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  out 
  so 
  vigorously 
  in 
  spring 
  that 
  if 
  not 
  held 
  in 
  check, 
  they 
  may 
  com- 
  

   pletely 
  overgrow 
  and 
  crowd 
  out 
  the 
  buds 
  put 
  in. 
  Attention 
  should 
  

   be 
  given 
  during 
  the 
  early 
  growing 
  period 
  to 
  see 
  that 
  the 
  buds 
  put 
  

   in 
  have 
  sufficient 
  room 
  for 
  proper 
  development. 
  If 
  all 
  or 
  too 
  many 
  

   of 
  the 
  seedling 
  buds 
  are 
  rubbed 
  off, 
  the 
  inserted 
  buds 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  

   able 
  to 
  carry 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  heavy 
  flow 
  of 
  sap 
  and 
  so 
  may 
  be 
  drowned 
  

   and 
  killed. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  the 
  inserted 
  buds 
  may 
  not 
  start 
  

   unless 
  forced 
  by 
  the 
  extra 
  sap 
  obtained 
  by 
  rubbing 
  off 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  

   the 
  seedling 
  buds. 
  A 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  horticultural 
  judgment 
  is 
  re- 
  

   quired 
  to 
  adjust 
  the 
  proper 
  balance 
  between 
  the 
  seedling 
  and 
  the 
  

   inserted 
  buds 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  best 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  latter. 
  "When 
  

   the 
  inserted 
  buds 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  carry 
  all 
  the 
  sap 
  of 
  the 
  tree, 
  all 
  seed- 
  

   ling 
  shoots 
  should 
  be 
  cut 
  out 
  and 
  attention 
  directed 
  towards 
  forming 
  

   the 
  new 
  growth 
  into 
  a 
  strong 
  symmetrical 
  top. 
  

  

  If 
  conditions 
  are 
  favorable, 
  there 
  will 
  generally 
  be 
  some 
  nuts 
  the 
  

   second 
  season. 
  By 
  the 
  third 
  year 
  the 
  transformation 
  from 
  the 
  

   seedling 
  to 
  the 
  named 
  variety 
  should 
  be 
  complete, 
  and 
  a 
  good 
  crop 
  

   of 
  high 
  class 
  nuts 
  should 
  be 
  expected. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomeroy 
  : 
  "Would 
  it 
  not 
  be 
  an 
  advantage 
  if 
  two 
  persons 
  

   worked 
  at 
  the 
  budding? 
  After 
  the 
  cuts 
  are 
  made, 
  one 
  could 
  be 
  

   taking 
  the 
  part 
  from 
  the 
  stock 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  taking 
  the 
  bud 
  from 
  

   the 
  budding 
  stick. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman 
  : 
  That 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  plan. 
  One 
  man 
  could 
  put 
  

   in 
  the 
  buds 
  and 
  another 
  man 
  could 
  tie 
  — 
  a 
  boy 
  handy 
  with 
  his 
  fingers 
  

   in 
  making 
  ties. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith 
  : 
  Why 
  the 
  superiority 
  of 
  beeswax 
  to 
  grafting 
  

   wax? 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman 
  : 
  A 
  good 
  many 
  budders 
  object 
  to 
  grafting 
  wax, 
  

   on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  oil 
  therein 
  contained 
  being 
  injurious 
  to 
  the 
  trees. 
  

   A 
  great 
  many 
  people 
  have 
  dead 
  trees 
  as 
  a 
  result. 
  Trees 
  don't 
  like 
  

   oil, 
  and 
  for 
  that 
  reason 
  we 
  use 
  beeswax 
  and 
  only 
  the 
  purest 
  kind 
  of 
  

   beeswax. 
  In 
  fact, 
  these 
  pecan 
  cranks 
  who 
  want 
  to 
  do 
  things 
  as 
  they 
  

   should 
  be, 
  like 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  wax 
  to 
  see 
  if 
  there 
  is 
  pollen 
  or 
  bee 
  

   bread 
  or 
  anything 
  foreign 
  in 
  it. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith 
  : 
  Is 
  there 
  any 
  particular 
  time 
  that 
  is 
  best 
  for 
  

   grafting 
  ? 
  

  

  President 
  Hutt 
  : 
  Yes 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  there 
  is 
  

   a 
  very 
  vigorous 
  flow 
  of 
  sap 
  and 
  we 
  flnd 
  we 
  lose 
  more 
  buds 
  then 
  than 
  

   in 
  the 
  later 
  grafting. 
  In 
  early 
  grafting 
  we 
  put 
  in 
  drainage, 
  just 
  

   like 
  the 
  physicians, 
  little 
  tubes 
  or 
  something 
  to 
  drain 
  out 
  the 
  mois- 
  

   ture. 
  We 
  put 
  in 
  a 
  little 
  chip 
  and 
  tie 
  over 
  it 
  very 
  carefuUy 
  so 
  if 
  

  

  