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Secretary Russell. Does Mr. Hill understand that the 

 question is asked about maple trees ? 



Mr. Hill. Yes. 



Secretary Russell. Would you prepose to trim maple 

 trees as late as March, where the limbs were four or five 

 inches througli ? 



Mr. Hill. I would not cut off limbs of maple trees that 

 were four or five inches through. I would not cut off limbs 

 as large as that from any shade tree that I wished to pre- 

 serve any length of time. My experience is that the cut- 

 ting off of limbs as large as that will materially injure the 

 tree and finally kill it. I would trim those limbs up, leav- 

 ing the large ones and cutting the laterals. I certainly 

 should not remove them. I would not cut them later than 

 the first of March, and if they were maples, I should rather 

 do it before the first of January. 



Mr. Upton. I have had a little experience in trimming 

 fruit and other trees, and I do not apprehend any trouble 

 from cutting off the limbs of those maples. In a day or 

 two after you have cut them off give the cut two coats of 

 paint, and you will find that the wound will heal over and 

 the wood be just as sound and good as any part of the tree. 

 You will not find any rot there. 



Mr. Hill. If I was going to cut them off I would do it 

 two feet from the tree, and instead of using paint I would 

 use shellac. 



Adjourned until 7.30. 



Evening Session. 



The meeting was called to order at the appointed hour by 

 the Chairman, Mr. J. H. Goddard of Barre, who introduced 

 as the lecturer of the evening Mr. Ethan Brooks of West 

 Springfield. 



