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  sideration. 
  I 
  have 
  talked 
  these 
  things 
  over 
  with 
  him 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  

   and 
  I 
  commend 
  his 
  remarks 
  especially 
  to 
  the 
  Association 
  for 
  dis- 
  

   cussion. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  In 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  cultivation 
  I 
  

   would 
  also 
  like 
  to 
  have 
  Mr. 
  Reed 
  discuss 
  that. 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  say, 
  

   however, 
  that, 
  in 
  using 
  fertilizers, 
  you 
  will 
  often 
  very 
  easily 
  overdo 
  

   the 
  matter. 
  Sometimes 
  in 
  my 
  experience 
  professionally, 
  I 
  give 
  a 
  

   patient 
  medicine 
  enough 
  to 
  last 
  a 
  week, 
  with 
  directions 
  that 
  a 
  tea- 
  

   spoonful 
  be 
  taken 
  twice 
  a 
  day, 
  and 
  the 
  patient 
  may 
  believe 
  if 
  she 
  

   takes 
  the 
  entire 
  bottle 
  at 
  one 
  dose 
  she 
  will 
  be 
  well 
  in 
  an 
  hour, 
  and 
  

   consequently 
  suffer 
  from 
  an 
  over-dose. 
  That 
  same 
  idea 
  is 
  some- 
  

   times 
  carried 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  fertilization 
  of 
  trees 
  by 
  horticulturists. 
  

   You 
  don't 
  intend 
  to 
  do 
  it 
  but 
  sometimes 
  you 
  can 
  kill 
  with 
  kindness 
  

   and 
  be 
  too 
  good 
  in 
  feeding 
  your 
  trees 
  if 
  you 
  don't 
  understand 
  how 
  

   much 
  fertilization 
  the 
  tree 
  needs. 
  That 
  is 
  the 
  idea, 
  you 
  have 
  got 
  

   to 
  give 
  your 
  trees 
  the 
  ratio 
  that 
  they 
  need. 
  If 
  you 
  give 
  them 
  too 
  

   much 
  pie 
  or 
  pudding, 
  your 
  trees 
  will 
  have 
  indigestion 
  and 
  will 
  not 
  

   thrive 
  and 
  may 
  die. 
  I 
  have 
  lost 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  good 
  trees, 
  and 
  a 
  great 
  

   many 
  nut 
  trees, 
  and 
  have 
  checked 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  by 
  

   not 
  realizing 
  this, 
  I 
  wish 
  Mr. 
  Reed 
  would 
  speak 
  to 
  us 
  about 
  it. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Potter: 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  state 
  some 
  experience 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  and 
  

   when 
  Mr. 
  Reed 
  talks, 
  I 
  wish 
  he 
  would 
  give 
  me 
  some 
  information. 
  

   I 
  set 
  out 
  some 
  pecan 
  trees 
  on 
  my 
  lawn 
  in 
  the 
  front 
  yard, 
  and 
  of 
  

   course 
  there 
  is 
  not 
  much 
  cultivation 
  there 
  except 
  around 
  the 
  trees. 
  

   It 
  is 
  like 
  most 
  other 
  lawns 
  in 
  southern 
  Illinois, 
  mostly 
  clay 
  and 
  

   what 
  other 
  soil 
  we 
  put 
  on 
  top. 
  Now 
  the 
  clay 
  is 
  very 
  hard 
  and 
  in 
  

   setting 
  the 
  trees 
  I 
  had 
  my 
  man 
  dig 
  a 
  hole 
  three 
  feet 
  deep 
  and 
  

   two 
  feet 
  across 
  and 
  in 
  setting 
  the 
  trees 
  I 
  packed 
  good 
  dirt 
  around 
  

   them. 
  The 
  question 
  is 
  how 
  should 
  I 
  feed 
  those 
  trees? 
  I 
  have 
  put 
  

   barn 
  manure 
  around 
  them 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  now 
  growing 
  and 
  doing 
  

   very 
  nicely. 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  know 
  if 
  I 
  have 
  pursued 
  the 
  right 
  course. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  I 
  beheve 
  this 
  question 
  of 
  growing 
  trees 
  in 
  fence 
  

   corners 
  and 
  on 
  hillsides 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  large 
  a 
  question. 
  The 
  main 
  thing 
  

   is 
  to 
  give 
  them 
  plenty 
  of 
  water. 
  There 
  is 
  very 
  little 
  land 
  in 
  the 
  

   Mississippi 
  valley 
  that 
  won't 
  grow 
  pecan 
  trees 
  or 
  most 
  any 
  other 
  

   kind, 
  if 
  you 
  will 
  give 
  them 
  sufficient 
  mulch 
  and 
  plenty 
  of 
  water, 
  

   because 
  they 
  take 
  their 
  food 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  soup. 
  Unless 
  they 
  have 
  

   water, 
  they 
  won't 
  grow. 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  best 
  cultivation 
  you 
  can 
  give 
  

   a 
  tree 
  of 
  any 
  kind 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  mulch 
  of 
  straw 
  and 
  manure. 
  You 
  

   that 
  have 
  had 
  experience 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  know 
  that 
  is 
  

   the 
  best 
  way 
  to 
  cultivate 
  trees. 
  

  

  I 
  grew 
  a 
  peach 
  orchard 
  once 
  in 
  one 
  year, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  quit 
  that, 
  I 
  

  

  