. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. January, 1922 BETTER FRUIT Tage Nineteen Improvement in Orchard Management {Continued from, ffge 9) regularity to maintain uniform soil mois- ture. Again, an insufficient head of water permits waste near the flume and an insuf- ficient supply to trees at the other end of the row. Proper supervision of irrigation requires very frequent inspection of the factors mentioned. Group 1 (386 boxes), shows an average of man-days per acre per season; Group 2 (257 boxes) days; and Group 3 (186 boxes) days. In other words. Group 1 spends 78 per cent more time
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. January, 1922 BETTER FRUIT Tage Nineteen Improvement in Orchard Management {Continued from, ffge 9) regularity to maintain uniform soil mois- ture. Again, an insufficient head of water permits waste near the flume and an insuf- ficient supply to trees at the other end of the row. Proper supervision of irrigation requires very frequent inspection of the factors mentioned. Group 1 (386 boxes), shows an average of man-days per acre per season; Group 2 (257 boxes) days; and Group 3 (186 boxes) days. In other words. Group 1 spends 78 per cent more time each season supervising approxi- mately the same number of irrigations than does Group 3. The same point of view is well illustrated under "Value per acre" classification. Group 1 spends days per acre; Group 2, days; Group 3, days. CPRAYINGâMuch progress has been ^ made during the past few years in appli- cation of sprays, combinations, dilutions, and timeliness. This is reflected in higher percentages of extra fancy fruit. The most striking introduction has been the use of the spray gun in place of the long, cumbersome spray rod. Greater efficiency in the use of labor and material has resulted. During nearly the entire period covered by this survey the three and one- ^â riiiiiiiritiiiiiirdiiniiiiiitiiiriiKiiiniit riiiiiiit itiiiiiiit iiiii iiiiiiiini':: I KAYSO DEALERS | I OREGON I = PORTLAND i I Ariss Campbell & Gault. 12 Front St. | 1 Hard{e Mfs. Co., 55 North Front St. = E Portland Seed Co. = = SALEM i I D. A. White & Son I = Oregon Growers' Co-operative Assn. I I DALLAS i = Guy Brothers Hardware Co. = I EUGENE I i Eugene Fruit Growers' Assn. i I SUTHERLIN | i McKay Brothers = i MEDFORD I I Monarch Seed & Feed Co. I = Farm Bureau Co-operative Exchange = I ASHLAND I = Ashland Fruit Growers' Assn. i I ROSEBURG I i Churchill Hardware Co. - I CORVALLIS I i Brownsville Canning Co. i I COTTAGE GROVE I i Knowlcs & Graber = I ALBANY I 1 Mu
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