Fruit growing for home use in the central and southern Great Plains . ^ also be used in cultivating the fruit plantation, with a singleexception. In plowing the orchard and in the use of other imple-ments of tillage, care must be taken not to work the soil so deep thatthe roots are injured. If the trees are set deep when thev are planted,there will be little danger in this respect. A weU-cultivated appleorchard located near Plain view, Tex., is slio^\m in figure 2. Thesurface has been maintained in good condition for conserving maintenance of soil fertility by frequently renewing
Fruit growing for home use in the central and southern Great Plains . ^ also be used in cultivating the fruit plantation, with a singleexception. In plowing the orchard and in the use of other imple-ments of tillage, care must be taken not to work the soil so deep thatthe roots are injured. If the trees are set deep when thev are planted,there will be little danger in this respect. A weU-cultivated appleorchard located near Plain view, Tex., is slio^\m in figure 2. Thesurface has been maintained in good condition for conserving maintenance of soil fertility by frequently renewing the supplyof humus is essential to continued success. Nothing is better for thisthan stable or barnyard manure. The turning under of some green-. FiG. 2.—Apple orchard six years old grown without irrigation at Plainview, Tex. The tops are rather toodense, l)ut formed at a desirable height from the ground. A good soil mulch has been maintained. manure crop, however, makes an efficient substitute. A good supplyof humus is also of the greatest importance in connection with thesupply of moisture and its conservation. IRRIGATIOX. The possibility has been mentioned of resorting to irrigation inorder to tide over the trees or other fruit-producing plants in timesof severe drought. Figure 3 shows a small earth reservoir used forretaining a supply of water for this purpose. There are many ofthem in this region. One may be constructed on almost any ranchand in most yards where there is a good well of water and a windmill. [Cir. 51] FRUIT GROWING FOR HOME USE IN THE GREAT PLAINS. 15 It is made by excavating the earth and mounding it up somewhatabout the edge or rim of the reservoir. The inside is then puddledwith clay or in some other w
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