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the best of fruit was obtained from youriij orchards, he believed an old 

 orchard could be saved by cuttint^ back to even old stubs. 



^^r. Goodman thought an orchard to be profitable to the owner 

 reached its zenith in productiveness at the age of twenty years. 



Mr. lint, of Andrew county, thought as the gentleman who pre- 

 ceded him, and thought the best way to trim an old orchard back 

 was to cut it down, and thought the thorough cultivation the only true 

 plan. He sighted a number of instances where inferior cultivation did 

 much to injure the orchard, and the crops therefrom w^ere fully one- 

 third short. He believed the cause of dying out was attributable to lack 

 of cultivation. Murtfeldt agreed with P^nt. 



N. F. Murray thought that the extremes of heat, cold and drought, 

 contributable largely to the injury of the apple crop. Whenever a tree 

 received a sudden shock from these changes it always proved more or 

 less injurious. 



Mr. LaiigJilin was still on the other side — he would still continue his 

 experiments on the old orchard. 



As to spraying Murray had tried white arsenic, 2\ ounces to the loo 

 gallons of water and seen no bad results from these proportions. 



Win. Brodbcck, Sr., had noticed some trees that appeared dead on 

 the body on one side, but by care and proper treatment had been saved. 



Mr. Bell, of Boonville, as a large fruit dealer and shipper believed in 

 renewing orchards, especially the apple, with young orchards. He 

 preferred to buy fruit of the young orchard and generally gave the old 

 orchards the * goby " in buying. He took little stock in the fruit grown 

 in the " doctored up " orchard. The best orchard for the market was 

 the young orchord. He closed by advising the cutting down of the old 

 orchard ; believed spraying was necessary and the only true remedy 

 from the moth and cited many cases where he had bought crops 

 that had been sprayed that were free from insects of all kinds. In buy- 

 ing varieties he advised the grower to buy only the best commercial 

 varieties. 



Mr. Gainit, of Maryville, in his travels over this section had found 

 many orchards of premature decay, He thought the principal cause 

 was over-production, and thought the trees should be trimmed back at 

 the time to prevent over-bearing the following year. 



Dr. Goslin on spraying said : " I have had to answer so many 

 inquiries as to the solution of arsenic to spray apple trees, that I will 

 give you a recipe for a solution of arsenic that is easy and 

 simple to make. Don't use more than 2\ ounces to the lOO 

 gallons of water, and one-half a can of Lewis' lye is sufficient 



