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develop a need for the products of the woodlot and the forest and 

 the woodland owner will meet the need. Protection and reforesta- 

 tion will take care of themselves, in a sense, if the market is 

 assured. 



Whatever is accomplished in the forests belonging to the state 

 or in the woodlands of the private owner, must Le accomplished 

 as the result of education. This I do not need to tell an organiza- 

 tion such as the State Bureau of Farmers' Institutes, which is 

 concerned with the education of the people, nor do I need to point 

 out that the splendid work of the State College of Agriculture is 

 based upon its education of the people. The work before the State 

 College of Forestry, and other agencies working for forestry in 

 the state, is to go out and by practical demonstrations and other- 

 wise to bring our people to see that forestry is a sound business 

 proposition, just as essential for the welfare of the state as any 

 other phase of conservation. Agriculture, which is just as much 

 a part of conservation as forestry, cannot alone solve the problem 

 of the complete utilization of our soils. ^Neither line of work is 

 subordinate to the other, but if the history of the development of 

 figriculture and forestry in the older countries means anything at 

 '^11, it means that the two lines of work are coordinate and must 

 work hand in hand in bringing about the best use of the soils, and 

 in up-building the industries of what we believe to be the greatest 

 commonwealth in the Union. 



