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  the 
  ones 
  we 
  want 
  to 
  have 
  in 
  our 
  Association. 
  We 
  want 
  to 
  have 
  

   men 
  who 
  will 
  buy 
  four 
  trees, 
  and 
  if 
  they 
  do 
  well, 
  set 
  out 
  four 
  

   hundred 
  acres. 
  That 
  is 
  what 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  men 
  have 
  had 
  in 
  

   mind 
  in 
  buying 
  two, 
  four 
  or 
  six 
  trees 
  of 
  any 
  one 
  kind; 
  they 
  

   want 
  to 
  try 
  them 
  out. 
  That 
  is 
  the 
  wise 
  way, 
  the 
  conservative 
  

   way, 
  the 
  truly 
  progressive 
  way. 
  If 
  we 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  have 
  very 
  

   large 
  numbers 
  of 
  any 
  one 
  kind 
  of 
  chestnut 
  set 
  out, 
  we 
  must 
  make 
  

   a 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  dangers, 
  so 
  that 
  men 
  may 
  be 
  forewarned. 
  

   If 
  they 
  set 
  them 
  out 
  without 
  warning 
  and 
  are 
  disappointed, 
  

   they 
  drop 
  the 
  entire 
  subject 
  and 
  go 
  to 
  raising 
  corn 
  and 
  hogs; 
  

   and 
  then, 
  to 
  save 
  trouble, 
  turn 
  these 
  hogs 
  into 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  get 
  

   to 
  doing 
  things 
  in 
  the 
  easiest 
  way, 
  rather 
  than 
  carry 
  on 
  the 
  

   complicated 
  methods 
  of 
  agriculture 
  that 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  spirit 
  of 
  

   the 
  present 
  time. 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  know 
  if 
  many 
  efforts 
  are 
  be- 
  

   ing 
  made 
  toward 
  breeding 
  immune 
  kinds. 
  I 
  am 
  at 
  work 
  on 
  

   that 
  myself. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pierce: 
  Our 
  Commission 
  has 
  recently 
  gotten, 
  I 
  think, 
  

   about 
  fifty 
  pounds 
  of 
  Chinese 
  chestnuts 
  of 
  several 
  kinds, 
  which 
  

   they 
  expect 
  to 
  plant 
  for 
  experiment. 
  Besides 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  

   made 
  some 
  other 
  arrangements 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  know 
  very 
  little. 
  

   This 
  investigation 
  will 
  take 
  years. 
  The 
  Commission 
  has 
  been 
  

   compelled 
  to 
  devote 
  itself 
  to 
  so 
  many 
  lines 
  of 
  work 
  that 
  I 
  am 
  

   afraid 
  this 
  question 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  given 
  the 
  attention 
  it 
  might 
  

   have 
  had. 
  I 
  think 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  done 
  

   along 
  that 
  line. 
  

  

  Two 
  of 
  us 
  have 
  been 
  given 
  the 
  title 
  of 
  tree 
  surgeons, 
  and 
  

   we 
  work, 
  or 
  make 
  arrangements 
  to 
  have 
  someone 
  else 
  work, 
  

   sometimes 
  the 
  scout, 
  in 
  the 
  orchards 
  throughout 
  the 
  state. 
  I 
  

   have 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  two 
  hundred 
  owners 
  of 
  cultivated 
  chestnut 
  trees 
  

   that 
  I 
  got 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  month 
  from 
  various 
  sources. 
  Anyone 
  in 
  

   Pennsylvania 
  who 
  has 
  a 
  cultivated 
  chestnut 
  tree, 
  can 
  send 
  a 
  

   postal 
  card, 
  get 
  one 
  of 
  us 
  out 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  tree 
  and 
  see 
  whether 
  

   it 
  is 
  blighted, 
  and 
  we 
  will 
  demonstrate 
  what 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  

   way 
  of 
  treating 
  it. 
  I 
  have 
  done 
  that 
  right 
  along 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  

   two 
  months. 
  If 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  tree 
  I 
  cut 
  out 
  all 
  I 
  can 
  myself. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  distinct 
  questions; 
  first, 
  the 
  

   chestnut 
  as 
  a 
  food 
  tree, 
  and 
  second, 
  as 
  a 
  timber 
  tree. 
  Your 
  

   work 
  has 
  been 
  chiefly 
  with 
  the 
  chestnut 
  as 
  a 
  timber 
  tree 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pierce: 
  No, 
  mine 
  has 
  been 
  mostly 
  on 
  the 
  lawn, 
  so 
  that 
  

   it 
  is 
  for 
  nuts. 
  

  

  Experiments 
  made 
  on 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  Japanese 
  chest- 
  

   nuts 
  show 
  about 
  9 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  tannin; 
  the 
  tannin 
  in 
  the 
  Ameri- 
  

  

  