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man of this committee is Mr. L. P. Williams of Minneapolis, 

 Minn., who declares that "Peace has her victories no less than war," 

 when she writes of the encouraging outlook of Forestry, the senti- 

 ment for which is led by the chiefest forester and greatest hero of 

 peace in all the land, President Roosevelt. And thus public opinion 

 is formed. More forest reservations are made each year, more 

 enlightened planting and cutting of timber, more careful preserva- 

 tion of bird and game life, more systematic forestry is practiced 

 and taught, until now a student can gain a thorough and efficient 

 training for forestry in the United States, while the demand for 

 that training is growing day by day. 



Let the good work go on ; let the influence of the State Horti- 

 cultural Society ever be for the trees, which have ever been our 

 friends, and which so grandly serve the purpose of their creation. 



President Dutcher — The trees we have just been hearing about 

 will not bear big red apples, but you could not find an audience more 

 appreciative upon this subject. It is a subject of great value to us 

 all, and we trust the speaker will put her thoughts into words, thai 

 they may appear in print where others can see them. 



Piano Solo — Mr. A. H. Sauters. 



REPLANTING IN ORCHARDS. 



(By J. O. Whltten Horticulturist State University, Oolnmbla, Mo.) 



The subject of replanting in orchards is one of considerable 

 importance to the fruit growers of this State. The question of re- 

 planting is almost sure to come sooner or later to practically every 

 grower who plants an orchard. Even though the trees are planted 

 under the most favorable conditions, it is hardly to be hoped that 

 an orchard will reach bearing aoe without at least a certain per- 

 centage of the young trees dying out. The subject of replanting, 

 however, has, it seems to me, been too little discussed by our hor- 

 ticultural literature. With the exception of a few brief papers 

 and notes, to be found here and there from the reports of this So- 

 ciety, I have been able to find very little literature bearing upon the 

 subject. For information, then, along this line, it is necessary to 

 rely almost wholly upon the experience of practical orchardists and 

 our o^vn experience in replanting in the Experiment Station 

 grounds. Naturally, the subject has been brought to our notice be- 

 cause of the fact that in the experimental orchard we have planted 



