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It is very iietx'ssary to kec'i) the hiids iciiiioved from below tlie 

 i^riift. The foni- <^r;il'(s 'show ii in this view slarted, all of them, 

 hill I he hiids heh)W tiiok all the strcii^lh IVom Miem. 'JMk; hai-k 

 Jias been removed Jrom the three on this side; from the otlier it 

 Jias not. The sap, of course, Hows ab^nj;- tiie line of least re- 

 sistance and takes all tbe strengtb and the graft dies. 



The next is a photograph to show the Paragon grafted <jii oak. 

 Tile tree is still living. The oak now is smaller in diameter than 

 the chestnut, the chestnut growing faster. This was not very 

 successful; still, it is succecssfnl to tlui extent that it lives and 

 bears nuts. 



A defective union. At that i)oint (indicating) enemies can 

 ent(;r, — fungi and bcclles. The wind also \Nill frequently break 

 off a tree at the point of union, if the union is not perfect. A 

 sprout was allowed to mature on this and later was grafted. 

 The growth is very rapid, and the chestnut not being a strong 

 wood, iiKiiiy were lost in this way where; the union was defective. 



This is a portion of the fifty acres as it appeared six years ago. 



Here we have a view of it a little later. All the roots of the 

 other trees begin to sprout and it is necessary to clean out every- 

 thing. If the underbrush is allowed to grow, it will, sooner or 

 later, choke out the trees and will allow enemies to develop; you 

 cannot keep it too clean. Fires will run through it; so Mr. 

 Sober early found that it was necessary to keep the growth 

 clean. Miiuy parts of it are now clean enough to mow with a 

 lawn mower. In many places the grass is beginning to grow. 

 I wish you would notice how clean the grove is in places. This 

 is the condition soon after the grafting. Then it was necessary 

 to employ from twenty-five to fifty men to clean out and, in 

 order to save the 3'oung grafted trees, screens were made. At 

 one time I saw as many as twenty-five of these screens. They 

 were covered with asbestos to protect them from the fire, and 

 the young sprouts that have been grafted are back of the screens. 

 These men are grubbing out and cleaning, trying to get the 

 ground clean euougli to raise grass. 



This view sliows one of the screens a little nearer and some 

 of the men, who reste(l n moment while I took I he ]»h(»togTaph. 



