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good sized trees, but I think in our section of country we have some- 

 thing better. However, as we go east the Norway spruce does 

 better. 



The Chairman: I would Hke to ask Mr. Norby how the bull 

 pine is doing in his section. 



Mr. Norby: Well, the bull pine is altogether the best variety 

 I have. It has done first rate, I gave it a very severe trial; I 

 stuck it out on the prairie sod, and it is a thrifty tree today. 



Mrs. Jennie Stager: The second year after I joined the so- 

 ciety Prof. Green sent me some seedlings of the Norway pine, and 

 I still have eleven out of the dozen. All over our part of the state 

 there are some larger than mine. 



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Mr. W. L. Taylor: I hate to see the Norway spruce stricken 

 from the list, because at Litchfield it is the best tree we have, except 

 in a very dry season, when some will kill out. I know some in our 

 section that the owners would not take $500 apiece for. 



Mr. O. W. Moore: The discussion seems to indicate that the 

 western part of the state is not so favorable for the Norway spruce 

 as the eastern part of the state. In the eastern half of the state it 

 seems to be all right. It seems to do well with us in Fillmore 

 county, and it seems to be thriving all over the eastern part of the 

 state. 



