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question. His experience was a notable one. He pruned the trees 

 back much more severely than usual and then gave them a top dressing 

 of fertilizer. He then gave them very thorough cultivation and as a 

 result secured a very good growth indeed, even where one-half of the 

 tree was dead. 



A more extended report of the meeting will be embodied in our 

 next annual in a separate article, and Mr. J. C. Evans will also make 

 a report for you. 



The new experiment station and its work is a topic that demands 

 our careful attention and consideration. The location is made at Mt. 

 Grove. The trustees are appointed and are beginning their work and 

 it is for this society to assist in every way the proper direction of the 

 experiments in a practical line and help solve the difficult questions 

 daily presenting themselves. The man to take this work should be one 

 experienced in the Ozark region, a scientist capable of doing 

 all the investigation necessary and yet practical enough to apply it to 

 use. 



INDIVIDUALITY OF OUR TREES. 



As in each person so is there individuality in our trees. You, all 

 of you, have noticed this in some special tree or trees in our orchards 

 and why should we not make use of just this in every day work, and in 

 all of our propagation of trees. Something can be done in selection 

 of these individual trees, can there not? For one reason and another 

 either of better selection or better surroundings, or better feeding, or 

 better cultivation, or better location, or better soil, or better subsoil, 

 some individual trees have far outreached their neighbors in hardi- 

 ness, in vigor, in productiveness, and these qualities can be propagated, 

 can they not? If so, wdiy then not use this fact in each succeeding 

 generation of trees. If this should be continued for forty years, having 

 in mind this individual ideal tree, can you tell mo what the result will 

 be ? 



"Canst thou projihrsv. little tree. 

 What the glory of thy bouyhs shall be?" 



V>vi T must not folloAv this further and only bring to mind this impor- 

 tant feature of selection and individualitv. 



