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  The 
  Chairman: 
  And 
  the 
  juice 
  runs 
  out 
  of 
  there 
  and 
  will 
  

   escape 
  anyway. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  Yes 
  sir. 
  

  

  A 
  Member 
  : 
  Do 
  you 
  wax 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  paper 
  you 
  put 
  on 
  . 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  We 
  don't 
  wax 
  the 
  scion 
  all 
  over. 
  We 
  used 
  to 
  

   take 
  hot 
  wax 
  and 
  run 
  a 
  thin 
  layer 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  scion, 
  

   but 
  we 
  quit 
  that 
  and 
  used 
  the 
  bag, 
  because 
  if 
  you 
  wax 
  over 
  a 
  

   scion 
  tight 
  and 
  it 
  happens 
  to 
  have 
  sufficient 
  moisture, 
  it 
  will 
  

   start 
  growth 
  with 
  that 
  moisture 
  before 
  it 
  makes 
  the 
  union. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  Do 
  you 
  wax 
  the 
  tip 
  end 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  Yes 
  sir. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  Do 
  you 
  wax 
  this 
  in 
  here 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  Yes 
  sir; 
  we 
  fill 
  that 
  over 
  with 
  liquid 
  wax. 
  It 
  

   is 
  possible 
  to 
  have 
  your 
  wax 
  too 
  hot, 
  and 
  burn 
  the 
  scion. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  Have 
  you 
  found 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  hickory 
  

   take 
  grafts 
  with 
  equal 
  ease 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  We 
  grafted 
  some 
  here 
  last 
  spring 
  that 
  started 
  

   very 
  nicely 
  and 
  then 
  died. 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  whether 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  

   hickory 
  stock 
  or 
  whether 
  they 
  were 
  robbed 
  by 
  the 
  sprouts; 
  

   we 
  didn't 
  pull 
  off 
  any 
  sprouts. 
  There's 
  a 
  whole 
  lot 
  of 
  things 
  we 
  

   don't 
  know 
  about 
  grafting 
  yet, 
  but 
  will 
  know 
  more 
  in 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  How 
  about 
  using 
  scion 
  wood 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  

   year 
  old 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  We 
  prefer 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  year 
  old 
  wood 
  for 
  the 
  

   scion. 
  We 
  have 
  coming 
  now, 
  3,000 
  walnut 
  scions 
  from 
  Califor- 
  

   nia 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  all 
  to 
  be 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  years 
  old. 
  I 
  have 
  put 
  

   in 
  rows 
  of 
  100 
  with 
  large 
  two 
  year 
  scions 
  and 
  you 
  could 
  count 
  

   100 
  and 
  not 
  find 
  one 
  dead 
  among 
  them 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  scions 
  

   were 
  almost 
  as 
  big 
  as 
  my 
  wrist. 
  It's 
  a 
  job 
  to 
  cut 
  them. 
  You 
  see 
  

   that 
  scion, 
  being 
  large, 
  has 
  enough 
  vitality 
  to 
  hold 
  it 
  until 
  it 
  can 
  

   make 
  a 
  union. 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  You 
  want 
  one 
  bud 
  on 
  this 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  We 
  generally 
  have 
  two 
  buds. 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  Do 
  you 
  use 
  the 
  same 
  method 
  on 
  the 
  Persian 
  

   walnut 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  Yes 
  sir; 
  we 
  got 
  a 
  little 
  stingy 
  one 
  year 
  and 
  cut 
  

   these 
  all 
  to 
  one 
  bud 
  and 
  hardly 
  got 
  any 
  out 
  of 
  them. 
  You've 
  

   got 
  to 
  have 
  wood 
  enough 
  to 
  hold 
  the 
  scions 
  dormant; 
  of 
  course 
  

   there 
  may 
  be 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  buds 
  on 
  the 
  scion. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  And 
  got 
  to 
  have 
  food 
  enough 
  in 
  them. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  Yes 
  sir. 
  Col. 
  Sober 
  grafts 
  chustnuts 
  that 
  way, 
  

  

  