TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING. 



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Mr. Reim' : Well, the basic slas:^- al)out fifteen dollars, and 

 carbonate of lime delivered at cur station costs about' three 

 dollars per ton. 



A Member : Is there any difference in the grades of 

 the basic slag? I understand that there is both a high and 

 lov.' grade? 



Mr. Repp : There is some difference in the analysis, of 

 course. I would rather have the high grade for results. It 

 pays to get it. I have tried both. The high grade gives the 

 best results. 



Mr. Wheeler : What system do you use in pruning 

 your grapes? 



Mr. Repp : I am using a new system. I am trying to 

 put them up on double wires. Our first system was to run 

 them up on a single wire, but now we are taking them up on 

 double wires. They come up like this (indicating). That 

 is, one wire here and another one up there like that. This 

 one up here is for the two-year-old, and let the one come up 

 that is one year old. That is a good system. I have increased 

 from three tons to the acre up to seven or eight tons to the 

 acre. It is the system they are using in the West. 



President Rogers: We will have to draw this discus- 

 sion to a close now, as the time has arrived for the next sub- 

 ject on the program. Dr. Jenkins, Director of the Connecti- 

 cut Experiment Station is with us and will speak to us on 

 "Fertilizers for Fruits." 



Fertilizers for Fruits. 



Bjf Dr. E. H. Jenkins, New Haven, 

 Director, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. 



A better title to this paper would be "The Feeding of 

 Orchard Trees." How and when to use commercial fertiliz- 

 ers in orchards is only a part of our question. What we 

 want to know is, how and when to give orchard trees all the 

 material which they need to make them grow and keep them 



