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  will 
  inspect 
  the 
  trunk 
  and 
  another 
  one 
  the 
  top. 
  In 
  each 
  section 
  

   I 
  can 
  show 
  you 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  gone. 
  I 
  can 
  show 
  you 
  how 
  

   many 
  trees 
  are 
  in 
  each 
  section 
  and 
  how 
  many 
  affected 
  trees 
  

   three 
  are 
  in 
  that 
  section, 
  or 
  whether 
  there 
  are 
  any 
  or 
  not. 
  I 
  

   say 
  I 
  can 
  control 
  it 
  easier 
  than 
  I 
  can 
  control 
  scale 
  and 
  with 
  less 
  

   expense 
  and 
  I 
  want 
  that 
  to 
  go 
  on 
  record. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  question 
  

   about 
  it. 
  It 
  can 
  be 
  seen 
  at 
  my 
  place. 
  I 
  go 
  over 
  my 
  groves 
  

   about 
  four 
  times 
  a 
  year 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  doing 
  it 
  all 
  the 
  time, 
  and 
  

   I 
  don't 
  doubt 
  but 
  that 
  I 
  discovered 
  this 
  disease 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  any- 
  

   body 
  in 
  the 
  state, 
  perhaps, 
  in 
  1902. 
  I 
  was 
  looking 
  around 
  to 
  

   cut 
  scions 
  and 
  I 
  saw 
  one 
  tree 
  whose 
  center 
  was 
  dead 
  and 
  around 
  

   it 
  were 
  the 
  finest 
  shoots 
  almost 
  that 
  I 
  had 
  ever 
  seen 
  for 
  graft- 
  

   ing 
  purposes. 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  it 
  and 
  saw 
  the 
  center 
  was 
  dead. 
  I 
  cut 
  

   some 
  scions 
  and 
  today 
  that 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  trees 
  I've 
  got 
  

   on 
  my 
  place. 
  From 
  what 
  I 
  know 
  now 
  that 
  was 
  a 
  blighted 
  tree. 
  

  

  A 
  member: 
  Did 
  you 
  paint 
  over 
  the 
  scars 
  ? 
  

  

  Col. 
  Sober: 
  No 
  sir, 
  but 
  we 
  are 
  doing 
  it 
  now, 
  using 
  white 
  

   lead. 
  

  

  A 
  member: 
  How 
  much 
  blight 
  is 
  there 
  around 
  you 
  ? 
  

  

  Col. 
  Sober: 
  I 
  am 
  surrounded 
  with 
  it 
  on 
  all 
  sides. 
  Right 
  up 
  

   against 
  my 
  groves 
  about 
  17 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  are 
  affected. 
  

   That 
  is 
  the 
  report 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  parties 
  inspecting 
  now 
  for 
  

   the 
  Blight 
  Commission. 
  I 
  shipped 
  Mr. 
  Mayo 
  about 
  four 
  or 
  

   five 
  thousand 
  trees 
  this 
  fall. 
  I 
  don't 
  suppose 
  there 
  were 
  a 
  dozen 
  

   that 
  were 
  thrown 
  out, 
  thinking 
  they 
  were 
  blighted 
  or 
  diseased. 
  

   We 
  have 
  records 
  of 
  all 
  that 
  up 
  at 
  my 
  place. 
  There 
  are 
  some 
  

   trees 
  right 
  here 
  now 
  that 
  came 
  from 
  my 
  nursery. 
  I 
  wish 
  you 
  

   gentlemen 
  could 
  just 
  see 
  for 
  yourselves; 
  come 
  out 
  and 
  see. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  In 
  advancing 
  this 
  chestnut 
  on 
  a 
  commer- 
  

   cial 
  basis 
  it 
  had 
  better 
  be 
  stated 
  that 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  blight 
  as 
  badly 
  

   as 
  the 
  American 
  chestnut 
  and 
  that 
  when 
  blighted 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  

   cared 
  for 
  with 
  less 
  cost 
  than 
  the 
  apple 
  tree. 
  I 
  would 
  suggest 
  

   that 
  some 
  such 
  notice 
  be 
  sent 
  out 
  with 
  commercial 
  stock. 
  That 
  

   would 
  put 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  basis 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  chestnut 
  would 
  find 
  

   its 
  position, 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  finding 
  now 
  because 
  the 
  people 
  are 
  

   full 
  of 
  the 
  blight; 
  and 
  if 
  a 
  frank, 
  full 
  statement 
  of 
  this 
  sort 
  

   were 
  made 
  I 
  believe 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  extremely 
  important. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rockey: 
  I 
  went 
  through 
  practically 
  the 
  whole 
  extent 
  

   of 
  Mr. 
  Sober's 
  orchard 
  recently 
  and 
  found 
  one 
  infected 
  tree. 
  

   I 
  can 
  vouch 
  for 
  the 
  statement 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  made 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  almost 
  

   surrounded 
  by 
  blight. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  I 
  have 
  given 
  attention 
  to 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  my 
  

  

  