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MR. MARGESON. Yes, I have used it on peaches and 

 apples. 



THE PRESIDENT. I would like to state that Mr. 

 Margeson and some of the rest of us in our locality were 

 troubled with the leopard moth, which is the most serious 

 borer we have in the eastern part of the state, 



MR. WILFRID WHEELER. If you want to get rid of 

 the leopard moth, put up plenty of good nesting boxes for 

 the woodpeckers. They will take care of them, and will 

 find them more quickly than you can. 



MR. MARGESON. I have found more of them recently 

 than for some time, in the young apple trees, at the begin- 

 ning of the branches, three or four feet frofti the ground, 

 and all I would notice was just a little sawdust effect coming 

 out, but on digging it out, I would sometimes find the cavity 

 of one or two inches. I think we will have to keep looking 

 over our trees for that pest. 



MR. CARPENTER. I would like to ask how you ferti- 

 lize your currants. 



MR. MARGESON. I use stable manure. The fruit is 

 so intensely planted that the manure has to be conveyed in 

 by wheelbarrows. I put on slag and potash and bone meal, 

 sowed broadcast in the spring. 



MR. CARPENTER. About how much to the acre do 

 you put on? 



MR. MARGESON. As I stated in my paper, about 

 eight cords of manure per acre. That takes care of the 

 trees and the currant bushes. I use about 1000 pounds of 

 basic slag, 250 pounds of sulphate or muriate of potash, and 

 250 pounds of bone meal. 



MR. GEER. How low down do you head your trees? 



MR. MARGESON. Well, I have tried different experi- 

 ments, but now I head them 'way down, getting the trees to 

 branch from six to ten inches from the ground. I have had 

 some that were two or three feet, but the low-headed tree 

 interests me the most. 



MR. A. J. NORMAN. Have you ever had any experi- 

 ence with the low-headed trees having their lower branches 

 cut off just as though done by a knife? I had some low- 

 headed trees in my orchard, and found the branches had 



