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trees, as he hai known cases where such had saved the peach when 

 those on other trees were killed ; also spoke of wheat bran as a fertil- 

 izer. 



Mr. Hynes, of West Plains, resented the implication of the last 

 speaker that the lands of Southwest Missouri were poor; thought that 

 the slope of the land upon which orchards are planted, should have 

 much weight in the matter of pruning; recommended the exercise of 

 prudence and judgment; all, or nearly all, trimming should be done 

 before the wood ripens. 



Mr. Benedict asked the society if they endorsed the idea advanced 

 by Mr. Thompson that orchards should be fenced and pastured instead 

 of cultivated. 



Mr Goodman stated that each man was responsible for his own 

 statements, and the society should in no way be held responsible for 

 any remarks made unless acted upon by the society. 



President Evans would recommend pasturing orchards with sheep 

 storage ; tree, a iair bearer ; apple, very late keeper and very rich 

 flavor; has named them "Re qua Seedling." 



and hogs, especially if an old orchard; yet judgment should be re- 

 quired. 



Mr. Thompson^ from Vernon, again asserted that orchards well 

 tramped by stock receive benefit therefrom. 



Mr. Bequa called the attention of the society to a seedling apple 

 which he lias raised in the county since 18ti9. He had on exhibition 

 some well preserved fruit which has had nothing but ordinary cellar 

 Capt. Henry spoke in favor of pasturing orchards, especially if 

 upon rich soil or highly fertilized; thought that trees should put out 

 at least a six-inch growth each year. 



Mr. W. Scatty Irom Vernon county, recommended thick planting, 

 twenty feet apart. 



Mr. D. Carpenter found in his experience that such planting 

 smothered out the trees and produced no good effects at all; recom- 

 mended planting Texas onions about each tree at planting as a preven- 

 tive against the borer. 



Mr. Holman endorsed the above and added tansy to the list of 

 borer preventives; asked the gentleman who raises his apples by 

 *'horse power" if his horses be shod, at what age begin, 



Mr. J. W. Kidwell thought that new land, no matter how rich, 

 needed fertilizing to rid it of a certain wild nature detrimental to the 

 orchard. 



Mr. Hill planted his trees a rod apart and now finds them alto- 

 gether too close, and asked if it would do now to trim up. 



