. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 16 Tractors in Orchard Work {Continued from page 5) filling station. Also, the steadiness of the tractor while spraying is being done from the spraying tower permits great- er safety, comfort and efficiency for the operator. An apple prower in southeastern Iowa claims that the tractor makes it possible to easily apply the first spring spray (bud spray) when the ground is often so soft that horses mire down or cannot pull the sprayer at all. A Wisconsin cherry grower states that the tractor saved his orchard from destruction, by making it possible to control
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 16 Tractors in Orchard Work {Continued from page 5) filling station. Also, the steadiness of the tractor while spraying is being done from the spraying tower permits great- er safety, comfort and efficiency for the operator. An apple prower in southeastern Iowa claims that the tractor makes it possible to easily apply the first spring spray (bud spray) when the ground is often so soft that horses mire down or cannot pull the sprayer at all. A Wisconsin cherry grower states that the tractor saved his orchard from destruction, by making it possible to control the "slot-hole fungus through more timely spraying and cultivation. 8. Tractors can operate on rough, hilly land so often found in orchards, where horses frequently find great dif- ficulty in pulling any load. A cherry orchardist near Sturgeon Bay bought a tractor when he was shown that it would make it possible for him to cultivate some of the ravines in his orchard which he had formerly left in sod. 9. Because of the lightness of the tread and the absence of and tendency to cut into the soil, crawler tractors can cultivate throughout the dry season in the Florida citrus groves without dam- aging the "water roots" which grow near the surface of the ground and are so essential to plant growth at this sea- son. 10. In vineyards frequent and thor- ough cultivation, and timeliness in spray- ing are the factors of utmost import- ance. Only tractors insure success here. It is because the wine grape growers of France recognize this fact that they are making all their new plantings with suf- ficient width between the rows to ad- mit the small tractor. A certain small tractor made in America and used in the war is being used quite widely, and is the standard gauge in determining the width of rows in new plantings. 11. In the cranberry marshes of New Jersey tractors have proved to be a great boon, because they make it easy to clear the land, and also make it pos- sible to
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