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culture; and if we answer that question intelligently, we shall 

 soon have them doing good grafting. 



Mrs. Kennedy: One of the best ways to get it before the 

 public would be at the institutes; have a little grafting done 

 there. That is where our boys all go, they go to those insti- 

 tutes, and if they could have twenty minutes or half an hour's 

 instruction, they could learn more in that time than by all the 

 reading they could do in the public press. An object lesson of 

 twenty minutes would do more good than any amount of read- 

 ing. 



Mr. Kimball: As I said before, the question is, getting it be- 

 fore the people. I think we must send out reading matter to 

 the people and educate them as fast as we can. I would like 

 to assist the rank and file to a more hardy and better tree. 



Pres. Underwood: We do not want to keep the same ones 

 talking all the time, and I would be glad to give an opportunity 

 to those who have not spoken on this subject. 



Mr. G. J. Kellogg: The Shield's makes the nicest tree. The 

 Virginia is good, but I prefer the Shield's. In answer to Mrs. 

 Kennedy's suggestion, I would not ask the conductor's permis- 

 sion to show the boys how to graft; I would do it without his 

 permission. 



Pres. Underwood: I think Mrs. Kennedy's suggestion is 

 most practical, and I hope Mr. Wedge will follow her sugges- 

 tion and make an opportunity for educating the j)eople of our 

 state in this matter. 



Mr. Wedge: I am very glad to get these suggestions, and 

 am glad that you feel free in giving them to me, but the way 

 our institutes are conducted it is not always possible to follow 

 out the suggestions. At some time when it is convenient, I 

 would like four or five minutes time to say a few words in re- 

 gard to my experience on the institute corps, and to ask some 

 questions. 



IMPROVING THE LAWN. 



In looking;' over the lawn in the early spring, one is likelj- to find 

 little hills and hollows that jijreatl}- mar its beauty. Places not over 

 an inch or two below the level may have suflicient soil put ou to 

 even them up, and the grass will readily come through. 



Where a deeper filling is required, the sod must be taken up, rolled 

 to one side and soil put in to bring it to a level. The sod is then to 

 be rolled back to its place and pounded down with the back of the 

 spade. Where the soil is too high, the sod is to be taken off, the 

 surplus earth removed, and then the sod is put in place as above. 

 An ine.xperienced person will be surprised to see what a little labor 

 will accomplish. 



