ies would be better if they were. My trees are planted with each
variety in a separate row. I fertilize my orchard with stable litter;
think it beneficial, but would not advise its use on all soils. I do not
pasture my orchard. Flathead borers are in my trees, but if they are
kept thrifty the borers will give little trouble. My apples are troubled
with codling-moths. I do not spray. I pick my apples by hand and sell in
bulk in the local market. I do not dry any. I am quite successful in
storing apples in pits for winter use; the Missouri Pippin, Ben Davis
and Winesap keep the best. I do not irrigate. Prices have been from $1
to $1.25 per bushel.

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J. J. ABLARD, Lawndale, Pratt county: I have lived in Kansas twelve
years. Have an apple orchard of 200 trees from three to six years old.
For family orchard I prefer Missouri Pippin, Nickajack, Winesap, and
Maiden's Blush. I prefer second bottom, sandy loam, with clay subsoil,
and an eastern or northern slope. I prefer two-year-old trees, four feet
high, branched low, planted 24x24 feet, in a furrow plowed very deeply,
north and south. I plant my orchard to corn, using a cultivator, plow,
and cutaway harrow, and cease cropping when the trees need all the
support. Windbreaks are a benefit; I would make them of white or green
ash and mulberry, by planting and cultivating three or four rows on the
south and west. For rabbits I wrap the trees with rags, long straw, or
grass. I prune just enough to balance the head; I think it pays and that
it is beneficial. My trees are in mixed plantings. I do not fertilize,
and would not advise its use. I do not pasture my orchard. My trees are
troubled with flathead borer and grasshoppers, and my apples with
codling-moth. I do not spray, and I dig the borers out. I do not dry
any.

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D. E. BRADSTREET, Dighton, Lane county: I have lived in Kansas nineteen
years; have an apple orchard of 200 trees; my oldest are nine years. I
think Jonathan a good family apple; I have not discarded any. I prefer
bottom with a loam, porous subsoil, and a southern slope. I prefer
two-year-old whole-root trees, set twenty feet east and west and thirty
feet north and south. I cultivate my orchard to garden vegetables, such
as cabbage, tomatoes, etc., using a one-horse cultivator; have not
ceased cropping yet. Windbreaks are essential, and I would make them of
two rows of locusts, cl