d and cull the apples. I have the cullers numbered,
so if any one puts up bad apples I can catch him. I use barrels for the
No. 1's; fill and press so they will not shake. I put them up in good
shape, and sell at wholesale to the first buyer that comes. I ship my
culls and second-grade apples to western Kansas and to Nebraska in cars
in bulk. I never send to commission men. I have never tried drying, or
storing apples for winter. For family use I put away some in barrels,
and keep the above varieties successfully. Prices, last year, two
dollars per barrel; a year ago, one dollar per barrel; two years ago,
$1.50 per barrel. I use any help I can get, paying seventy five cents
per day and board.

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J. B. AVERY, Clifton, Washington county: Have lived in Kansas
twenty-eight years; have an apple orchard of 1500 trees, from five to
fourteen years planted, three to fifteen inches in diameter. For
planting I prefer two-year-old whips. I cultivate my orchard to potatoes
or any hoed crop, when it is first planted; keep this up as long as the
roots and branches will admit. I have used a disc and common drag harrow
for the last three years. I plant my bearing orchard to clover. I prune
my trees with a pruning knife and saw when necessary. I fertilize my
orchard with thoroughly rotted stable litter. I think it beneficial and
would advise its use on all soils. I have pastured eight acres of my
orchard with calves; have not seen any injury. I sort my apples into
three classes--first, second, and culls. I sell my apples to neighbors,
restaurants, stores, etc. The culls I dry, make cider, feed to pigs,
and give away. Clifton is my best market; have never tried distant
markets. I store some in boxes, barrels and sacks in a cellar.

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T. S. ANDERSON, Oneida, Nemaha county: Have been in Kansas twenty-seven
years; have an orchard of 1000 trees fifteen years old, ten to eighteen
inches in diameter. Prefer for market Ben Davis and Winesap; for family
use, many kinds. Have discarded Rawle's Janet, Early Pennock,
Bellflower, and Russets. I prefer limestone soil; bottom land with
northern slope. I plant two-year-old, straight-bodied, thrifty looking,
live trees. I cultivate in corn, with riding plow, for six years, and
then seed to grass. I believe a windbreak is essential, and would make
it of Osage orange, maple, or cottonwood. I prevent rabbits and borers
by pa