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from the discussion than anything else, and I hope that when I am through 

 reading, many of you will take part in the discussion, and that we may 

 make it as profitable as possible in the time given us for the discussion. 



[Mr. Garfield was too busy to furnish a copy of his paper, and this 

 is an abstract taken from a newspaper.] 



There is much more in the subject than might at first be thought, 

 for the forest and orchard to an extent seem incompatible. He gave this 

 instance in illustration of his argument: "Two or three years ago I vis- 

 ited the magnificent fruit farm of Roland Morrill, at Benton Harbor, and 

 I found he had saved several acres of timber right in the midst of his 

 peach orchards, and I asked him how he could afford to do this on land 

 that was so especially adapted to the growth of the peach, and he replied 

 that he could not afford to do otherwise; that as this growth added to the 

 value of all the rest of the land for peach growing he could not afford to 

 destroy it, and he deplored the fact that people generally were cutting 

 all of their timber and thus rendering the general conditions less suitable 

 to the growth of the peach." 



He said that "another incidental value that is not often spoken of is 

 that which comes from the growth of nut-bearing trees. Few people are 

 willing to admit the great income that can be produced from ground de- 

 voted to the gi'owth of nuts that are adapted to our climate and condition. 

 In the growing of this commercial commodity one is carrying out the 

 spirit of restoration of timber areas, and at the same time getting inci- 

 dental value that is not in the least imaginary, but as certain as any other 

 crop we produce." 



DISCUSSION. 



President Hobbs: We are very glad, indeed, to see this hearty ap- 

 proval of this paper just read by Mr. Garfield. It indicates that there 

 is a growing sentiment along the lines just laid down by Mr. Garfield. 

 I consider this a very interesting and a very profitable paper, and hope 

 that you will spend a few moments in discussing it. 



Mr. McMillan: I would like to ask Mr. Garfield what was his object 

 in planting a gi-ove of mulberries; did he plant it for the birds in the 

 first place, or for what? 



Mr. Garfield: I did not know enough then to plant them for the birds* 

 I was not far-sighted enough. I planted them because about ten years 

 ago the Kansas argicultural papers talked so much about the Russian 

 mulberry as an important tree. You see some fellow had Russian mul- 

 berries to sell and he was using the papers to sell them; he was using 

 that as an advertisement, and that is why I put them out. 



