ever be overloaded; I
think it would pay. I fertilize my orchard from the sheep corral; it
keeps the ground moist and is food for the trees. Would not advise its
use on bottom land, as the growth would be too rapid. I pasture my
orchard with hogs, but do not think it advisable; it does not pay. My
trees are troubled with grasshoppers and flathead borers. I dig borers
out in the spring, then wash the tree with strong soap-suds, which I
think eradicates all lice and insects that may be in the bark of the
tree; it gives the tree a hearty, vigorous growth. I do not irrigate,
but cultivate instead.

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J. R. CALDWELL, Oberlin, Decatur county: I have lived in Kansas thirteen
years. Have an apple orchard of 110 trees, thirteen years old, six
inches in diameter. For fall or winter market I prefer Winesap, Ben
Davis, and Jonathan, and for summer, Cooper's Early White, Maiden's
Blush, Red June, Winesap, Ben Davis, and Jonathan. Have tried and
discarded Rawle's Janet; it is not a good bearer in this locality. I
prefer upland, with a deep, rich loam, and an eastern slope. I prefer
three-year-old trees, with lengthy bodies and not much top, set in holes
dug three by three, one and one-half to two feet deep; fill the bottom
with some of the same dirt. I cultivate my orchard to corn and potatoes
ten or twelve years, using a cultivator and stirring plow; cease
cropping after ten or twelve years. Windbreaks are essential; would make
them of forest-trees, by planting or transplanting them. For rabbits I
wrap the trees with corn-stalks. I prune to keep the limbs from rubbing;
for any other reason it does not pay. I do not thin the fruit while on
the trees. My trees are planted in rows. I fertilize my orchard with
barn-yard litter; think it beneficial, and that it would be good for all
soils. I do not pasture my orchard; it is not advisable, and does not
pay. My trees are troubled with flathead borer and tent-caterpillar, and
my apples with codling-moth. I do not spray. I hand-pick my apples and
sell them in our home market. I do not dry or store any. Do not
irrigate. Price has been one dollar per bushel. Dried apples have been
from five to six cents per pound.

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B. F. CAMPBELL, St. Francis, Cheyenne county: I have lived in Kansas
since 1885. Have an apple orchard of 200 trees, from two to seven years
planted. I prefer bottom land, subirrigated, that is san