. Agriculture and the farming business . large amount of acid in itsmake-up, and is used extensively for beverages and sirups. Soil and climate requirements.—Citrus fruits requirea deep, fertile and well-drained loam soil. The soil needslime, and should be kept rich in humus and nitrogen. Allcitrus fruits demand a warm., tropic or subtropical climate,a great deal of sunshine and freedom from cold winds,frost and cold nights. One of the greatest dangers to thecitrus fruit industry of the United States is from frosts andthe uncertainty of orchard localities in the matter of earlyand late freezin
. Agriculture and the farming business . large amount of acid in itsmake-up, and is used extensively for beverages and sirups. Soil and climate requirements.—Citrus fruits requirea deep, fertile and well-drained loam soil. The soil needslime, and should be kept rich in humus and nitrogen. Allcitrus fruits demand a warm., tropic or subtropical climate,a great deal of sunshine and freedom from cold winds,frost and cold nights. One of the greatest dangers to thecitrus fruit industry of the United States is from frosts andthe uncertainty of orchard localities in the matter of earlyand late freezing. The killing of fruit buds by late springfrosts must be met by some of the special methods, such aswhitewashing, smudging and heating by means of oil last named method is probably the most used. Cultivation and management.—No type of farmingrequires greater care in the matter of management andcultural methods. The orchard bed should be prepared bydeep plowing and a thorough pulverizing of the top soil. 386 AGRICULTURE AND. C-T^, > o 1% OH THE FARMING BUSINESS 387 The soil should be kept free from weeds and a constant dustmulch maintained throughout the season for the conserva-tion of the moisture. From the fact that an orchard willcontinue bearing- for years there is great danger of depletingthe soil of its fertility and making the orchard unpro-ductive, hence the necessity of cover crops, the plowingunder of legumes, the adding of barnyard manure, lime,potash and other fertilizing material from time to time asthey are needed. In matters of tillage and cultivation thecitrus orchard should be as carefully managed as a corn-field or a vegetable garden. The irrigated orchards of theSouthwest require a little different type of managementowing to the peculiar conditions under which the land ishandled. IMost of the irrigation of citrus orchards is doneby surface irrigation, bringing the water from its sourceto the head of the orchard by means of lateral ditches andt
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