Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . the steep slopes or stony land. Tillage should start with the preparation of the land for planting andbe done yearly while the plants remain profitable. The advantage of thisis that the roots are encouraged to go deeply and thus withstand dry weatheras well as escape the plow. Each year operations should be begun as earlyas the land can be worked and continue until the twigs have reached theirfull length about midsummer. Between mid and late summer, tillage PRINCIPLES OF FRUIT PROD
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . the steep slopes or stony land. Tillage should start with the preparation of the land for planting andbe done yearly while the plants remain profitable. The advantage of thisis that the roots are encouraged to go deeply and thus withstand dry weatheras well as escape the plow. Each year operations should be begun as earlyas the land can be worked and continue until the twigs have reached theirfull length about midsummer. Between mid and late summer, tillage PRINCIPLES OF FRUIT PRODUCTION 435 should stop to give trees or shrubs a chance to ripen their growth to with-stand the winter. Unless this is done, growth may continue too late in thefall, and the plants suffer during winter in consequence. Fertilizing.—While it may be true that land which will grow any farmcrops will grow fruit without manuring, yet most money is made from fruitcrops fed to get higher quality, larger size, better color and the other pointsthat make for higher prices. How much and what kind to apply will depend. Picking Apples in the Rogue River Valley, upon the character of the soil, the kind of crop and so on. Many farmersand fruit growers put the question to the land itself by trying experimentswith various combinations of fertilizers until they find out the one bestsuited to the desired end. In general, it must be remembered that nitro-genous plant-food tends to be lost by seepage and also to produce woodrather than fruit; hence, it must be handled with greater caution thaneither potash or phosphoric acid, neither of which is lost to any seriousextent from the soil; nor does either jeopardize the ability of the plants towithstand winter injury. 1 Courtesy of Portland Commercial Club, Portland, Oregon. 436 SUCCESSFUL FARMING Thinning is steadily gaining popularity in the East, mainly because ittends to produce larger, finer specimens, to make the trees more hardy andto
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