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terite 1 Stover 1 Worthington 1 McMillen 1 Hunter 1 Birds Eye 15 Carpenter 10 Miller 5 Ten Ecyk 10 Ohio 10 Stabler 15 (b) Chinese Walnut Seedlings 20 (c) English Walnut Seedlings (Crath) 21 Alpine 10 Mayette 10 (d) Butternuts Seedlings 50 Hickories (a) Hybrids Stratford 5 (b) Shagbark Glover 5 Romig 3 (c) Shellbark Stephens 2 (d) Pecans Indiana 1 Niblack 4 Greenriver 5 Kentucky 5 Butterick 6 Posey 5 Carlyle 3 Jeffrey 3 Seedlings 50 (e) Hicans Des Moines 7 Gerrardi 5 Burlington 4 Wright 3 Burton 2 Norton 2 Hazels (a) Turkish Hazels Seedlings 40 (b) Jones Hybrids Seedlings 14 (c) Corylus Vilmorinii Seedlings 1 Chestnuts (a) Chinese Seedlings 251 (b) Japanese Seedlings 20 Good results were secured with all of the above mentioned kinds except the Chinese and Japanese chestnuts. The reason for this failure is given elsewhere in this report. Demonstration Work on Grafting This feature of our programme has not received as much attention as should be given to it owing to lack of scionwood of local origin and to a desire to work over nearly all the trees on the Kellogg Farm before attempting much outside work. We now have a fair supply of scionwood on our station trees and are in a position to proceed with a modest top-working programme out in the state. * * * * * The principal object of this scheme will be to establish sources of scionwood at various places in the state and to instruct interested parties in the art of grafting. A total of 25 demonstrations have already been given and in nearly every case improved varieties were established and local interest was aroused. It is a matter of satisfaction to report that at least four men have made a commendable start in top-working ordinary seedling trees with scions of superior sorts and one of these men, Mr. Charles Pepper of Berlamont, proposes to establish a small nursery of Allen black walnuts. * * * * * For some time the writer has planned to interest the Future Farmers of America in planting nut trees, but was too busy with other duties to make the proper contact. Just recently arrangements were made with Dr. Gallup, the State Supervisor of Vocational Agricultural Education, for a pre
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