apples
by hand. Never dry apples; it does not pay. Do not irrigate. Prices have
been fifty cents per bushel in the fall, and one dollar per bushel in
the winter.

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JOHN H. GOSCH, Norwich, Kingman county: I have lived in Kansas twenty
years. Have an apple orchard of 100 trees eighteen years old. I prefer a
bottom having dark soil. I plant two-year-old trees in large holes, well
watered. I cultivate my orchard shallow, and mulch, using a disc. Never
plant anything among the trees. Windbreaks are essential; would make
them of two or three rows of mulberries, on the north and south sides of
the orchard. I fertilize my orchard with stable litter, but do not put
it near the trees; think it beneficial, and would advise its use on all
southwestern Kansas soil. Am not bothered with insects. Do not spray.
Apples have been one dollar per bushel.

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L. W. LEACH, Kingman, Kingman county: I have lived in Kansas twenty
years. Have an apple orchard of about 300 trees, from fourteen to
eighteen years old. Those that do the best here are Red June, Maiden's
Blush, and Cooper's Early White.

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H. E. JESSEPH, Danville, Harper county: I have lived in Kansas
twenty-five years; have an apple orchard of 800 trees, 100 of them but
one year old and the other 700 are fourteen years old. For market I
prefer Missouri Pippin, Ben Davis, and Winesap, and for a family orchard
Grimes's Golden Pippin, Stark, and Cooper's Early White. Have tried and
discarded the Nonesuch. I prefer bottom land with a deep loam that goes
to water, with a north aspect. I prefer two-year-old trees set sixteen
feet apart. I plant my orchard to corn for about eight years, using a
disc harrow; and cease cropping at the end of that time. Windbreaks are
essential; I would make them of Osage orange, Russian mulberries, or
cottonwood, by planting all around the orchard, making it the heaviest
on the south side. For rabbits I wrap the young trees with corn-stalks,
and borers I dig out. I prune with pruning-shears and a chisel to
increase the fruit; I think it pays. I thin my fruit while on the trees
in June and July, and find it pays. My trees are in mixed plantings. I
do not fertilize my orchard, but would advise it on all soils. I do not
pasture my orchard; do not think it advisable; it does not pay. My trees
are troubled with flathead borer, and my fruit