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magnitude, it was impossible to succeed equally well, everywhere, 

 with any one kind. 



Mr. Gilbert said he would not put hog-s to work over what was 

 already good manure, as that from horses, &c., as frequently done, 

 but would supply them with raw materials which needed con- 

 version into manure, such as muck from the swamp, turfs from 

 roadsides, and the like. He would also retain it under cover 

 during the summer, and not apply to the land until a year old at 

 least, and well decomposed. 



Mr. Wilder, said that great deterioration was generally suffered, 

 and would be with any breed, however good it might be, by breed- 

 ing from too young sows. They should attain maturity before 

 breeding, if we would retain the desirable properties of health, 

 thrift and profit. 



Mr. Calvin Chamberlain presented a highly interesting and in- 

 sti'uctive paper on the present status and future promise of Forests 

 in the several counties ; embracing their influence on climate and 

 productiveness, the present and prospective market value of their 

 growth, together with other topics of impox'tance in the same con- 

 nection. The paper received several readings, was discussed at 

 some length, and resulted in the appointment of a committee 

 charged to present the subject to the Legislature then in session ; 

 and to ask for the enactment of a statute encouraging the growth 

 and cultivation of forest trees. 



The following Memorial, shortly after drawn up by Mr. Chamber- 

 lain, and presented by the Secretary, in accordance with the unani- 

 mous wish of the Board, embraces in a somewhat condensed form, 

 most of the facts and arguments set forth in the paper before men- 

 tioned, and is earnestly commended to the thoughtful consideration 

 of the whole people of Maine, as well as to their Representatives 

 in Legislature assembled : 



To the House of Representatives in Legislature assembled : 



ThelVIaine Board of Agriculture at its meeting in Jan. 1869, ap- 

 pointed the undersigned a Committee to present to the Legislature 

 the subject of Forests ; and to suggest the expediency of inaugurat- 

 ing a State policy encouraging the preserVation and production of 

 forest trees ; and also to call the attention of the Congress of the 

 United States to the same subject. 



In obedience to these instructions we here present concisely, and 

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