ys. I do not thin the
apples while on the tree. I do not fertilize my orchard; it is not
needed in this locality. I pasture my orchard with horses and pigs, and
think it advisable. I find it does not injure the trees. My apples are
troubled with codling-moth. I do not spray. I pick by hand for storing,
and sort into two classes, the good and the bad ones; the bad I make
cider of and feed to hogs. I generally sell my best apples in the
orchard on the trees, or any way I can. We sun-dry some apples, and find
a ready market for them. It pays. I am fairly successful in keeping
apples in bulk in a cave, and find Ben Davis and Rawle's Janet keep
best. I irrigate a few trees. Prices have been from twenty cents to one
dollar per bushel, and dried apples six to seven cents per pound.

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J. T. EVERHART, Pratt, Pratt county: I have lived in the state twenty
years. For a family orchard I prefer Missouri Pippin, on sandy bottom
land, with a north slope. I plant two-year-old trees, deeply. I plant my
orchard to potatoes for five years, using a plow. Plant nothing in a
bearing orchard. Windbreaks are essential; would make them of rows of
Russian mulberries planted every six feet. I prune only to keep the tree
in shape. I do not thin the fruit while on the trees. Cannot see any
difference whether the trees are in blocks of a kind or in mixed
plantings. I do not fertilize; would not advise its use on the soil
here. I pasture my orchard with hogs; think it advisable, and that it
pays. My trees are troubled with borers and sun-scald. I spray my trees
when in bloom, and after it has fallen, with London purple only. My best
market is at home; never have tried distant markets. I irrigate my trees
on the upland four or five months. Prices have been from 75 cents to
$1.50 per bushel.

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JAMES CRAIG, Garden City, Finney county: Have been in Kansas nineteen
years. Have an orchard of 1300 trees, planted twelve years, trees
running from twelve to eighteen feet high. Cultivate up to this time
with twenty-inch disc harrow, and grow no crop. Windbreaks are essential
in this county. I would not allow stock in my orchard. I dig out the
borers, and intend to try spraying this year. I pick by hand, and sell
largely in the orchard. My best market is Garden City. I make cider and
vinegar of the culls. I have never dried any. I store in bulk for
winter, and am successful in