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but I .believe common brown building paper is a good thing. 

 The tarred paper, or anything that is black, will draw the heat 

 more. I believe we need this protection in winter as well as in 

 summer. Now you keep that shade on during June, July and 

 August and it will not only protect from the sun's rays, but 

 also from borers. I do not like Mr. Pearce's idea of getting 

 along without a trunk, and I believe the body should be pro 

 tected to the limbs. I believe a simple protection is the cheap- 

 est, and I think common brown building paper is as cheap and 

 effective as anything else. I do not believe it is necessary to 

 put up any boards, but if it is, I believe sawdust filling would 

 be better than dirt, but I believe in protection for winter and 

 summer. 



E. H. S. Dartt: I think the nearer we can come to protect- 

 ing the way nature protects the better. At the tree station at 

 Owatonna I have placed six inch boards on the south side of 

 about one hundred and fifty young trees. I have set out trees 

 of each variety in one row all of which are protected by boards, 

 and those in the other row are not. After a while we shall 

 know the difference between that kind of protection and none 

 at all. I have given some thought to boxing trees, and it seems 

 to me if the boxes are taken away in the spring the bark would 

 be more tender than it would be if it had not been put on at all, 

 and that those trees would be more liable to sun scald than if left 

 off altogether. Undoubtedly if trees are so tender that they will 

 not stand the climate, a covering of earth will save them just 

 as much as it will save your raspberries and blackberries you 

 lay down and cover. There seems to be a doubt in my mind if 

 this box and dirt plan is the best way of protecting. I rather 

 doubt it. I have fully as much faith in the board as in the 

 dirt. 



M. Pearce: Now I believe I am a little more particular about 

 trees than anything else. Now the bark on the south side is 

 thicker than it is on the north side, and it is different on the 

 east side from on the west. A tree that grows in the shade is 

 different from one that grows in the sun, and when you put it 

 out it is going to sun scald. 



