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  tains 
  a 
  deep, 
  sandy 
  soil; 
  there 
  doesn't 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  any 
  water 
  

   bottom 
  to 
  it; 
  what 
  would 
  the 
  tap-root 
  do 
  in 
  that 
  case 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hutt: 
  It 
  will 
  go 
  down 
  until 
  it 
  finds 
  what 
  it 
  wants, 
  

   finds 
  sufficient 
  moisture. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Harris: 
  Gravelly 
  bottom 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hutt: 
  If 
  you 
  have 
  ever 
  seen 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  a 
  long 
  leaf 
  

   pine, 
  you've 
  seen 
  where 
  the 
  roots 
  go 
  to 
  when 
  they 
  get 
  a 
  chance. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  Dr. 
  Deming 
  if 
  he 
  would 
  

   give 
  us 
  his 
  experience 
  in 
  propagating 
  the 
  walnut 
  and 
  hickory 
  ? 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Deming: 
  A 
  very 
  important 
  thing 
  indeed 
  for 
  us 
  nut 
  

   growers 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  is 
  to 
  learn 
  how 
  to 
  propagate. 
  Dr. 
  Morris 
  

   has 
  had 
  some 
  success; 
  I 
  haven't 
  had 
  any. 
  I 
  have 
  tried 
  it 
  sum- 
  

   mer 
  and 
  spring, 
  year 
  after 
  year. 
  I 
  believe 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  pieces 
  

   of 
  bark, 
  without 
  buds, 
  still 
  growing. 
  Chestnuts 
  I 
  haven't 
  found 
  

   very 
  difficult, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  walnut 
  and 
  hickory 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  no 
  

   success 
  whatever, 
  although 
  I 
  have 
  practiced 
  the 
  best 
  technique 
  

   I 
  could 
  master. 
  I 
  think 
  one 
  reason 
  why 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  no 
  success 
  

   is 
  that 
  I 
  haven't 
  had 
  good 
  material. 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  good 
  stocks, 
  

   but 
  I 
  haven't 
  had 
  good 
  scions, 
  not 
  the 
  sort 
  of 
  scion 
  that 
  the 
  

   successful 
  southern 
  nurserymen 
  use. 
  Still, 
  Dr. 
  Morris 
  has 
  had 
  suc- 
  

   cess 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  kind 
  of 
  material 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  failed 
  with. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  Not 
  very 
  much 
  success. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  Dr. 
  Deming 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  land 
  ought 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  

   too 
  dry 
  nor 
  too 
  wet. 
  Would 
  you 
  feel 
  like 
  saying 
  that 
  a 
  water- 
  

   table 
  at 
  24 
  inches 
  was 
  neither 
  too 
  low 
  nor 
  too 
  high 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hutt: 
  It 
  depends 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  on 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  soil, 
  

   the 
  water-pulling 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  soil. 
  Take 
  a 
  soil 
  like 
  that 
  I 
  

   mentioned, 
  in 
  Hyde 
  County, 
  near 
  the 
  ocean; 
  you 
  can 
  see 
  it 
  

   quake 
  all 
  around 
  you. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  But 
  would 
  you 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  northern 
  nut 
  grower 
  

   might 
  safely 
  put 
  his 
  orchard 
  on 
  soil 
  that 
  had 
  a^ 
  water-table 
  

   within 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  surface 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hutt: 
  I 
  could 
  tell 
  if 
  I 
  saw 
  that 
  soil. 
  If 
  it 
  is 
  craw-fishy, 
  

   or 
  soil 
  that 
  is 
  ill-drained 
  or 
  won't 
  carry 
  ordinary 
  crops, 
  I'd 
  say 
  

   keep 
  off 
  of 
  it, 
  but 
  if 
  it 
  will 
  bear 
  ordinary 
  crops 
  it's 
  all 
  right; 
  

   in 
  some 
  cases 
  where 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  very 
  rich 
  the 
  plant 
  does 
  not 
  need 
  

   to 
  go 
  down 
  into 
  that 
  soil 
  anything 
  like 
  the 
  depth 
  it 
  would 
  in 
  

   a 
  poor 
  soil. 
  The 
  poorer 
  the 
  soil 
  the 
  further 
  the 
  roots 
  have 
  to 
  

   go 
  to 
  find 
  nourishment. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  is 
  an 
  extremely 
  exceptional 
  case 
  

   in 
  relation 
  to 
  northern 
  nuts. 
  There 
  is 
  very 
  little 
  such 
  North 
  

   Carolina 
  land 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  if 
  I 
  judge 
  right. 
  

  

  