. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. / / 270 ENCYCLOPEDIA OP PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE ^-. ^*^^^t- ^5 £'•• .*sgg*^ ',>j*|*' ^\^ ,'»'4*-;- V. Fig. 4. Fourth Year. This Orchard Has Had an Intercrop from the Time it Was Planted. the gross value of field crops f. o. b. Grandview for 1913 was approximately $2,500 and of poultry and dairy products, $1,000. Help during the year cost about
. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. / / 270 ENCYCLOPEDIA OP PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE ^-. ^*^^^t- ^5 £'•• .*sgg*^ ',>j*|*' ^\^ ,'»'4*-;- V. Fig. 4. Fourth Year. This Orchard Has Had an Intercrop from the Time it Was Planted. the gross value of field crops f. o. b. Grandview for 1913 was approximately $2,500 and of poultry and dairy products, $1,000. Help during the year cost about $500, leaving $3,000, which met all current expenses of the ranch, including living expenses. Crops grown in 1913 and comments on same follow: Tree Fillers I wished to put in some peach fillers, mostly cling, and some apple fillers, so adopted the hexagonal system of plant- ing with permanent apple trees 33 feet apart and rows 28 feet apart with fillers • in the same row as the permanent trees and 161/^ feet from the permanent trees. No appreciable revenue has yet been ob- tained from the peaches, but a good crop is indicated this (fourth season) year with $ per ton offered by the Sun- nyside cannery. Hay Leaving eight feet for the tree row, my planting plan permitted of 20-foot strips of hay. A total acreage of 16 acres or a net acreage, excluding tree rows, of 11 acres, was in hay last year and yielded 45 tons, which was all fed on the ranch. Those portions of the ranch most heavily graded off were first seeded, using clover, as I expected to plow the sod up at the end of the second year. I am now making new seeding with alfalfa, as I expect to leave the ground in sod longer. I will state in this connection that clover is more of a surface feeder than alfalfa and seems to require more water to prevent robbing the trees of moisture. With care in watering and cultivating, I find no in- jurious results from stripping with grass but have seen many young orchards whic
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