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  as 
  it 
  strikes 
  the 
  permanent 
  water-table; 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  that's 
  the 
  

   reason 
  they 
  produce 
  such 
  enormous 
  quantities 
  of 
  pecans 
  in 
  that 
  

   county. 
  In 
  bottomless, 
  sandy 
  land 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  clay 
  the 
  

   root 
  keeps 
  on 
  going 
  down 
  till 
  it 
  finds 
  the 
  permanent 
  water-table, 
  

   even 
  if 
  that 
  is 
  six 
  or 
  eight 
  or 
  ten 
  feet 
  down. 
  These 
  roots, 
  as 
  

   you 
  see, 
  were 
  going 
  right 
  down 
  to 
  China 
  to 
  look 
  at 
  that 
  king 
  

   on 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  if 
  they 
  got 
  a 
  chance. 
  It's 
  the 
  same 
  with 
  the 
  

   long 
  leaf 
  pine. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  tap-root 
  below 
  ground 
  thicker 
  than 
  

   the 
  trunk 
  above 
  ground. 
  The 
  reason 
  is 
  that 
  it 
  grows 
  naturally 
  

   on 
  those 
  bottomless 
  places; 
  the 
  root 
  goes 
  down 
  till 
  it 
  strikes 
  

   water, 
  then 
  runs 
  off 
  laterally. 
  If 
  you 
  cut 
  the 
  roots 
  they 
  are 
  

   bound 
  to 
  make 
  new 
  tap-roots. 
  You 
  can 
  see 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  

   they 
  have 
  been 
  cut 
  and 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  one 
  tap-root 
  you 
  have 
  two, 
  

   going 
  right 
  down 
  into 
  that 
  sandy 
  soil 
  till 
  they 
  find 
  a 
  water-table. 
  

   I 
  believe 
  that 
  a 
  nurseryman 
  who 
  will 
  cut 
  off 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  pecan 
  

   tree 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  transplanted, 
  will 
  cause 
  it 
  to 
  form 
  more 
  lateral 
  

   roots 
  and 
  make 
  a 
  better 
  tree. 
  There's 
  a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  vigorous 
  

   roots 
  in 
  this 
  tree 
  than 
  in 
  this, 
  and 
  this 
  tree 
  whose 
  root 
  has 
  been 
  

   cut 
  off 
  will 
  make 
  a 
  tree 
  much 
  easier 
  to 
  transplant 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  

   a 
  better 
  tree 
  than 
  those 
  with 
  great 
  thick 
  roots 
  without 
  the 
  fibers 
  

   that 
  have 
  the 
  root 
  hairs 
  upon 
  them. 
  

  

  A 
  member: 
  You 
  wouldn't 
  recommend 
  cutting 
  back 
  that 
  tap- 
  

   root 
  too 
  severely, 
  would 
  you 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hutt: 
  In 
  planting 
  a 
  tree 
  of 
  this 
  kind, 
  I'd 
  cut 
  off 
  a 
  foot 
  

   or 
  18 
  inches. 
  If 
  you 
  get 
  about 
  24 
  inches 
  in 
  a 
  specially 
  good 
  soil, 
  

   or 
  about 
  30 
  inches 
  of 
  root 
  ordinarily 
  that's 
  all 
  you 
  want. 
  

  

  A 
  member: 
  I 
  should 
  think 
  that 
  would 
  depend 
  quite 
  a 
  little 
  

   on 
  the 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  water-table. 
  If 
  you 
  were 
  planting 
  on 
  land 
  

   where 
  the 
  water-table 
  is 
  low, 
  you 
  would 
  leave 
  more 
  tap-root 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hutt: 
  Yes. 
  

  

  A 
  member: 
  That 
  was 
  the 
  reason 
  I 
  brought 
  up 
  the 
  point, 
  

   because 
  I 
  think 
  cutting 
  so 
  short 
  would 
  be 
  too 
  severe. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hutt: 
  The 
  cambium 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  that 
  

   maintains 
  growth. 
  Every 
  wound 
  kills 
  the 
  cambium 
  to 
  a 
  cer- 
  

   tain 
  extent, 
  so 
  I 
  always 
  cut 
  off 
  roots 
  of 
  any 
  size 
  with 
  sharp 
  

   shears 
  as 
  smoothly 
  as 
  possible. 
  I 
  cut 
  far 
  enough 
  back 
  to 
  find 
  

   good, 
  fresh, 
  living 
  tissue. 
  In 
  moist 
  soil 
  that 
  will 
  callous 
  over. 
  

   In 
  the 
  South 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  moist 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  growing 
  conditions 
  

   in 
  the 
  winter 
  time, 
  so 
  it 
  will 
  callous 
  over 
  during 
  the 
  winter. 
  

   In 
  the 
  North, 
  I 
  understand, 
  you 
  make 
  a 
  practice 
  of 
  planting 
  in 
  

   the 
  spring, 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  weather 
  conditions. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Harris: 
  In 
  Western 
  Maryland 
  we 
  have 
  in 
  the 
  moun- 
  

  

  