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  States 
  that 
  is 
  succeeding 
  without 
  intelligent 
  application, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   other 
  hand 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  grove 
  which 
  with 
  intelligent 
  

   application 
  is 
  not 
  succeeding. 
  I 
  am 
  a 
  "conservative-optimist." 
  

   I 
  have 
  been 
  talking 
  nut 
  culture 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  and 
  expect 
  

   to 
  see 
  every 
  hope 
  and 
  estimate 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  expressed 
  fulfilled, 
  and 
  

   after 
  all 
  has 
  been 
  said 
  and 
  considered 
  my 
  final 
  advice 
  is 
  to 
  Plant 
  

   Nut 
  Trees. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  The 
  chair 
  invites 
  a 
  very 
  active 
  discussion 
  

   of 
  this 
  paper. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  unkind 
  to 
  criticize 
  so 
  very 
  in- 
  

   structive 
  an 
  address 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  one 
  thing 
  laid 
  down 
  in 
  that 
  paper 
  

   I 
  wish 
  to 
  speak 
  about. 
  I 
  believe 
  we 
  were 
  told 
  we 
  must 
  cultivate 
  

   our 
  nut 
  trees. 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  fact 
  is 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  greater 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  we 
  can 
  grow 
  trees, 
  even 
  nut 
  trees, 
  without 
  cultivation. 
  

   If 
  anybody 
  doesn't 
  believe 
  that, 
  go 
  to 
  Washington 
  by 
  the 
  Chesa- 
  

   peake 
  Railroad 
  and 
  you 
  will 
  see 
  thousands 
  of 
  walnut 
  trees 
  along 
  the 
  

   way. 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  human 
  race 
  can 
  grow 
  trees 
  on 
  a 
  hillside 
  without 
  

   cultivation, 
  and 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  suggest 
  to 
  persons 
  putting 
  out 
  nut 
  trees 
  

   to 
  put 
  out 
  a 
  few 
  in 
  places 
  where 
  they 
  don't 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  plowed, 
  and 
  

   see 
  if 
  they 
  don't 
  get 
  good 
  results. 
  Cultivation 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  fundamental 
  

   element 
  of 
  agriculture 
  or 
  plant 
  life, 
  but 
  is 
  the 
  quick 
  way 
  to 
  get 
  

   results. 
  

  

  In 
  many 
  places 
  in 
  Ohio 
  the 
  state 
  experimental 
  work 
  in 
  horti- 
  

   culture, 
  especially 
  that 
  carried 
  on 
  by 
  F. 
  H. 
  Ballou, 
  has 
  done 
  some 
  

   wonderful 
  things 
  in 
  waking 
  up 
  apple 
  orchards 
  that 
  had 
  not 
  grown 
  

   a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  years. 
  Merely 
  giving 
  them 
  food 
  has 
  caused 
  

   them 
  to 
  wake 
  up 
  and 
  bear. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  them, 
  and 
  know. 
  The 
  

   books 
  say 
  that 
  while 
  apples 
  may 
  grow 
  without 
  cultivation, 
  peach 
  

   trees 
  must 
  be 
  cultivated 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  bear. 
  I 
  have 
  peach 
  trees 
  that 
  

   are 
  three 
  years 
  old 
  in 
  a 
  rocky 
  piece 
  of 
  ground. 
  I 
  can't 
  plow 
  it 
  but 
  I 
  

   have 
  fed 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  peach 
  trees 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  I 
  did 
  not, 
  that 
  is 
  not 
  much, 
  

   and 
  the 
  ones 
  that 
  were 
  fed 
  as 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  are 
  much 
  the 
  biggest 
  

   and 
  are 
  bearing 
  well. 
  My 
  point 
  is 
  this, 
  keep 
  the 
  grass 
  well 
  scraped 
  

   away 
  to 
  prevent 
  trunk 
  injury, 
  and 
  feed 
  even 
  a 
  peach 
  tree 
  and 
  it 
  

   will 
  do 
  well. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  tree. 
  

  

  Whether 
  a 
  tree 
  that 
  is 
  set 
  out, 
  liberally 
  fed, 
  and 
  the 
  grass 
  kept 
  

   away 
  will 
  do 
  as 
  well 
  without 
  cultivation, 
  is 
  a 
  subject 
  worthy 
  of 
  

   your 
  consideration 
  and 
  experiment. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  The 
  chair 
  especially 
  desires 
  to 
  call 
  attention 
  

   to 
  Dr. 
  Smith's 
  remarks 
  because 
  he 
  has 
  made 
  a 
  very 
  careful 
  study 
  

   of 
  this 
  question 
  and 
  his 
  suggestions 
  are 
  worthy 
  of 
  very 
  great 
  con- 
  

  

  