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  it 
  seemed 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  going 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  great 
  degree 
  of 
  sueeess. 
  I 
  budded 
  

   them 
  all 
  upon 
  the 
  limbs 
  where 
  the 
  bark 
  was 
  thinner, 
  and 
  tied 
  the 
  bud 
  

   in 
  with 
  waxed 
  cloth 
  very 
  tightly 
  ; 
  and 
  by 
  absorption 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  

   buds 
  lived 
  a 
  week 
  or 
  ten 
  days. 
  After 
  that, 
  there 
  was 
  perhaps 
  a 
  third 
  

   of 
  theui 
  alive. 
  For 
  the 
  next 
  two 
  weeks, 
  we 
  could 
  find 
  an 
  occasional 
  bud 
  

   that 
  remained 
  green, 
  and 
  then 
  the 
  number 
  became 
  so 
  very 
  small 
  that 
  I 
  

   gave 
  up 
  the 
  idea 
  that 
  any 
  would 
  live. 
  But 
  this 
  spring 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  few 
  

   of 
  these 
  had 
  started 
  to 
  grow, 
  but 
  I 
  had 
  tied 
  them 
  so 
  very 
  tightly 
  that 
  in 
  

   .some 
  instances 
  where 
  there 
  had 
  been 
  a 
  growth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  or 
  two. 
  the 
  

   bud 
  part 
  had 
  been 
  cut 
  in 
  two. 
  Then 
  I 
  undertook 
  it 
  on 
  a 
  much 
  smaller 
  

   scale. 
  I 
  cut 
  back 
  eight 
  or 
  ten 
  small 
  hickory 
  trees 
  three 
  to 
  four 
  inches 
  in 
  

   diameter, 
  let 
  them 
  throw 
  up 
  water 
  sprouts, 
  and 
  budded 
  into 
  these. 
  The 
  

   bud 
  wood 
  I 
  used 
  stuck 
  very 
  tight, 
  and 
  I 
  examined 
  the 
  buds 
  in 
  Novem- 
  

   ber, 
  and 
  there 
  were 
  quite 
  a 
  number 
  alive 
  of 
  the 
  Greenriver 
  and 
  Hunt- 
  

   ington 
  varieties 
  of 
  pecan. 
  Whether 
  they 
  will 
  grow 
  finally 
  remains 
  to 
  

   be 
  seen. 
  

  

  (A 
  discussion 
  then 
  occurred 
  as 
  to 
  holding 
  the 
  afternoon 
  session 
  

   and 
  it 
  was 
  decided 
  to 
  continue 
  the 
  business 
  during 
  the 
  afternoon, 
  in- 
  

   stead 
  of 
  visiting 
  the 
  Campus.) 
  

  

  President 
  ^Morris 
  : 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  comment 
  on 
  one 
  point 
  made 
  by 
  

   ^Ir. 
  Littlepage. 
  He 
  has 
  given 
  us 
  perhaps 
  the 
  reason 
  why 
  pecans 
  die 
  

   back 
  when 
  grafted 
  upon 
  other 
  stocks. 
  ^Nlr. 
  Reed, 
  that 
  is 
  an 
  extremely 
  

   important 
  point. 
  He 
  has 
  shown 
  that 
  the 
  pecan 
  grows 
  so 
  much 
  more 
  

   rapidly 
  than 
  other 
  hickories 
  that 
  when 
  it 
  has 
  arrived 
  at 
  a 
  proportion 
  to 
  

   be 
  supported 
  by 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  hickory, 
  it 
  then 
  ceases 
  bearing 
  

   because 
  all 
  the 
  energj^ 
  is 
  required 
  for 
  maintaining 
  this 
  new 
  pecan 
  top 
  

   that 
  tries 
  to 
  grow 
  faster 
  than 
  the 
  hickory, 
  if 
  that 
  is 
  my 
  understanding 
  

   of 
  this 
  point. 
  

  

  ^lay 
  Ave 
  not 
  graft 
  freely 
  back 
  and 
  forth 
  hickories 
  of 
  kinds 
  which 
  

   have 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  rate 
  of 
  growth, 
  and 
  may 
  we 
  not 
  graft 
  other 
  kinds 
  

   of 
  hickories 
  upon 
  pecan 
  stock, 
  for 
  we 
  don't 
  care 
  how 
  much 
  nourish- 
  

   ment 
  is 
  given 
  to 
  a 
  fine 
  young 
  shagbark? 
  

  

  !Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  That 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  point. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  I 
  am 
  very 
  glad 
  ^Nlr. 
  Reed 
  brought 
  up 
  that 
  point. 
  

   It 
  is 
  going 
  to 
  save 
  thousands 
  of 
  dollars 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  fact 
  recognized 
  in 
  time, 
  

   because 
  many 
  would 
  go 
  to 
  putting 
  pecans 
  upon 
  other 
  hickories. 
  We 
  

   may 
  learn 
  that 
  certain 
  kinds 
  of 
  hickories 
  can 
  be 
  grafted 
  to 
  advantage 
  

   upon 
  other 
  stock, 
  however. 
  

  

  ^Ir. 
  Reed 
  : 
  There 
  is 
  another 
  point 
  right 
  there 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  have 
  

   your 
  views 
  on. 
  and 
  that 
  is, 
  the 
  smaller 
  the 
  hickory 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  

   pecan 
  is 
  grafted 
  on 
  it. 
  the 
  greater 
  will 
  be 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  pecan 
  on 
  

   the 
  hickory. 
  

  

  