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trees would bear and parts would not. We are keeping a record to see 

 whether the trees that bear this year bear every year or not. 



Q. Do you prune your peaches heavily? 



A. Quite heavily. The peaches need more pruning than any other 

 tree. 



Q. Do you use a mechanical grader? 



A. No. We grade by hand. With our soil we can grow any kind of 

 fruit and Ave do, so we have about the same amount of work the year 

 around. We begin in the spring with the pruning, then the thinning 

 after the picking of cherries, then the early ai)ples and peaches and after 

 this the later apples. I do not know as much about graders as some of 

 you and I presume some of them handle the fruit without bruising. 



Q. The louse on apples has become a serious matter, can 3'ou tell us 

 what to do? 



A. We have always been able to keep this under control. It has never 

 been much trouble. I had good results by using nicotine extract. 



Q. I recently met an extensive peach grower and he" claimed that if 

 I pruned my peach trees any time except in summer, I would destroy the 

 peach crop. 



A. I would do most of the peach pruning in spring. Some of our best 

 growers begin to prune in the winter, or in February. We are pruning 

 our apple orchards now and do most of that in February, March and 

 April. 



Q. Why do you prefer to prune later? 



A. I have always felt that the peach wood was a little porous and 

 that by making the cut earlier in the season the wood might dry out. 

 Still, if there were any good reason for pruning my peach orchard earlier, 

 I think I would do so. As it is we can just as well leave it until the last. 



Q. How do you get rid of the brush? 



A. We have used a brush burner but generally just go along with 

 a low wheeled wagon and draw it off and burn it. 

 Mr. President : 



''It is now time to adjourn this meeting as the ladies are to hold a 

 Women's Session at 4:30 at the Commercial Club. The ladies have kind- 

 ly invited the gentlemen to attend this session and I hope a great many 

 will for I am sure it will prove an interesting meeting." 



WOMEN'S SESSION. 



This meeting was called to order at 4 :30 by Mrs. J. P. Munson, who 

 said : 



''This is the first time that we have ever had a woman's meeting and 

 I am sure we are all very glad to have this opportunity to meet and have 

 sort of a heart-to-heart talk and become better acquainted. 



We are disappointed in one of our speakers this afternoon as Mrs. 

 Fraleigh is unable to be present on account of illness. AVe will hear first 

 from Mrs. Ballard of Niles, who will speak on "A Woman's Life on a 

 Farm". 



