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April 18, 1885
Evening Capital
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
What is this article about?
Article advises on manuring orchards without plowing to avoid damaging roots, recommending superficial cultivation, growing clover, and pasturing with sheep or hogs for natural fertilization, noting dogs hinder sheep keeping.
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FOR THE FARM AND HOME.
Manuring an Orchard.
Orchards require manuring. Of this there can be no doubt. Reason and experience both prove it. But how to manure an orchard is a question which has never received adequate thought or consideration. A plow should never be put into an orchard. It breaks the feeding roots of the trees, which lie near the surface, and does other damage. The cultivation should be wholly superficial. The harrow and cultivator only should be used and such crops grown as will not impoverish the soil and will help to add fertility to it. Clover is the best of all crops for this purpose. It should not be cut, but may be eaten off by the hogs or sheep, or left to fall down and decay upon the surface. Pasturing by sheep would be the best manuring of an orchard were it not that sheep keeping is well-nigh made impossible by the overwhelming number of useless dogs. - New York Times.
Manuring an Orchard.
Orchards require manuring. Of this there can be no doubt. Reason and experience both prove it. But how to manure an orchard is a question which has never received adequate thought or consideration. A plow should never be put into an orchard. It breaks the feeding roots of the trees, which lie near the surface, and does other damage. The cultivation should be wholly superficial. The harrow and cultivator only should be used and such crops grown as will not impoverish the soil and will help to add fertility to it. Clover is the best of all crops for this purpose. It should not be cut, but may be eaten off by the hogs or sheep, or left to fall down and decay upon the surface. Pasturing by sheep would be the best manuring of an orchard were it not that sheep keeping is well-nigh made impossible by the overwhelming number of useless dogs. - New York Times.
What sub-type of article is it?
Agricultural Advice
What keywords are associated?
Orchard Manuring
Clover Crop
Sheep Pasturing
Farming Advice
Soil Fertility
Story Details
Story Details
Orchards need manuring without plowing to protect roots; use superficial cultivation, grow clover for fertility, pasture with sheep or hogs, but dogs prevent sheep keeping.