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Mr. Brackett : I agree with Mr. Hawkins on the No. 4 rasp- 

 berry. It has done so well with me that I have plowed everything 

 else under. Some of the neighbors that have planted it have 

 been greatly pleased. I will venture to say that if you get our 

 No. 4, from the Experiment Station, you will never grow any- 

 thing else. (Applause.) 



A Member : Another man and I put out two thousand plants 

 of the St. Regis, which had been recommended to us. This fall 

 we didn't get any fruit. I would like to know the experience of 

 fruit growers this season. 



Mr. Rasmussen: I think they are the finest bush in the 

 world, but they grow no fruit buds. 



Mr. Hawkins : We had a very hot spell, and I think that was 

 the reason they didn't set any fruit buds. 



A Member : How many crates do you pick an acre, on good 

 land? 



Mr. Hawkins : On good land it would be about two hundred 

 crates to the acre. 



The President: You notice that Mr. Hawkins emphasizes 

 good land. Good land goes a long ways when it comes to grow- 

 ing all that kind of fruit. 



Duluth Trial Station in 1916. 



W. J. THOMPSON, SUPT. 



No new work was started. The orchard of apples, plums 

 and cherries selected from the society list for our region, and 

 set out in 1915, was carefully pruned and cultivated through the 

 summer. Good growth was secured. The worst loss in 1915- 

 1916 winter was observed in the Hibernal and Anisim stock. 

 Experiments in blasting holes for trees gave no noticeable differ- 

 ences in quantity of growth as yet, but it was a great labor saving 

 device. Fully one-half time was saved, besides the rather hard 

 pan type of clay was thoroughly broken. Rutabagas were grown 

 between the trees during the summer. This fall a cover crop of 

 rye was seeded after disking the land thoroughly. It is planned 

 to turn these under for green manure and follow with rutabagas 

 in 1917. 



Lowering Costs of Potato Production. — Fifty years ago an acre of 

 potatoes yielding 110 bushels required fifty-five hours of man labor. Now 

 an acre yielding 220 bushels requires but thirty-eight hours, — thanks to 

 the potato planter and digger. One man with a good planter can open the 

 rows, distribute the fertilizer, drop the tubers and cover them over an area 

 of three to five acres each day. Planters are now being used in many com- 

 munities and a greater area covered. Best methods of cultivation and fer- 

 tilization assist in reducing the cost per bushel of growing potatoes, at the 

 same time increasing the yields. — Henry G. Bell. 



