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we got over to Mr. Pope's orchard and saw there the influence 

 not only of this particular fertilizer which Mr. Dawes has been 

 speaking of but of other fertilizers which have been applied 

 under the direction of the Experiment Station, we could see the 

 difference very readily. It was a rare treat to see the condition 

 the orcnard was in where most of these experiments were being 

 tried, and especially were the results favorable where the appli- 

 cation contained a large amount of nitrogenous matter, which 

 is contrary to the old treatment which we have been giving the 

 orchards. At the same time it is very nice to have th's home 

 product brought out, and that is why 1 asked Brother DeCoster 

 here to talk so that he could tell you, or call special attention to 

 the experiments in the same orchard where hogs had been used, 

 and to some of his own work with the use of sheep. He mignt 

 have gone a little farther, if he would, and have told you per- 

 haps about poultry, — how the poultry if thev have an oppor- 

 tunity to work in the orchard will accomplish almost the same 

 result. I had a very good illustration of that in mv own place 

 this year. I had an opportunity of getting a little of the fer- 

 tilizer Mr. Dawes spoke of and I applied it to several of my 

 trees and the results were very gratifying indeed. The gentle- 

 man of whom I got the material applied all but a hundred pounds 

 to his own trees. He said he would not let me have any more, 

 it was so much fun to put it on he was going to do it, but — to use 

 his own expression, you will pardon my using it— he said he 

 didn't think it would amount to a damn anyway but he was 

 going to do it. Well now, this year, while his crop of apples is 

 not so large as last year, yet he never raised so fine fruit as this 

 year, and he told me only the other day that he was going to 

 put the same kind of fertilizer onto his grass ground next year 

 because he wasn't situated so he could either make or buy large 

 quantities of home manure. Wtell, as to *:he poultry, I inclosed 

 several new trees this year that had not been inclosed before, 

 and certainly the result there was almost as marked as it was 

 where the Fisher fornmla had been applied. At any rate it con- 

 vinced me of just this point, and I think it will any intelligent 

 observer, that the trees along with the other fertilizers which we 

 may give them also need a large amount of the nitrogenous part. 



