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  One 
  thing 
  to 
  remember 
  in 
  the 
  chip 
  graft 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  cut 
  your 
  chip 
  

   too 
  thin. 
  If 
  you 
  do 
  you 
  will 
  lose 
  a 
  good 
  many. 
  I 
  go 
  right 
  into 
  it. 
  

   If 
  you 
  do 
  it 
  right 
  it 
  will 
  hurt 
  your 
  finger 
  so 
  you 
  can 
  only 
  work 
  for 
  

   two 
  or 
  three 
  hours 
  at 
  a 
  time. 
  It 
  won't 
  dry 
  out 
  so 
  quickly 
  if 
  you 
  

   cut 
  it 
  thick 
  and 
  will 
  stand 
  a 
  better 
  chance 
  to 
  live. 
  I 
  try 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  

   scion 
  to 
  fit 
  the 
  first 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  : 
  What 
  do 
  you 
  tie 
  it 
  with 
  after 
  you 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  

   waxed 
  cloth 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wiggins: 
  I 
  use 
  a 
  strip 
  of 
  common 
  cloth 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  store. 
  

   Your 
  fingers 
  will 
  be 
  waxed 
  enough 
  in 
  working 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  strip 
  does 
  

   not 
  need 
  to 
  be 
  waxed. 
  You 
  tie 
  it 
  after 
  wrapping 
  it. 
  

  

  A 
  Member 
  : 
  Would 
  you 
  protect 
  that 
  with 
  a 
  paper 
  bag 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wiggins 
  : 
  No. 
  

  

  A 
  Member 
  : 
  Do 
  you 
  place 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  or 
  south 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wiggins: 
  The 
  point 
  that 
  decides 
  the 
  exact 
  place 
  on 
  the 
  

   stock 
  is 
  the 
  smoothness 
  and 
  greenness 
  and 
  health 
  of 
  it. 
  I 
  pick 
  out 
  

   the 
  cleanest 
  and 
  best 
  places. 
  The 
  whole 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  is 
  above 
  the 
  

   graft. 
  

  

  A 
  IVIember 
  : 
  When 
  do 
  you 
  cut 
  off 
  the 
  tree 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wiggins 
  : 
  According 
  to 
  the 
  weather. 
  It 
  takes 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   or 
  four 
  weeks 
  for 
  proper 
  healing. 
  I 
  open 
  up 
  a 
  few 
  and 
  if 
  they 
  are 
  

   all 
  right, 
  I 
  open 
  all 
  of 
  them. 
  Just 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  it 
  heals, 
  I 
  cut 
  the 
  top 
  

   off. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  What 
  is 
  your 
  ordinary 
  practice 
  in 
  cutting 
  

   scions 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wiggins 
  : 
  Last 
  year 
  I 
  was 
  sick 
  and 
  got 
  behind 
  with 
  my 
  work 
  

   so 
  I 
  cut 
  them 
  each 
  day 
  as 
  I 
  needed 
  them. 
  I 
  usually 
  cut 
  them 
  earlier 
  

   and 
  bury 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  shady 
  place 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  wood 
  dormant. 
  I 
  can 
  

   get 
  100 
  per 
  cent 
  by 
  chip 
  grafting 
  and 
  in 
  no 
  other 
  way. 
  I 
  don't 
  use 
  

   the 
  cleft 
  graft 
  at 
  all. 
  The 
  better 
  fit 
  you 
  get 
  in 
  this 
  method 
  of 
  prop- 
  

   agating 
  the 
  higher 
  the 
  percentage 
  will 
  run. 
  If 
  you 
  make 
  a 
  fit 
  

   that 
  is 
  not 
  quite 
  a 
  fit, 
  you 
  will 
  be 
  astonished 
  to 
  lose 
  about 
  95 
  per 
  

   cent. 
  If 
  you 
  are 
  just 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  careful, 
  you 
  might 
  get 
  100 
  per 
  

   cent 
  to 
  grow. 
  I 
  can 
  tell 
  by 
  the 
  way 
  it 
  feels 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  right. 
  I 
  use 
  

   a 
  crude 
  method 
  but 
  succeed 
  with 
  it. 
  I 
  do 
  four 
  hundred 
  in 
  a 
  half 
  

   day. 
  What 
  is 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  going 
  to 
  another 
  method 
  when 
  I 
  get 
  good 
  

   results 
  with 
  this 
  ? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  You 
  say 
  a 
  half-inch 
  scion 
  on 
  a 
  four-inch 
  

   stock 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wiggins 
  : 
  Yes, 
  on 
  a 
  four-inch 
  stock 
  you 
  get 
  a 
  cut 
  an 
  inch 
  

   or 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  inch 
  wide 
  You 
  have 
  a 
  large 
  space 
  that 
  is 
  not 
  

   covered 
  at 
  all. 
  

  

  