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Occasionally they will get to doing it, and then again, we 

 will have no trouble whatever. I think they are inclined 

 to bark the trees when they are, to an extent, a little out 

 of condition. I think if you give them a little charcoal 

 and ashes and some salt, so as to get their system in good 

 condition, they will not be so inclined to bark the trees. 

 After the hogs have been in any length of time, if they 

 bother me about barking the trees, it is perhaps a good 

 plan to give them a reasonable amount of green stuff in 

 the orchard. I do not want to feed them too much, be- 

 cause I want to have them root and to get all the food they 

 can from the clover roots and stuff in the soil. 



If you have any further questions, or any remarks 

 that you would like to bring before the meeting, there is 

 now an opportunity. If there is any question on the print- 

 ed list which you would like to have answered at this 

 time, we will take it up. 



Discussion of the Question List. 



Mr. Smith : Number 25. 



President Gold: Question 25 is called for. "Why 

 don't we attempt to grow more pears in this state?" 



Mr. Geo. W. Smith : Mr. President, I would like to 

 say a word on that, although I hardly feel that I am much 

 of an authority on the subject. I will, nevertheless, tell 

 you what I think. Pears have gone a little into decay in 

 New England, yet there is no part of the country that is 

 better adapted to growing pears than New England. Prob- 

 ably the reason of this decline is largely due to the in- 

 creased facilities for getting fruit here from other places 

 that has taken the place of the pear. Furthermore, for 

 the last few years, the San Jose scale has cleaned out the 

 pear trees pretty thoroughly. Nevertheless, every man 

 that has a love for fruit culture knows there is nothing 

 more delicious than a nice pear. When I eat a winter 

 pear in February, I am very thankful to God for creating 



