Starting young orchards . , * i ¥^. ?* t^^S^^^^^ 217 soils be handled when wet. In the early part of the season,heavy implements, like the spring-tooth or the disc harrow,should be used; later in the season, when the object is merelyto conserve moisture, the spike-tooth drag or the smoothing har-row should be substituted. Short whiffletrees with the ends pro-tected by cloth, or better still traceless harnesses, should beused; and in no case should the ordinary long hames be per-mitted in an orchard. Cultivation should be given after every heavy rain, or asoften as once in two or three weeks, u
Starting young orchards . , * i ¥^. ?* t^^S^^^^^ 217 soils be handled when wet. In the early part of the season,heavy implements, like the spring-tooth or the disc harrow,should be used; later in the season, when the object is merelyto conserve moisture, the spike-tooth drag or the smoothing har-row should be substituted. Short whiffletrees with the ends pro-tected by cloth, or better still traceless harnesses, should beused; and in no case should the ordinary long hames be per-mitted in an orchard. Cultivation should be given after every heavy rain, or asoften as once in two or three weeks, until about August 1st,when a cover crop of vetch or clover should be sown, usingabout lYz bushels of the former or 15 pounds of the latter toeach acre. The question of cropping the young orchard is dis-cussed in another connection. MULCH. The effect of an old board or a log, or a stone wall, inencouraging the growth of grass or weeds along the roadside,is a familiar sight. The reason for this effect is that the mois-ture undernea
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