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tree. Ilcncc tlio dispnsition to sun blight wliich I think to be tho most 

 prominent cause nine times out of ten. Ask the wocjcl-cliopper wlio has 

 been an observer of nature, he will tell you the south side of a tree that 

 is exposed to the sun, is touj^her and harder to eliip. 



Mr. John (}. Bergen — The result of my observation is, that it docs not 

 make any difference which way you plant the trc^, wliethcr it stands in 

 the same position as it did in tiie nursery or not. The idea seems very 

 natural, but the facts must be decided by e.xperienee. 



Cattle on the Highways. 



Jlr. Adrian Berg'cn — I wish to call the attention of the club to a decision 

 that has been made in King's county on the suliject. Some cattle had been 

 taken into custody by me for trespassing^ on the highway ; the person to 

 whom they belonged paid me the fifty cents per head according to the 

 statuti>, and then sued me before a justice of the peace of the town, on the 

 ground that 1 was nut the person to whom the fine should be ])aid. The 

 justice of the peace gave the decision against me. I ap|)euled to tho 

 eounty judge, who in his decision gays : 



"The statute don't say to whom application fur redeniption shall be 

 made, v.diether to the justice or the person seizing the cattle. The natural, 

 and I think the proper person to apply to is the person having the cattle 

 in custody, and I see no objection to such person receiving the justice's 

 fees and paying them over to him, whieh was done in this case. Th(> 

 defendant received no more than the statute required the plaintill" to pay 

 for the redemption of his cattle, and so both parties seemed to have under- 

 stood at the time. The payment was voluntarily made without olijection 

 or protest, and, as it would seem, without any demand by the defendant. 



There is no evidence to sustain the verdict uf the jury, and tlie jiulgment 

 of the justice must be reversed with costs." 



JOHN DTK EM AN, 



Kinf/s CouiUij Jitdgr. 



Apple Trees. — Rot in Grapes. 



Mr. John Q A. Jones, Hanover, Howard Co., MarylaTid. — I am very 

 much interested in the difcussions (jf the Farmers' Club of the American 

 Institute. Since purchasing my farm four years ago, I have been noticing 

 fruit trees with more than usual interest. On my place are several young 

 apple trees, sufliciently large and thrifty in appearance to produce u good 

 quantity of apples. Tliey generally blossom and set fruit, but before niatu- 

 rity th(! fruit falls. If any one of the Club can tell me what to do to obtain 

 u crof> of ripe apples, he will ct)nfer a favor upon me and many others. I 

 would also a.sk whether dry weather causes grapes to rot. 



Mr. Solon ll(jbinson. — 1 wish wc c<juld tell Mr. Jones how to secure a 

 good crop of apples. Perhaps the trees are not old enough to bear. To 

 the question whether dry w(>ath».'r causes grajxs to rot, I reply no. 



Mr. (i. A. Cooke, Waba.sha eounty, Minn., sny.s; "Can you or some one 

 of your Club tell me what is the matter witli my apple trees? They an; 

 all dying off, a limb at a time. They commence on this year's growth, then 



