nk it pays. I do not thin the fruit while on the trees, but
think it would be an advantage. I have put stable litter in my orchard
two or three times during the last fifteen years, but do not think it
necessary; the land is rich enough without; would not advise its use on
all soils. I do not pasture my orchard; it is not advisable; it does not
pay. My trees are troubled with canker-worm, tent-caterpillar, bud moth,
and flathead borer. I do not spray. Always sell in the local market. I
do not dry any. I store some for winter use, in a cellar in boxes,
barrels, and bins. We have to repack stored apples before marketing.
Prices for winter apples have been from fifty to seventy-five cents.

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CHAS. VAIL, Colby, Thomas county: I have lived in Kansas twelve years;
have an apple orchard of 150 trees seven years old, from seven to eleven
feet. I plant my orchard to corn and potatoes for two or three years,
then nothing; use a common cultivator. Windbreaks are not essential. For
rabbits I use tar paper. I prune very little, and rub off young sprouts.
Can see no difference whether trees are in blocks of a kind or mixed
plantings. I do not fertilize my orchard; it is very injurious here. I
do not pasture my orchard. My trees are troubled with tobacco worms [?]
and grasshoppers. I do not spray. Do not irrigate.

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HUDSON BROS., Kanopolis, Ellsworth county: Have lived in Kansas
thirty-four years; have an apple orchard of fifty trees, six to thirty
years old, from four to eighteen inches in diameter. For commercial
purposes I prefer Ben Davis, Missouri Pippin, and Winesap, and for
family use would add Duchess of Oldenburg. I prefer sandy bottom land. I
plant three-year-old trees thirty feet apart each way, in well-plowed
land. I cultivate my orchard to corn or potatoes till the trees are ten
years old; sow rye in bearing orchard; mow in June, and then plow; never
have ceased cropping. Windbreaks are essential; would make them of
forest-trees planted in a belt around the orchard. I fertilize my
orchard with barn-yard litter; think it beneficial; would advise its
use to a certain extent on all soils. I pasture my orchard with hogs,
and think it advisable. My trees are troubled with flathead borers. I do
not spray.

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E. W. O'TOOLE, Collyer, Trego county: I have resided in Kansas nineteen
years. Have an apple orc