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had not been used, and if the results prove in the future as they 

 have in the past, I shall feel that the problem is solved that you 

 can grow hay and fruit to good advantage in the same orchard, 

 and you can enjoy more religion in sorting up the fruit. Why it 

 was just fun to sort those big fellows into the barrels. 



Mr. Archibald, the man who bought my fruit, said that during 

 his four years' experience in buying and packing apples, he had 

 never sorted up Baldwins that averaged as large as mine did this 

 season, where I used the chemicals. 



What the results will be in the future, in different soils and 

 changed conditions, or what the effect will be on the trees, I will 

 not venture to predict. The seasons have a great influence on 

 almost everything that grows. The two past ones will go into 

 history as the coldest and most freaky of any that we have 

 known. Noted for their average low temperatures, the failure 

 of the corn crop, little pumpkins, big potatoes, with a tremend- 

 ous fruit crop for the odd year. 



These may have had an influence one way or another, in the 

 use of chemicals. But I do know that they have done all for me 

 that I claim, and my faith in them is so strong that I shall use 

 more of them next season than ever, and would recommend to 

 all those interested in fruit growing, to try them in a small way 

 at first and studv the results. 



^Ir. Gilbert: While the author of the paper is unable to 

 respond to any questions it may not be out of place to say that we 

 have here present with us "the other fellow" who was likely to or 

 had been beating Mr. Dawes and by whom ^Ir. Dawes himself 

 did not like to be ''downed" and as a matter of endorsement of 

 what he has given to you I will call upon Mr. Breed. 



Mr. W. O. Breed : I came into the State of Maine two years, 

 ago last spring and bought a farm that was a tough proposition, 

 I assure you, especially the orchard end of it. The farm had 

 been running down for years. The apple crop — well, I got the 

 first season that I was there, 75 barrels off from about 1400 trees, 

 and you can imagine how much of a crop it was compared with 

 what it ought to have been. The orchard was a rugged, rocky 

 pasture. The former owner said there were 300,000 feet of first 

 class pine on the farm. The logging pines on the farm were all 

 inside of a half acre, but I concluded I got my 300,000 feet of 

 pine in lineal feet instead of board measure because the orchard 



