258 iBOAED OF AGKICULTURE. 



Member: There are importers in New York— importers of potash. 



Professor Huston: But they sell it to the mixers, and thej^ in turn 

 sell it to us. 



Member: One has a right to buy from importers in New York, and 

 use it, hasn't he? 



Professor Huston: No, you have not; not if the prosecuting attorney 

 of the county catches you at it, or with it. 



Member: Isn't it possible to buy material in carload lots, of guaran- 

 teed analysis? 



Professor Huston: Yes; but it must be the State's analysis, not the 

 manufacturer's analysis. The manufacturer's analysis may vary from 

 the State's analysis two hundi-ed per cent, of the total value of the goods. 

 If the State says it is guaranteed to be one per cent., it has got to be 

 one per cent.; if the State says it is three per cent., it has got to be 

 three per cent. If the guaranty reads from one to three per cent., which 

 is the manufacturer's form of guaranty, it means it is only one per cent. 

 The State says it must be made definite, and the drug must be what the 

 guaranty says it is. When you get it with the Government's guaranty 

 on, you know what you are getting. 



Member: I would like to ask Professor Huston a question. I have 

 three hundred bushels of ashes. My orchard has been sowed to oats. I 

 want to know if it is safe or wise for me to apply the ashes now, or 

 if it would be better to wait until spring, before I apply it to the orchard? 



Professor Huston: What kind of ground have you? 



Member: Gravel and loam. 



Professor Huston: I think I would put the ashes on in the fall, to 

 get the best results, if your orchard does not bear very well; when you 

 have the effect of the ashes, if you will apply the soluble phosphate later, 

 you will get the effect of that. 



President Hobbs: This is a very interesting subject, but we must 

 pass to the next for want of time to discuss it further. The next topic 

 is a very interesting one, to be treated bj^ a gentleman very capable of 

 presenting it to us— the Hon. Charles W. Garfield, of Grand Rapids, Mich- 

 igan. His subject is, "Forestry— Its Relation to Fruit Growing." I have 

 the pleasui'e of introducing to you Hon. Charles W. Garfield. 



Mr. Garfield spoke as follows: 



When I came over here today from Vicksburg, I sat behind a couple 

 of ladies, and the window was up. It was rather warm in the car, and the 



