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  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  Many 
  of 
  them 
  are, 
  but 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  better 
  smaller, 
  

   probably. 
  That 
  is 
  a 
  matter 
  I 
  don't 
  think 
  there 
  is 
  much 
  to, 
  whether 
  

   the 
  scion 
  has 
  one 
  bud 
  or 
  ten. 
  I 
  think 
  three 
  is 
  perhaps 
  about 
  right. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Potter: 
  They 
  come 
  together 
  right 
  there? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  Exactly 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  side. 
  Now 
  you 
  understand 
  

   this 
  grafting 
  is 
  done 
  when 
  the 
  sap 
  is 
  flowing, 
  or 
  about 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  

   sap 
  flows 
  begins. 
  Usually 
  at 
  our 
  latitude 
  here 
  you 
  will 
  commence 
  

   grafting 
  anywhere 
  from 
  the 
  6th 
  of 
  April 
  to 
  about 
  that 
  time 
  in 
  May. 
  

   Of 
  course 
  when 
  you 
  are 
  cutting 
  trees 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  you 
  have 
  got 
  an 
  

   immense 
  flow 
  of 
  sap. 
  Mr. 
  Jones 
  tried 
  this 
  method 
  without 
  drainage, 
  

   that 
  is 
  the 
  way 
  they 
  do 
  out 
  in 
  Louisiana, 
  but 
  he 
  only 
  got 
  ten 
  per 
  cent 
  

   to 
  stick, 
  so 
  we 
  had 
  to 
  work 
  out 
  a 
  drainage 
  for 
  ourselves. 
  Take 
  a 
  

   piece 
  of 
  heavy 
  wrapping 
  paper, 
  rather 
  good 
  quality 
  such 
  as 
  you 
  can 
  

   get 
  at 
  any 
  paper 
  store, 
  and 
  put 
  it 
  right 
  over 
  your 
  graft, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  

   bit 
  below 
  the 
  cut 
  on 
  your 
  stock. 
  Then 
  simply 
  take 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  

   raffia 
  and 
  wrap. 
  Then 
  make 
  the 
  ordinary 
  tie 
  that 
  anyone 
  knows 
  

   how 
  to 
  make 
  with 
  the 
  cotton 
  or 
  twine, 
  or 
  sometimes 
  with 
  the 
  raffia, 
  

   and 
  you 
  have 
  the 
  drainage 
  of 
  this 
  paper. 
  The 
  tie, 
  of 
  course, 
  is 
  

   simply 
  to 
  re-enforce 
  the 
  strain 
  on 
  the 
  graft 
  and 
  hold 
  it. 
  Then 
  you 
  

   apply 
  the 
  grafting 
  wax. 
  The 
  one 
  we 
  use 
  is 
  three 
  of 
  resin, 
  one 
  

   of 
  beeswax, 
  and 
  lampblack 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  bit 
  of 
  linseed 
  oil. 
  Cover 
  

   up 
  the 
  graft 
  entirely, 
  except 
  don't 
  cover 
  over 
  the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  this 
  

   paper 
  because 
  there 
  is 
  the 
  drainage 
  where 
  the 
  sap 
  flows 
  out. 
  Then 
  

   you 
  put 
  an 
  ordinary 
  paper 
  sack 
  right 
  over 
  it, 
  and 
  leave 
  it 
  on 
  for 
  

   about 
  three 
  weeks. 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  You 
  don't 
  tie 
  the 
  paper 
  below 
  the 
  raffia? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  That 
  does 
  not 
  make 
  any 
  difference. 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  At 
  what 
  time 
  do 
  you 
  cut 
  a 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  bag 
  to 
  give 
  

   it 
  air, 
  or 
  do 
  you 
  do 
  that? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  Not 
  for 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  weeks. 
  

  

  (Mr. 
  McCoy 
  now 
  gives 
  a 
  demonstration 
  in 
  budding.) 
  

  

  We 
  will 
  suppose 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  seedling 
  and 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  bud 
  it. 
  I 
  place 
  

   my 
  budder 
  on 
  like 
  that. 
  Now 
  I 
  have 
  got 
  my 
  shield 
  up. 
  Now 
  I 
  

   lay 
  my 
  budder 
  on 
  the 
  stock 
  something 
  like 
  that. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Smith 
  : 
  Why 
  not 
  wrap 
  over 
  the 
  bud? 
  

  

  McCoy: 
  Because 
  it 
  will 
  injure 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  essential 
  to 
  cove 
  a 
  

   the 
  cut 
  surface 
  you 
  can. 
  Make 
  it 
  waterproof 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  and 
  av 
  

   it 
  open 
  at 
  the 
  bottom. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Potter: 
  How 
  long 
  does 
  that 
  staj^ 
  on 
  the 
  bud? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  as 
  that 
  makes 
  any 
  difference 
  unless 
  

   you 
  want 
  to 
  force 
  the 
  bud. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McElderry: 
  When 
  do 
  you 
  take 
  that 
  off? 
  

  

  