreaks are essential;
would make them of mulberries planted one or two feet apart all around
the orchard. For rabbits I make a varnish and apply to the trees in the
fall. I prune my trees in June when they are large, so as to let in
light and sun; I use a tree pruner; think it pays. I do not thin the
fruit while on the trees. My trees are in mixed plantings. I fertilize
my orchard with stable litter, but do not put it close to the trees; I
think it beneficial, and would advise its use on all soils. I pasture my
orchard with hogs; I think it pays. My trees are troubled with fall
web-worm and leaf-roller. I do not spray. I pick my apples by hand; sort
into three classes from piles. Pack them in barrels and haul to market
on wagon. I sell apples in the orchard at retail. Make vinegar of the
culls. I store some apples for home use. Price has been one dollar per
bushel.

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HENRY MILLER, Ulysses, Grant county: Have lived in Kansas fifteen years.
I have 256 apple trees, nine and ten years planted, from three to five
inches in diameter. I grow for market Missouri Pippin, Winesap, and Ben
Davis, adding for family use Maiden's Blush and Grimes's Golden Pippin.
I prefer bottom land, northeast slope, s