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  are 
  two 
  ways, 
  you 
  know. 
  One 
  is 
  to 
  wait 
  until 
  you 
  are 
  ready 
  to 
  

   graft 
  and 
  then 
  cut 
  back. 
  Which 
  do 
  you 
  think 
  is 
  the 
  best? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  In 
  top 
  working 
  the 
  large 
  trees 
  we 
  had 
  the 
  best 
  suc- 
  

   cess 
  cutting 
  back 
  early, 
  that 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  nursery. 
  We 
  have 
  never 
  cut 
  

   back 
  any 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  we 
  were 
  ready 
  to 
  do 
  the 
  work. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  McCoy: 
  In 
  other 
  words 
  you 
  head 
  off 
  the 
  sap 
  flow? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  Yes 
  sir, 
  we 
  hold 
  it 
  back: 
  

  

  J. 
  F. 
  Wilkinson: 
  Do 
  you 
  find 
  it 
  any 
  advantage 
  to 
  cut 
  your 
  

   leaflets 
  off 
  before 
  you 
  bud? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  I 
  haven't 
  tried 
  ^hat 
  enough 
  to 
  know. 
  When 
  you 
  

   were 
  at 
  our 
  place 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  had 
  been 
  trimmed 
  in 
  full 
  leaf 
  and 
  

   had 
  dropped 
  the 
  leaf 
  stalk, 
  and 
  some 
  had 
  been 
  cut 
  off 
  three 
  weeks 
  

   and 
  still 
  didn't 
  let 
  loose. 
  We 
  can 
  tell 
  more 
  next 
  spring 
  as 
  I 
  kept 
  a 
  

   record 
  of 
  that. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomeroy: 
  How 
  do 
  you 
  know 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  ripe 
  enough? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  I 
  don't 
  think 
  a 
  man 
  lives 
  who 
  knows 
  exactly. 
  You 
  

   have 
  to 
  -use 
  your 
  own 
  judgment. 
  For 
  instance, 
  when 
  bud 
  wood 
  

   colors 
  up 
  like 
  this 
  I 
  would 
  feel 
  sure 
  it 
  was 
  ripe 
  enough. 
  When 
  

   it 
  is 
  green 
  I 
  am 
  more 
  afraid 
  of 
  it, 
  although 
  we 
  have 
  some 
  good 
  suc- 
  

   cess 
  with 
  the 
  green 
  wood, 
  but 
  cold 
  storage 
  wood 
  is 
  still 
  better. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris 
  : 
  Professor 
  Van 
  Deman 
  said 
  the 
  other 
  day 
  that 
  in 
  

   cutting 
  bud 
  wood 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  of 
  year 
  it 
  is 
  good 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  bud 
  rest 
  

   for 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  days. 
  He 
  cuts 
  the 
  scions 
  and 
  puts 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  ice 
  

   house. 
  That 
  gives 
  them 
  rest 
  and 
  the 
  buds 
  start 
  better 
  and 
  are 
  

   firmer. 
  Has 
  anyone 
  had 
  experience 
  with 
  that 
  way? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Dorr: 
  There 
  is 
  another 
  question 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  ask. 
  If 
  we 
  

   want 
  to 
  experiment 
  with 
  the 
  processes 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  suggested 
  

   here, 
  shouldn't 
  Evansville 
  have 
  a 
  place 
  where 
  we 
  can 
  store 
  scions? 
  

   We 
  should 
  have, 
  an 
  ice 
  house. 
  Some 
  of 
  us 
  who 
  don't 
  have 
  shoes, 
  

   haven't 
  any 
  ice 
  house. 
  I 
  worked 
  in 
  South 
  Carolina 
  one 
  time 
  and 
  

   made 
  this 
  discovery, 
  and 
  it 
  almost 
  made 
  me 
  weak. 
  The 
  great 
  

   majority 
  of 
  farmers 
  in 
  South 
  Carolina 
  are 
  men 
  who 
  make 
  fifty 
  

   dollars 
  a 
  year; 
  they 
  cultivate 
  three 
  acres 
  and 
  own 
  a 
  mule 
  in 
  partner- 
  

   ship 
  with 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  other 
  men. 
  Suppose 
  some 
  enthusiast 
  like 
  

   this 
  man 
  plants 
  an 
  orchard 
  there. 
  What 
  inducement 
  has 
  he 
  for 
  that 
  

   kind 
  of 
  work? 
  The 
  dream 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  here 
  for 
  Evansville, 
  which 
  is 
  

   my 
  home, 
  is 
  to 
  bring 
  some 
  of 
  that 
  kind 
  of 
  work 
  into 
  the 
  high 
  schools. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  White 
  : 
  In 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  point 
  brought 
  out 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Morris 
  

   about 
  cold 
  storage 
  bud 
  wood, 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  better 
  for 
  being 
  

   chilled. 
  We 
  have 
  found 
  it 
  hastens 
  the 
  callous. 
  The 
  same 
  theorj'- 
  

   has 
  been 
  borne 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  

  

  