no AGRICUI^TURE OF MAINE, 



with a load of berries. He has been on the road half the 

 night, perhaps. Tired, anxious to get back home, knowing 

 nothing of the market conditions he scatters his load over the 

 town. Would not some organized selling place be better for 

 him? 



I have no favor for trusts. I am not talking about any trust 

 company combined for selfish ends and greed of money, but 

 true co-operation, pure and simple, that welcomes sincere com- 

 petition and recognizes in each man who produces, the inherent 

 or divine right to a just proportion of the price paid for that 

 product in the market. Go into the creamery just over the hill. 

 Notice what they are doing there. Set in motion a fruit pack- 

 ing and selling plant here in one of these two cities, and before 

 long, in addition to its first and particular product, will be 

 coming from inside its walls more by-products than can possibly 

 come from any creamery in the world. 



Organizations of some sort are springing up the country 

 over. Can anyone give a good and sufficient reason why the 

 fruit growers in this state or county, or town even, should not 

 combine and co-operate. Let's do it. 



PRUNING. 



Hon. George T. PowelIv : A number of questions have been 

 asked this morning in regard to the proper pruning of trees. 

 I was asked if I would give some illustrations as to how a tree 

 should be pruned. 



The question of pruning is a very important one. From the 

 beginning, when you purchase your trees, they should be put 

 in the proper shape for planting. That means that the roots 

 should first of all be pruned. All the roots should be cut back 

 at least one-third of their length, no matter what the size of 

 the tree is. One-third of the roots should come off whether it 

 is a large tree or a small one. That will be a very good propo- 

 sition for the root system of the tree. Now it is very important 

 in receiving a lot of trees that they be not exposed to the wind 

 or the sunshine, because these delicate, fine roots are very soon 

 destroyed by exposure. Hence let this work of preparing the 

 roots be done under cover, in a shed or somewhere out of the 

 wind and sun. 



