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  ducer, 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  M. 
  Engel, 
  at 
  Marietta, 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  quite 
  

   an 
  orchard 
  at 
  one 
  time, 
  but 
  the 
  bH^ht 
  is 
  so 
  serious 
  that 
  there 
  

   are 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  left. 
  That 
  tree 
  is 
  probably 
  

   in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  twenty-five 
  years 
  old. 
  The 
  next 
  slide 
  

   shows 
  two 
  trees 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  variety 
  that 
  we 
  may 
  possibly 
  see 
  

   this 
  afternoon. 
  They 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  belonging 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Rush 
  

   and 
  they 
  are 
  about 
  twenty 
  years 
  old. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  What 
  have 
  those 
  trees 
  yielded 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  They 
  yield 
  four, 
  five, 
  six 
  and 
  seven 
  to 
  eight 
  

   bushels. 
  You 
  can 
  see 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  barn 
  and 
  

   the 
  roots 
  run 
  under 
  that 
  barnyard 
  manure 
  pile. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  What 
  would 
  you 
  consider 
  an 
  average 
  crop 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush: 
  They 
  grow 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  bushels 
  per 
  tree. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  The 
  greatest 
  attention 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  paid 
  to 
  

   developing 
  the 
  paragon 
  chestnut 
  in 
  orchard 
  farming 
  has 
  been 
  

   on 
  the 
  plan 
  Mr. 
  Sober 
  has 
  just 
  shown, 
  by 
  clearing 
  away 
  the 
  

   mountain 
  side 
  and 
  cutting 
  down 
  everything 
  but 
  the 
  chestnut 
  

   sprouts. 
  This 
  photograph 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  a 
  thicket 
  where 
  the 
  

   underbrush 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  cleared 
  away. 
  Those 
  are 
  a 
  good 
  age 
  

   now 
  or 
  perhaps 
  a 
  little 
  bit 
  older 
  than 
  we 
  usually 
  graft, 
  aren't 
  

   they, 
  Mr. 
  Sober 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Sober: 
  Yes, 
  sir; 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  years 
  old. 
  When 
  they 
  get 
  

   to 
  be 
  three 
  years 
  old 
  they 
  are 
  past 
  grafting, 
  according 
  to 
  my 
  

   method. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  This 
  photograph 
  was 
  taken 
  at 
  Mr. 
  Sober's 
  a 
  

   little 
  over 
  a 
  year 
  ago, 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  rain 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  clear, 
  but 
  

   it 
  shows 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  trees 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  these 
  

   trees 
  were 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  years 
  old 
  — 
  is 
  that 
  right 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Sober: 
  They 
  are 
  eleven 
  year 
  old 
  trees. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  Do 
  you 
  thin 
  them 
  out 
  after 
  they 
  get 
  that 
  size 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Sober: 
  Yes, 
  sir, 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  thinned 
  out 
  more, 
  but 
  

   I 
  hesitated 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  blight; 
  I 
  have 
  thousands 
  that 
  I 
  

   could 
  spare, 
  but 
  for 
  fear 
  the 
  blight 
  will 
  take 
  them 
  out. 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  Do 
  you 
  cultivate 
  the 
  ground 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Sober: 
  I 
  don't 
  cultivate 
  it, 
  I 
  just 
  pasture 
  it. 
  The 
  land 
  

   is 
  fertilized, 
  but 
  not 
  cultivated. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  That 
  is 
  a 
  photograph 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  chestnut 
  orchard 
  

   in 
  this 
  county. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  many 
  miles 
  from 
  here. 
  I 
  understand 
  

   that 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  blight 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  weevil, 
  that 
  orchard 
  has 
  

   not 
  been 
  satisfactory, 
  and 
  I 
  was 
  told 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  days 
  ago 
  

   that 
  it 
  was 
  being 
  cleared 
  away. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  What 
  varieties 
  ? 
  

  

  