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iiiiv ojic who has looked into the mutter will be surprised 

 1o know how long you can hold these trees as fillers, if you 

 practise ihe right way of pruning. In pruning high trees, the 

 uj)j)er branches are cut down every year to keep thoni from 

 getting higher. 



(Question. Don't you have any trouble with the lower 

 branches crowding? , 



Professor Sears. Cut the lower branches any way you 

 desire. You don't want to cut branches that are going to 

 spread into the middle. You would be surprised to know 

 how often you can prune them satisfactorily. 



EvENiNo Session, 



The evening session was called to order at 8 o'clock by 

 Secretary Ellsworth, who introduced Mr. II. G. Worth of 

 Nantucket as presiding officer. 



Without extended remarks, the Chair introduced the 

 speaker of the evening, Prof. Jas. B. Paige of Amherst, 

 who delivered a lecture on ^' Lessons from a decade's experi- 

 ence in poultry keeping." 



