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  broke. 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  alfalfa 
  and 
  tree 
  crops 
  will 
  be 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  great- 
  

   est 
  factors 
  in 
  the 
  rehabilitation 
  of 
  the 
  farm, 
  especially 
  the 
  nut 
  trees, 
  

   for 
  the 
  reason 
  that 
  nut 
  trees 
  do 
  not 
  require 
  the 
  same 
  high 
  degree 
  of 
  

   care, 
  spraying, 
  pruning, 
  as 
  do 
  apple 
  and 
  peach 
  trees, 
  nor 
  are 
  the 
  

   products 
  as 
  perishable. 
  A 
  crop 
  of 
  nuts 
  can 
  be 
  harvested 
  and 
  stacked 
  

   up 
  in 
  barrels, 
  and 
  boxes, 
  in 
  the 
  smoke 
  house, 
  the 
  barn 
  or 
  in 
  a 
  fiat 
  

   car 
  and 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  market 
  tomorrow, 
  next 
  week 
  or 
  next 
  month. 
  

  

  Recurring 
  to 
  the 
  advantage 
  of 
  topworking, 
  however, 
  it 
  meets 
  the 
  

   objection 
  that 
  is 
  often 
  raised 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  say 
  they 
  have 
  not 
  time 
  

   to 
  wait 
  for 
  the 
  nut 
  trees 
  to 
  grow. 
  Of 
  course, 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  perfectly 
  

   foolish 
  statement; 
  they 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  wait 
  anyhow; 
  it 
  is 
  simply 
  a 
  

   question 
  as 
  to 
  whether 
  they 
  wait 
  for 
  something 
  or 
  nothing, 
  and 
  

   trees 
  grow 
  into 
  maturity 
  in 
  a 
  surprisingly 
  short 
  time. 
  A 
  few 
  j^ears 
  

   ago, 
  when 
  I 
  was 
  setting 
  out 
  an 
  orchard 
  of 
  nut 
  trees, 
  a 
  neighbor 
  of 
  

   mine 
  came 
  over 
  and 
  looked 
  very 
  doubtfully 
  with 
  a 
  trace 
  of 
  pity 
  in 
  

   his 
  expression 
  and 
  said, 
  "When 
  do 
  you 
  expect 
  all 
  those 
  trees 
  that 
  

   you 
  are 
  setting 
  to 
  bear?" 
  I 
  replied, 
  "I 
  am 
  not 
  sure, 
  but 
  I 
  do 
  know 
  

   that 
  they 
  will 
  bear 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  before 
  those 
  trees 
  that 
  you 
  are 
  not 
  

   setting." 
  Topworking, 
  however, 
  gives 
  quick 
  results 
  and 
  enables 
  

   one 
  to 
  take 
  advantage 
  of 
  the 
  long-established 
  thrifty 
  root 
  systems 
  

   of 
  the 
  wild 
  black 
  walnuts, 
  hickories 
  and 
  pecans 
  growing 
  in 
  economic 
  

   spots, 
  around 
  the 
  fences, 
  corners, 
  creeks 
  and 
  hillsides. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  In 
  all 
  our 
  grafting 
  we 
  cut 
  the 
  cleft; 
  we 
  don't 
  split 
  it. 
  

   The 
  slip 
  bark 
  method 
  is 
  better 
  in 
  some 
  cases. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  President: 
  What 
  is 
  the 
  size 
  limit 
  for 
  the 
  sHp 
  bark 
  method? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  Anything 
  less 
  than 
  two 
  inches 
  we 
  would 
  cut. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Will 
  Mr. 
  Jones 
  tell 
  us 
  about 
  budding 
  with 
  

   cold 
  storage 
  wood? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  The 
  cold 
  storage 
  buds 
  would 
  take 
  better, 
  but 
  you 
  

   would 
  have 
  more 
  loss 
  in 
  their 
  faiUng 
  to 
  grow. 
  In 
  other 
  words, 
  a 
  

   much 
  larger 
  percentage 
  of 
  buds 
  set 
  with 
  the 
  current 
  season's 
  growth, 
  

   will 
  grow 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  spring. 
  I 
  would 
  not 
  recommend 
  either 
  

   method 
  alone. 
  By 
  grafting 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  then 
  budding, 
  first 
  

   with 
  cold 
  storage 
  and 
  later 
  with 
  the 
  season 
  buds, 
  you 
  would 
  have 
  

   three 
  chances. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  Have 
  you 
  budded 
  any 
  cold 
  storage 
  wood 
  

   before 
  this 
  year? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jones: 
  We 
  have 
  done 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  of 
  it 
  for 
  six 
  or 
  eight 
  

   years, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  successful. 
  Anyone 
  with 
  very 
  little 
  expe- 
  

   rience 
  can 
  use 
  cold 
  storage 
  buds. 
  

  

  