THE CULTIVATION OF THE ORCHARD.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 97, 16 December 1904, Page 5

THE CULTIVATION OF THE ORCHARD.

The ideal orchard is kept free from all vegetation, and the surface soil cultivated frequently enough to keep it in a loo.se, porous condition. Weeds are not allowed to grow, and the prouDd is kept shaded and cool by *■■ nvu'-c ; ci\ :er of the soil itself or the annual deposit from the trees left to decay. 'The trje a; .:er it lias k'rowu to iiny size will furai^h shad*}. Some* farmers utilize the i r Qi-chard3 by planting root crops between the trees. The cultivation of ihcej -.viil kaep down the weeds and keep tho ground leoso at the surface. Whe.ro tee tiees ara large r-.na Close together soui? crop that will p.e-jil but little ten rif; should V 3 put ir. ''oi^peas will b9 of erefi :t, tbo soU, and 7i) x furnish aa abu.iJ >.n r e of ;x rj'seand ■'{■»•:• I for the fowls, '. ' the;/ are ; Llowed i-> -vn in tin erom.rd. Btsioe this, tho ••trcki.ns will dest:-- y ar-iny .'tiMeis that •-id injurious to >h9 and fruit. Tii'^re is no bet^ i -r crop thuu clove.:, t^io Crloifor vaiitry. The ocjts ?:eej> t)io soil in. coaoifcioa and ud nitrogen to it. T/e he-iry iin^u-'il i^voji*" or' leaves? 'inc. s'oms ait^i f-"J * ■ai'.icb, while the hrjftvy of tlie )],'-ni3 .-hado the g-.oaad and iie.vp it cooL. V-: to the Labour ir.vo]vec!, bhia crop will .10 ;d \jo atte-ntiov . exoe-jt plon^hin^" np : -jncl reseeding evory t'-iir.l or fourth jear. BUEEDoa a:;d cark or houses. TLo first thnig of irjpi'i XiE^e is *"0 have ■;ho I'ght kiud of stoc;: 'rcra wiik'-c to oi-dfd. If yon am thiuiing o: taraia,-^ your attention to breeding h -vste, jou should inform yourself as thoroughly »3 possible concerning tho requirements of the markot upon which you mu«t depend when you hg^e anything to a^ll. This will differ in different localities in ordinary times, but recencly in these colonies ther« has? been an nDuaual demand for horses suifcabl« f.»r military purposos, which has no doubt nearly wxhAusted, for < -.ho tvmo being, that particular ola^s of animal. There are always dome saotions of the country in which the majority of the horses rained are of the •l-avy draught kind In oth«r sections tho coach horse will ><c frequently found, wine iv still different sections the lighter w eights suite! to light driving will be round to pet dominate. This if mentioned bfoausa it is foucd advantageous for any parf.ioular section to work as nearly as possible alofig the same lines If you f.re living iw a commuaity which has a reputation for producing a superior quality of heavy draught horses, dealers who handle tV-at kind of stock will know where yon are, *nJ when your heavy horses are raadv for -u-xtket you wit I have uo trouble to diJd a purchaser. (>D the o' bar hand if, in such a community, you have a, lights weight rosd«ter to soil, you must depend upon disposing of him to some one else of your own community. Another thing ia your own individual taste. All other things being equal, the stockman will always succeed best with, the kind of stock he likes best ; and as most farmers who rais9 horses to sell must depend on I<.">iii£ much of their faim work with the young animals that ;ir«? ot ye fc sufficiently developed fco place noon the ma.kefc, it is especially important that then »\ra tastes are satisfied as nearly as the character of the market they depend on will permit. Never rai3e stock irom either sire or dam that i<s unsound, i-.nlesd, as is sometimes the case, tr-a uusoiindr<w3 results from accident, and therefore not com- itutional. In selecting brood mares, see first of all that they are sound, and to tl»i> add good disposition. The size riant be governed by the purpose for tMcI tie st >ck raised is intended. Seleut animals of good form and style.