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  The 
  science 
  of 
  mechanics 
  can 
  do 
  much 
  toward 
  making 
  an 
  attractive 
  

   place 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  dwell, 
  hut 
  after 
  all. 
  tlu^ 
  home 
  that 
  is 
  remembered 
  and 
  

   admired, 
  both 
  by 
  its 
  occupants 
  and 
  by 
  others, 
  is 
  the 
  home 
  surrounded 
  

   by 
  beautiful 
  trees 
  that 
  bring 
  forth 
  their 
  leaves 
  and 
  blossoms 
  and 
  fruit 
  

   to 
  please 
  the 
  eye 
  and 
  the 
  taste 
  and 
  temper 
  the 
  heat 
  of 
  summer. 
  These 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  bought 
  with 
  mere 
  money 
  nor 
  made 
  in 
  a 
  day, 
  but 
  when 
  placed 
  

   there 
  with 
  care 
  and 
  intelligence 
  come 
  forth 
  with 
  surprising 
  rapidity 
  and 
  

   beauty 
  and 
  not 
  only 
  add 
  manifold 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  home 
  and 
  farm, 
  but 
  be- 
  

   speak 
  for 
  some 
  one 
  a 
  standard 
  of 
  intelligence 
  and 
  nobility 
  that 
  is 
  better 
  

   than 
  great 
  riches; 
  for 
  he 
  who 
  plants 
  and 
  cares 
  for 
  a 
  tree 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  true, 
  

   the 
  beautiful 
  and 
  the 
  good. 
  

  

  President 
  ^lorris: 
  The 
  paper 
  is 
  now 
  open 
  for 
  discussion. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Lake: 
  I'd 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  a 
  question. 
  What 
  

   is 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  wood 
  of 
  those 
  large 
  growths 
  of 
  walnuts? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  When 
  I 
  observed 
  it 
  in 
  November, 
  it 
  was 
  ripening 
  

   off 
  very 
  nicel3^ 
  The 
  average 
  frost 
  period 
  for 
  that 
  latitude 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  

   twentieth 
  of 
  October, 
  and 
  we 
  had 
  had 
  quite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  very 
  hard 
  

   frosts. 
  — 
  in 
  f;ict. 
  there 
  had 
  been 
  some 
  ice. 
  It 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  injured. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Lake 
  : 
  That 
  is 
  remarkable. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  pictures 
  here 
  of 
  those, 
  taken 
  the 
  twentieth 
  

   of 
  June. 
  There 
  was 
  perhaps 
  three 
  feet 
  of 
  growth 
  at 
  that 
  time. 
  They 
  

   (iuit 
  growing 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  August 
  down 
  there, 
  and 
  to 
  that 
  I 
  at- 
  

   tribute 
  very 
  largely 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  wood 
  ripened 
  up. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  What 
  is 
  your 
  minimum 
  temperature? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  the 
  thermometer 
  ten 
  degrees 
  below 
  

   zero. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  the 
  Ohio 
  River 
  frozen 
  over 
  so 
  thick 
  that 
  for 
  a 
  month 
  

   at 
  Rockport 
  the 
  wagons 
  could 
  go 
  across 
  the 
  river 
  on 
  ice. 
  In 
  fact, 
  a 
  

   threshing 
  machine 
  was 
  hauled 
  over. 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  how 
  low 
  the 
  ther- 
  , 
  

   mometer 
  got. 
  I 
  imagine 
  it 
  went 
  lower 
  than 
  ten 
  degrees. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  it 
  lower 
  still 
  on 
  Persian 
  walnuts 
  and 
  

   pecans. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  early 
  starting 
  of 
  sap 
  in 
  spring 
  that 
  hurts 
  mine 
  most. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  The 
  pecans 
  differ 
  from 
  native 
  hickory. 
  The 
  native 
  

   hickories 
  in 
  that 
  section 
  opened 
  their 
  buds 
  and 
  began 
  to 
  show 
  strong 
  flow 
  

   of 
  sap 
  long 
  before 
  the 
  pecans 
  gave 
  any 
  indication 
  whatever. 
  Some 
  of 
  

   the 
  pecans 
  there 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  slow 
  about 
  starting 
  sap. 
  Very 
  few 
  

   pollinate 
  before 
  the 
  tenth 
  of 
  ^May. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  My 
  trees 
  had 
  to 
  stand 
  twenty-eight 
  degrees 
  one 
  

   night 
  only, 
  but 
  they 
  have 
  had 
  to 
  stand 
  twenty 
  sometimes, 
  and 
  frequently 
  

   several 
  degrees 
  below. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomeroy 
  : 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  ask 
  if 
  he 
  thinks 
  he 
  will 
  have 
  any 
  difficulty 
  

   in 
  transplanting 
  those 
  black 
  w^alnuts 
  seven 
  or 
  eight 
  years 
  old? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  : 
  That 
  suggests 
  a 
  very 
  painful 
  subject. 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  

  

  