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  kind 
  of 
  soil. 
  In 
  that 
  way 
  he 
  can 
  get 
  his 
  own 
  fertilizer 
  conclusions 
  

   at 
  a 
  small 
  expense 
  and 
  then 
  he 
  will 
  know 
  what 
  his 
  own 
  soil 
  needs. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  We 
  fertilized 
  seedling 
  pecans 
  in 
  a 
  clay 
  soil 
  and 
  we 
  

   decided 
  the 
  trees 
  we 
  did 
  not 
  fertilize 
  got 
  along 
  better 
  than 
  the 
  

   ones 
  we 
  did. 
  Of 
  course 
  that 
  ground 
  is 
  better 
  where 
  the 
  trees 
  are 
  

   than 
  on 
  the 
  average 
  farm. 
  We 
  used 
  nitrate 
  of 
  soda 
  and 
  potash 
  but 
  

   we 
  decided 
  the 
  ones 
  we 
  didn't 
  fertilize 
  did 
  the 
  best. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Potter: 
  I 
  put 
  two 
  pounds 
  of 
  nitrate 
  of 
  soda 
  around 
  each 
  

   tree 
  and 
  the 
  English 
  walnuts 
  I 
  used 
  it 
  on 
  budded 
  out 
  very 
  shortly 
  

   after 
  using 
  it, 
  but 
  along 
  about 
  June 
  they 
  died. 
  The 
  pecan 
  trees 
  

   we 
  used 
  it 
  around 
  grew 
  fairly 
  well, 
  but 
  some 
  of 
  them, 
  one 
  in 
  par- 
  

   ticular, 
  appeared 
  to 
  remain 
  dormant, 
  almost, 
  until 
  about 
  two 
  months 
  

   ago 
  when 
  it 
  commenced 
  growing 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  growing 
  very 
  rapidly. 
  

   So 
  you 
  see 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  where 
  I 
  am 
  at. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  In 
  writing 
  you 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  understand 
  the 
  size 
  

   of 
  the 
  tree. 
  On 
  some 
  trees 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  using 
  a 
  tablespoonful, 
  about 
  

   that, 
  and 
  I 
  was 
  afraid 
  I 
  got 
  too 
  much. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Potter: 
  Evidently 
  I 
  got 
  too 
  much. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Evidently 
  we 
  got 
  mixed 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  quantity. 
  

   I 
  know 
  I 
  never 
  used 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  tablespoonfuls 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  and 
  

   I 
  should 
  imagine 
  two 
  pounds 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  big 
  overdose. 
  I 
  remember 
  

   talking 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Smith 
  about 
  that 
  time 
  about 
  some 
  old 
  apple 
  trees 
  

   around 
  which 
  you 
  can 
  use 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  pounds 
  of 
  nitrate 
  of 
  soda 
  and 
  

   I 
  suppose 
  that 
  is 
  the 
  way 
  we 
  got 
  mixed 
  up. 
  I 
  must 
  have 
  had 
  that 
  

   in 
  mind 
  as 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  intend 
  to 
  advise 
  that 
  amount 
  for 
  young 
  nut 
  

   trees. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomeroy: 
  How 
  long 
  a 
  season 
  should 
  the 
  tree 
  keep 
  growing? 
  

   From 
  early 
  spring 
  to 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  fall? 
  My 
  experience 
  is 
  they 
  will 
  

   stop 
  about 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  August, 
  and 
  let 
  the 
  wood 
  ripen 
  up 
  and 
  harden 
  

   for 
  the 
  cold 
  weather. 
  Some 
  might 
  keep 
  the 
  trees 
  growing 
  longer, 
  

   but 
  you 
  will 
  hurt 
  the 
  trees 
  I 
  think. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  We 
  have 
  not 
  heard 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Reed 
  yet. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  C. 
  a. 
  Reed: 
  I 
  am 
  glad 
  the 
  discussion 
  has 
  proceeded 
  as 
  it 
  

   has 
  since 
  it 
  has 
  given 
  me 
  time 
  to 
  reconnoitre. 
  I 
  hardly 
  know 
  what 
  

   to 
  say 
  on 
  this 
  subject 
  that 
  Professor 
  Smith 
  has 
  brought 
  up. 
  I 
  

   guess 
  he 
  knows 
  what 
  he 
  is 
  talking 
  about 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  his 
  experiments 
  

   have 
  taught 
  him. 
  The 
  department 
  does 
  not 
  like 
  to 
  discourage 
  a 
  

   good 
  thing 
  nor 
  to 
  encourage 
  a 
  thing 
  that 
  is 
  too 
  risky. 
  There 
  is 
  one 
  

   thing 
  quite 
  sure 
  and 
  that 
  is 
  that 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  nut 
  trees 
  are 
  selling 
  for 
  

   from 
  one 
  dollar 
  to 
  two 
  dollars 
  apiece, 
  very 
  few 
  people 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  

   buy 
  them 
  and 
  plant 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  on 
  these 
  hillsides 
  and 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  with 
  them. 
  People 
  cannot 
  afford 
  to 
  do 
  that. 
  We 
  have 
  found, 
  

  

  