70 NEBRASKA STATE IK Mrncri/nUAI, SCH'IKTY 



Q. I do not think there would be any chance for seepage of the 

 water. 



A. I do not think so myself, but that question is raised by a good 

 many people. 



Q. Will not the natural formation bring water from below? 



A. Well, he is not in the Platte valley, exactly. It is at the con- 

 fluence of the North Platte and Ash Creek, possibly a, couple of miles, 

 and it is considerably higher than the Platte valley, and the depth to 

 water there would be 25 feet, I should think, and the condition as far as 

 the water is concerned, would be perhaps not unlike the conditions 

 which prevailed to a large extent in that western country in the sand 

 hill district. 



The Chairman: There is in our recommended list that 1 spoke of. 

 in the commencement of the meeting, a list prepared for District 19, 

 which covers all the knowledge that tiiis society had of that district 

 up to the time of the making of that list in 190.5. And since that time 

 there have been a few other facts gleaned, and that is why I recom- 

 mended a revision of the list. I can not tell you what they are now, but 

 they are to be found in every copy of our report. 



The Secretary: Question number 6 is as follows: 



Mr. G. A. Marshall in his paper, said to begin the trimming of the 

 young apple tree according to the natural form of each respective va 

 riety. Absolutely correct, but, how can the layman, who most needs 

 instruction, know the correci, shape which different varieties should be 

 given to comply with this fundamental idea? One can not, generally, 

 visit a lot of perfect specimen orchards ; one does not even know where 

 to find them. A few well-made cuts from photographs of perfect and 

 improper specimens, representing a few of the several and most different 

 types, printed in the next issue of our year book, would be an excellent 

 way of Instructing those of us who a'e anxious tc learn exactly how 

 the different leading varieties should be correctly trained by pruning. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. J. ERNST (A Life Member). 



A Member: Mr. Ernst's point is well made, and I think, too, that 

 the experience of Mr. T. E. Snodgrass along the line of how to trim, 

 would be very well taken if it were published. 



Mr. G. A. Marshall: That paper of Mr. Snodgrass's was listed in the 

 index, but it is not in the report. It is a valuable paper and was given 

 five or six years ago. It is indexed, but you will go to the index 

 and you will find it, b>it go to the page and it is not there. The point 

 I want to bring out was this, that you could not trim all the varieties 

 of apples the same. You could not make ii Wliitney grow as a Winesap. 

 I am sorry for our people in Nebraska, that they do not try to learn 

 more about trees. Now you can go to the well up-to-date farmer and 

 you ask him about his corn and clover and cattle and sheep, and chickens 

 and even his children, and he could Icjl youi- their names. But abso- 



