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teaspoonful to three gallons of water, would seem to me to 

 be a pretty heavy allowance of Paris green as applied to the 

 foliage. 



Mr. Ceuickshanks. Dr. Fisher found no trouble with the 

 apples. 



Secretary Gtold. Well, in careless management the Paris 

 green settles to the bottom of the vessel. 



Mr. Cruickshaxks. It requires to be kept stirred up. 



Secretary Gold. You have got to keep it continually 

 stirred, and perhaps in that way a teaspoonful to three gal- 

 lons of water might not be too much ; but in the hands of an 

 ordinary lal)orer, if you put a teaspoonful into three gallons 

 of water, you will get almost a half a teaspoonful in the last 

 gallon, and then you will affect the foliage of the trees. 



I am pleased to have this matter of the cultivation of 

 fruit set forth so fully, believing, as I do, that there is no 

 branch of New England agriculture that we can pursue 

 more profital)ly and which will be more satisfactory to the 

 pursuer than that of orchard culture here in New England. 



Secretary Sessions. We have with us a gentleman of a 

 good deal of experience who has come a long distance. I 

 want to hear a few words from Mr. James Draper of 

 Worcester. 



Mr. Draper. Mr. President and gentlemen, it has been 

 my good fortune to be associated ^nth Mr. Wood for a great 

 many years in different lines of horticulture. I have fol- 

 lowed him around to different gatherings of this character, 

 and it has been my part to watch the progress of meetings 

 and not allow them to drag, and if I found there was 

 any opportunity to supplement his good words from my 

 experience, to drop in some little hints to keep the meeting 

 lively. But where has been the o})portunity at this meeting 

 at Great Barrington for any one to find an unoccupied 

 moment, which I consider has been one of the most success- 

 ful meetings held by the State Board of Agriculture ? But, 

 my friends, you are open to this one censure. Your meet- 

 ings have been called invariably from half an hour to three- 

 quarters before you began. I think that is a mistake. 

 Farmers should ])e taught punctuality as much as they are 

 taught other thino-s. 



