trees are in mixed plantings. I do not fertilize my orchard. I do not
pasture my orchard; it is not advisable. I do not spray. I pick my
apples by hand, the old way; sort into two classes. I dry some.

FRUIT DISTRICT No. 4.

Following is the fourth district, composed of twenty-four counties in
southeast quarter of the state. Reports, or rather experiences, from
each of these counties will be found immediately following. We give
below the number of apple trees in the fourth district, as compiled from
the statistics of 1897. Many thousands were added in the spring of 1898.

_Bearing._ _Not bearing._ _Total._
Allen 122,015 64,449 186,464
Anderson 111,372 46,719 158,091
Bourbon 175,961 40,570 216,531
Butler 182,827 53,966 236,793
Chase 46,762 25,191 69,953
Chautauqua 96,865 22,853 119,718
Cherokee 238,331 92,067 330,398
Coffey 167,255 68,247 235,502
Cowley 172,648 50,767 223,415
Crawford 143,089 34,798 177,887
Elk 101,601 34,343 135,944
Greenwood 117,840 70,224 188,064
Harvey 85,471 30,613 116,084
Labette 257,915 83,345 341,260
Linn 108,654 45,285 153,939
Lyon 161,295 116,176 277,471
Marion 86,838 64,359 151,197
McPherson 122,538 38,498 161,036
Montgomery 121,282 35,572 156,854
Neosho 159,443 61,754 221,197
Sedgwick 182,363 74,742 257,105
Sumner 140,613 36,961 177,574
Wilson 139,869 47,876 187,745
Woodson 72,815 24,485 97,300
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Total in district No. 4 3,315,862 1,163,660 4,479,522
Estimated acreage 650,000 220,000 870,000

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