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  ditions, 
  is 
  so 
  small 
  that 
  we 
  should 
  have 
  relatively 
  few 
  crossed 
  

   trees 
  growing 
  wild 
  in 
  Nature, 
  though 
  we 
  do 
  find 
  quite 
  a 
  good 
  

   many 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  If 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  taking 
  up 
  too 
  much 
  time, 
  I 
  

   would 
  like 
  to 
  put 
  some 
  more 
  questions 
  to 
  you. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  That's 
  what 
  we 
  are 
  here 
  for. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  Have 
  you 
  ever 
  tried 
  the 
  plan 
  of 
  serving 
  

   collations 
  to 
  squirrels 
  ? 
  Why 
  wouldn't 
  it 
  pay 
  to 
  give 
  them 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  wheat 
  and 
  corn 
  ? 
  Second, 
  what 
  percentage 
  of 
  the 
  oak 
  

   pollen 
  kept 
  in 
  cold 
  storage 
  a 
  month 
  was 
  alive 
  ? 
  Third, 
  what 
  

   is 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  time 
  that 
  the 
  hybridizer 
  has 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  pol- 
  

   linization 
  ? 
  Must 
  we 
  go 
  on 
  the 
  dot 
  or 
  have 
  we 
  two 
  days 
  or 
  

   four 
  days 
  or 
  a 
  week, 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  hickories 
  and 
  walnuts 
  ? 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  I 
  think 
  possibly 
  as 
  these 
  are 
  three 
  direct 
  

   questions, 
  I 
  might 
  answer 
  them 
  now. 
  No, 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  

   better 
  to 
  have 
  all 
  questions 
  bearing 
  on 
  this 
  subject 
  brought 
  out 
  

   and 
  then 
  I 
  will 
  answer 
  all 
  together. 
  So 
  if 
  you 
  will 
  kindly 
  ask 
  

   all 
  the 
  questions, 
  I 
  will 
  then 
  endeavor 
  to 
  answer 
  them. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Corsan: 
  The 
  squirrels 
  bothered 
  me 
  last 
  year. 
  I've 
  

   got 
  forty 
  acres 
  of 
  land 
  for 
  experimental 
  purposes 
  only 
  and 
  I 
  

   started 
  planting 
  and 
  the 
  little 
  beggars 
  would 
  dig 
  down 
  exactly 
  

   where 
  I 
  planted 
  the 
  nuts, 
  so 
  I 
  went 
  into 
  town 
  and 
  got 
  a 
  rat 
  

   trap 
  with 
  a 
  double 
  section 
  so 
  I 
  could 
  catch 
  them 
  alive; 
  and 
  

   I 
  caught 
  so 
  many 
  by 
  feeding 
  them 
  cheap 
  pignuts, 
  the 
  sweet 
  

   pignuts 
  from 
  Michigan, 
  that 
  I 
  brought 
  them 
  in 
  and 
  my 
  boys 
  

   sold 
  them 
  for 
  twenty-five 
  cents 
  apiece. 
  Since 
  then 
  we 
  have 
  

   never 
  been 
  bothered 
  with 
  red 
  squirrels. 
  For 
  the 
  white 
  footed 
  

   mice 
  I 
  laid 
  down 
  large 
  doors 
  over 
  some 
  hay 
  or 
  long 
  grass 
  and 
  

   they 
  gathered 
  underneath 
  and 
  then 
  I 
  lifted 
  the 
  doors 
  up 
  every 
  

   day 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  stick 
  I 
  smashed 
  hundreds 
  of 
  them. 
  I 
  have 
  

   posted 
  a 
  notice 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  skunk 
  and 
  mink 
  alone; 
  I 
  don't 
  

   want 
  anybody 
  on 
  the 
  place 
  shooting 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  I 
  will 
  first 
  answer 
  Professor 
  Smith's 
  ques- 
  

   tions. 
  This 
  matter 
  of 
  serving 
  collations 
  for 
  squirrels 
  had 
  best 
  

   be 
  done 
  as 
  collations 
  are 
  served 
  at 
  political 
  meetings 
  — 
  with 
  a 
  

   trap 
  attached. 
  You 
  don't 
  know 
  how 
  many 
  squirrels 
  there 
  are 
  

   in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  or 
  how 
  many 
  white 
  footed 
  mice. 
  You 
  will 
  be 
  

   surprised 
  at 
  the 
  numbers 
  of 
  the 
  little 
  rascals, 
  and 
  not 
  only 
  that, 
  

   but 
  the 
  field 
  mice, 
  the 
  common 
  field 
  mouse 
  and 
  pine 
  mouse 
  run 
  

   in 
  mole 
  holes 
  under 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  can 
  smell 
  a 
  nut 
  a 
  long 
  way 
  

   off. 
  They 
  are 
  extremely 
  destructive. 
  What 
  percentage 
  of 
  pollen 
  

   grains 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  oak 
  were 
  alive 
  ? 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know. 
  Enough 
  

  

  