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  We 
  don't 
  plant 
  nut-growing 
  orchards 
  up 
  here 
  in 
  peaty 
  soils, 
  

   so 
  Dr. 
  Deming's 
  recommendation 
  was 
  rather 
  for 
  very 
  good 
  

   agricultural 
  soil. 
  A 
  water-table 
  here 
  must 
  be 
  eight 
  or 
  ten 
  feet 
  

   deep; 
  in 
  that 
  event, 
  it 
  would 
  not 
  -make 
  any 
  difference 
  whether 
  

   you 
  left 
  three 
  feet 
  of 
  tap-root 
  or 
  15 
  inches. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hutt: 
  No. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  In 
  the 
  soils 
  of 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  New 
  England, 
  

   a 
  tree 
  would 
  have 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  root 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  hundred 
  feet 
  

   deep 
  to 
  get 
  to 
  flowing 
  water, 
  but 
  nevertheless 
  trees 
  flourish 
  

   there. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lake: 
  But 
  the 
  capillarity 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  provides 
  water 
  

   for 
  the 
  tree 
  above 
  the 
  water-table. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Corsan: 
  It 
  all 
  depends 
  on 
  the 
  kind 
  of 
  nut. 
  At 
  St. 
  

   Geneva 
  I 
  came 
  across 
  a 
  butternut 
  that 
  was 
  growing 
  in 
  a 
  soil 
  

   that 
  would 
  kill 
  a 
  chestnut 
  very 
  quickly. 
  The 
  soil 
  was 
  very 
  

   springy 
  and 
  wet 
  and 
  the 
  butternut 
  just 
  loves 
  that 
  soil. 
  I 
  found 
  

   that 
  while 
  other 
  butternut 
  trees 
  bore 
  nuts 
  in 
  clusters 
  of 
  one 
  to 
  

   three, 
  this 
  butternut 
  tree 
  was 
  bearing 
  them 
  in 
  clusters 
  of 
  ten 
  

   and 
  eleven. 
  At 
  Lake 
  George, 
  right 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  Post-Office, 
  

   there 
  was 
  one 
  tree 
  twenty-four 
  years 
  old, 
  two 
  feet 
  through, 
  that 
  

   grew 
  butternuts 
  in 
  clusters 
  of 
  ten 
  and 
  you 
  could 
  get 
  a 
  barrel 
  of 
  

   nuts 
  from 
  it. 
  It 
  bore 
  again 
  this 
  last 
  summer 
  heavily, 
  not 
  in 
  

   clusters 
  of 
  ten 
  but 
  in 
  clusters 
  of 
  seven 
  or 
  eight. 
  When 
  we 
  have 
  

   damp 
  soil 
  we 
  can't 
  grow 
  the 
  chestnut 
  but 
  the 
  hickory 
  nut 
  will 
  

   grow 
  in 
  a 
  swarhp, 
  and 
  so 
  will 
  the 
  butternut. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  And 
  the 
  beech. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Corsan: 
  The 
  beech 
  wants 
  clay; 
  it 
  won't 
  grow 
  unless 
  

   there 
  is 
  clay. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  Our 
  beech 
  will 
  grow 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  to 
  swim. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  Before 
  we 
  get 
  away 
  from 
  this 
  discussion 
  I 
  think 
  

   that 
  we 
  ought 
  to 
  commend 
  Dr. 
  Deming 
  in 
  the 
  selection 
  of 
  this 
  

   subject 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  handling 
  of 
  his 
  paper. 
  In 
  my 
  position 
  in 
  the 
  

   Government, 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  inquiries 
  about 
  nut 
  matters, 
  

   and 
  they 
  are 
  usually 
  from 
  people 
  who 
  want 
  to 
  know 
  how 
  to 
  

   start. 
  The 
  great 
  call 
  for 
  information 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  is 
  

   from 
  the 
  beginners, 
  not 
  from 
  the 
  advanced 
  people, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  

   glad 
  that 
  Dr. 
  Deming 
  took 
  that 
  subject 
  and 
  handled 
  it 
  as 
  he 
  

   did, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  glad 
  that 
  he 
  proposes 
  to 
  issue 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  circular 
  from 
  

   this 
  Association. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  great 
  relief 
  to 
  others 
  who 
  are 
  

   called 
  on 
  for 
  information. 
  

  

  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  word, 
  too, 
  about 
  this 
  tap-root 
  question. 
  

   From 
  what 
  has 
  been 
  said 
  it 
  is 
  pretty 
  clear 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  quite 
  a 
  

  

  