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ORCHARDS. 



Mr. A. C. Hammond — Apple trees have as jet sustained no 

 injury from the extreme cold weather. 



Mr. T. F. Leeper — The sleet killed some of the peach buds, and 

 the cold of this month has taken what were left. We shall have no 

 peach crop this year. Sound apple trees are as yet in good con- 

 dition, and ray cherries are all right. I am having to guard against 

 the depredations of the rabbits. Some years the rabbits and field 

 mice do much more damage than others. The orchardist uiust be 

 vigilant and look to this. 



Secretary — Snow and steady cold weather drive these pests to 

 resort to our trees for shelter and feed. We should see to it that no 

 harbors for mice are left about the trunks of our trees. 



Mr. Leeper — Orchard land should never be ridged up about the 

 trees. It does the trees no good, is unsightly to the eye of all but 

 the mouse, and it just suits him. 



Mr. W. W, Chittenden — Feed your mice better ! Have you 

 any corn near them? 



Answer — Not this year. 



Mr. Hammond — When we have twenty degrees below zero, 

 and more, as we have recently had, the peach bud is destroyed, but 

 the cherry will stand moi-e. We still hope for favorable crops, 

 except the peach. 



Mr. Leeper — None of my berry bushes show any injury from 

 the cold. 



Mr. J. H. Emerson — T offer for examination a collection of cut- 

 tings of the apple, peach, grape, and smaller fruits. 



President H. D. Brown — My orchard is in good cultivation, 

 and my orchard trees in good shape, and yet T had no apples in 1887. 

 What is the cause? 



Mr. J. T. Johnson — As a rule, all orchards in our vicinity failed 

 in 1887. Entire failures were frequent, and to have any fruit was 

 the exception. This failure cannot be attributed to cultivation or 



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