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  of 
  the 
  country, 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  it 
  looked 
  as 
  though 
  the 
  blight 
  was 
  

   getting 
  into 
  other 
  species, 
  but 
  since 
  that 
  fungus 
  has 
  been 
  identi- 
  

   fied 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  no 
  indication 
  that 
  the 
  blight 
  will 
  extend 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  chestnut 
  group 
  as 
  a 
  parasite, 
  although 
  you 
  can 
  in- 
  

   oculate 
  oaks 
  and 
  other 
  trees 
  with 
  the 
  fungus 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  live 
  in 
  

   them, 
  but 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  dead 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  and 
  not 
  as 
  the 
  

   parasite 
  lives 
  on 
  the 
  chestnut. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  Mr. 
  Sober 
  if 
  he 
  has 
  found 
  

   any 
  evidence 
  that 
  the 
  paragon 
  chestnut 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  native 
  

   chestnut 
  in 
  resistance 
  to 
  the 
  blight, 
  and 
  if 
  his 
  paragons 
  are 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  from 
  other 
  paragons 
  ? 
  

  

  Col. 
  Sober: 
  I 
  cannot 
  say 
  whether 
  my 
  chestnuts 
  are 
  differ- 
  

   ent 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  paragon 
  chestnuts 
  or 
  not, 
  or 
  whether 
  they 
  

   are 
  as 
  resistant 
  to 
  the 
  blight. 
  I 
  know 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  sweet 
  chest- 
  

   nut. 
  In 
  regard 
  to 
  keeping 
  my 
  groves 
  clean 
  — 
  from 
  1901 
  to 
  1910, 
  

   we 
  had 
  three 
  broods 
  of 
  locusts 
  and 
  two 
  hailstorms 
  that 
  opened 
  

   the 
  bark 
  in 
  almost 
  every 
  tree 
  and 
  branch. 
  The 
  limbs 
  were 
  stung 
  

   by 
  the 
  locusts 
  thousands 
  of 
  times, 
  so 
  that 
  I 
  didn't 
  have 
  a 
  crop 
  

   of 
  chestnuts. 
  Professor 
  Davis 
  was 
  cutting 
  off 
  limbs 
  for 
  a 
  couple 
  

   of 
  months 
  so 
  you 
  see 
  my 
  trees 
  were 
  open, 
  if 
  any 
  ever 
  were, 
  to 
  

   receive 
  the 
  blight. 
  The 
  hailstorms 
  destroyed 
  the 
  leaves 
  and 
  I 
  

   didn't 
  have 
  any 
  chestnuts 
  that 
  year 
  in 
  one 
  part 
  of 
  my 
  grove 
  

   and 
  with 
  all 
  that 
  — 
  you 
  people 
  come 
  and 
  see 
  how 
  clean 
  it 
  is, 
  

   that's 
  all 
  there 
  is 
  to 
  it. 
  I 
  know 
  what 
  I've 
  done 
  and 
  what 
  I 
  can 
  do. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  The 
  next 
  paper 
  in 
  order 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  

   Professor 
  Smith. 
  

  

  NUT 
  GROWING 
  AND 
  TREE 
  BREEDING 
  AND 
  THEIR 
  

   RELATION 
  TO 
  CONSERVATION 
  

  

  Professor 
  J. 
  Russell 
  Smith, 
  Pennsylvania 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  Mr. 
  Chairman, 
  ladies 
  and 
  gentlemen; 
  I 
  am 
  

   going 
  to 
  ask 
  your 
  indulgence 
  for 
  including 
  in 
  my 
  subject 
  a 
  matter 
  

   that 
  perhaps 
  goes 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  the 
  scope 
  of 
  this 
  organization, 
  

   for 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  speak 
  of 
  fruit 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  nut-bearing 
  trees. 
  Con- 
  

   servation, 
  whose 
  object 
  is 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  our 
  resources 
  for 
  

   future 
  generations, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  for 
  ourselves, 
  finds 
  its 
  greatest 
  

   problem 
  in 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  the 
  soil. 
  The 
  forests 
  can 
  come 
  

   again 
  if 
  the 
  soil 
  be 
  left. 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  we 
  can 
  find 
  sub- 
  

   stitutes 
  for 
  coal, 
  and 
  for 
  nearly 
  everything 
  else, 
  but 
  once 
  the 
  

  

  