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that said board should be authorized to establish a sub-station in each climate 

 belt or district, and that suitable persons, expert in forestry and pomology, should 

 be immediately sent to foreign countries to search out desirable trees and plants to 

 be found in regions where the conditions affecting vegetable life are similar to 

 those of the West, and to obtain seeds, scions and roots of the same for propagation 

 and trial at such stations and for general distribution, especially that the countries of 

 Russia and parts of China should be explored for this purpose, with the view of 

 completing the work already done in this direction ; and when results in pomology 

 and forestry in some parts of the northwest are now sufficient to warrant the con- 

 clusion that immediate relief from the peculiar climatic ditiiculties involved in 

 the growing of fruits and in the covering of our dry plains with forest trees of 

 proper adaptation can be obtained, that the president of this Society be requested 

 to appoint a committee of seven, whose special duty it shall be to draft a bill for 

 presentation to Congress to accomplish the objects herein sought, and to press the 

 subject upon the attention of that body; that to said board of forestry and horti- 

 culture, when organized, should be committed the subject of the conservation of 

 the forests at the headwaters of our great rivers, as recommended in President 

 Earle's address; that the government of the Dominion of Canada should be invited 

 to join with said board in sending commissions to Russia and elsewhere for the ex- 

 plorations herein suggested. And further, that President P^arle, of this Society, be 

 requested to act as a member of this Committee on Legislation. 



Resolved, That the Committee on Legislation be requested to communicate with 

 the American Forestry Congress or their committee and pool their issues ; also, 



That the Governor pf the State of Iowa be requested to ask the board of curators 

 to^make it possible for Professor Budd to be present at Washington with this com- 

 mittee. Respectfully submitted, 



R. W. Furnas, Nebraska. 



Oliver Gibbs, Jr., Minnesota. 



Norman J. Colman, Missouri. 



Prop. S. M. Tracy, Missouri. 



Geo. H. Wright, Iowa. 



Geo. Y. Johnson, Kansas. 



This report, after the following discussion, was adopted. 



DISCUSSION ON THE REPORT. 



Prof. Burrill, of Illinois — There is only one point I wish to speak 

 of. I heartily agree with the report. Now, it seems to me where 

 we lack is in not having an efficient way to carry it out, and the 

 only trouble about that is a lack of money. Can this be put through 

 without money? If members of Congress can be interested, it may 

 go; if not, who will put their hands into tiieir pockets and put it 

 through? Is there any hope for it? 



Mr. Jo/irison, of Indiana — My opinion is tliat it is not necessary 



