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basswood grow largely on some kinds of soil. Would it not be well, when 

 we are going to plant trees, to learn first the kind of trees that will grow 

 in the soil which we have in which to plant them? 



Mr. Garfield: Unquestionably so. 



Thereupon the Society adjourned until 7:30 p. m. 



EVENING SESSION". 



Thursday, August 22, 7:30 P. M. 



President Ho1)bs: The first topic is "Relations of Forestry to the 

 Industries," by Prof. W. H. Freeman, Secretary of the State Forestry 

 Commission. Mr. Freeman will now speak. 



Professor Freeman: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen— If there 

 is anything I like it is to see people comfortable. It is very warm to- 

 night, and if it is more comfortable for you to remove your coats, do so. 

 I assure you that is the way I have spent the greater part of my life, with 

 my coat oft. If there is anything I am proud of, it is the fact that I have 

 always been a farmer, and am yet. If I could say anything to the young 

 people and to the fathers and mothers that are present here this evening, 

 I would say this, that the best experience that a young man can have 

 is going out and getting a real first-class farm experience. 



Before beginning with the paper which I have prepared, I wish to 

 make a few preliminary remarks. In assuming the duties of Secretary 

 of the State Board of Forestry, I feel that I have assumed an educa- 

 tional responsibility which is equal to any other educational possibility 

 that the State could well give to any one man. The subject of forestry 

 in Indiana is an educationat one, and I shall try to present it in that 

 way. That I might say in the shortest amount of time the few remarks 

 I have to make tonight, I have written it out and will read it to you. 

 While the many statements' in this paper may seem to be dry and unin- 

 teresting to you, let me say to follow them closely and carefully, because 

 in these figures I shall attempt to give you the relation of forestry to 

 the industries. 



