DISCUSSION. 71 



idea that the sleet we had last spring had anything to do with 

 the killing of our trees? 



Mr. Marshall: Mr. Chairman, I dont know what to think 

 about that, I don't believe that hurt the trees with us, yet 

 from what Mr. Swan said about his trees 100 miles south of us, 

 which were further along and had leaves on,— and I know if you 

 freeze a cherry tree when grown, if it is frozen ha,rd, that it will 

 Mil it. We had forty killed on the 19th of May about 10 years 

 ago when it froze about four inches. I would not doubt there 

 was something in it that far south. I think the great cause 

 of our trouble is we have had too many cloudy days for the last 

 two years, and it has taken too many leaves off the trees. No 

 cherry tree can live more than three years without having the 

 leaves on in the fall to put the food into the top. When it comes 

 to spraying, if you have sunshine and use a very good spray I 

 think it wiU do some good; but if it is going to rain right along, 

 we have got to have something more. If we have sunshine and 

 trim the little stuff up and carry that all out, and get aU the air to 

 it you can, that will do more good than the spraying. And then 

 spraying the top leaves that haven't had any attack yet, and 

 then have sunshine, then you will get good results. If it contin- 

 ues to rain you cannot do any good if you spray every day. We 

 have got to have sunshine. I understand Mr. Keyser is work- 

 ing on that question now. He is trying to get something that 

 will have some effect on this question. 



I would plant the trees wider apart than before, keep aU wind 

 breaks away. All the trees that we have that are in the open are 

 all right today. 



Mr. Beltzer: Then you don't believe the sleet had anything 

 to do with the dying of the trees down where Mr. Swan lives. 

 The trees were pretty well out of bloom, and the leaves were 

 pretty well out probably that did kiU his trees. We have 

 five cherry orchards consisting on an average of about 300 trees 

 to each orchard, and there is one part in a little basin all through 

 these dry seasons was producing very good crops. There was 

 no air got in there, and they would bloom two weeks before the 

 other orchards. 



