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It has been the common practice to set them around orchards in this state, but 
I do not know of a single case of an orchard so sheltered several years ago, but 
what now presents to the owner the alternation of losing the usefulness of his 
fruit tree, or taking away his shelter belt. It is better to begin right and plant 
the evergreens, for on our western prairies shelter our fruit trees must have. 
OLIVER GIBBS, JR., 
Lake City, Wabasha Co., Minn., Jan. 15, 1881. 
DISCUSSION. 
Mr. Greenman did not think the weight of one man sufficient 
to pack the ground too hard around any evergreens in transplant- 
ing, if apphed at the surface. 
Mr. Pearce said he would not use water in setting any tree. 
Mr. Humphrey had transplanted Scotch pines, and used one 
pail of water to each tree. ' 
The trees were large and the season late, the main shoots having 
made six inches growth, he had moved three hundred and did not 
lose one. 
Mr. Gibbs said if the soil was just right, that water was of no 
use in transplanting. 
Mr. Humphrey reported planting five hundred hemlocks, but did 
not think they were hardy. He had lost most of them. 
Mr. Grimes reported his hemlocks on high ground doing well, 
while those on low land were not thriving. He never uses water 
except to puddle the hole just before planting, and after plac- 
ing the tree fills in earth around the roots and rams it tight. 
Mr. Humphrey said he set five hundred Norway spruce in man- 
ner described by Mr. Grimes and did not lose one. 
Mr. Sias considered the hemlock perfectly hardy, and in this re- 
spect was willing to place it at the head of the list of evergreens he 
gave evidence of its hardiness, and made a strong plea for this tree. 
The committee appointed to confer with the Cane Growers Asso- 
ciation as to the time of neeting &c., report in favor of meeting on 
the third Monday in January, 1882, at 2 Pp. u., which report was 
adopted, and the time of the annual meeting, by resolutions, fixed 
at that time. 
A committee on legislation was appointed as follows: J. T. 
Grimes, J. H. Stevens, S. W. Emery, Truman M. Smith and U.S. 
Hollister. 
Meeting adjourned until 7 P. M. 
