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  We 
  have 
  three 
  classes 
  of 
  land. 
  The 
  first 
  class 
  is 
  the 
  level 
  

   land, 
  which 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  plough 
  now 
  and 
  for 
  all 
  time. 
  The 
  

   third 
  class, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  iinploughable 
  steep 
  mountain 
  and 
  hill 
  

   land, 
  is 
  probably 
  as 
  great 
  in 
  area 
  as 
  the 
  level 
  land, 
  and 
  between 
  

   the 
  two 
  is 
  the 
  hilly 
  land 
  that 
  we 
  are 
  now 
  cultivating 
  to 
  its 
  great 
  

   detriment, 
  visibly 
  reducing 
  the 
  earth's 
  resources 
  by 
  bringing 
  

   about 
  rapidly 
  that 
  condition 
  which 
  has 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  saying 
  in 
  the 
  

   Old 
  World: 
  "After 
  man, 
  the 
  desert." 
  The 
  Roman 
  Empire, 
  

   where 
  men 
  have 
  had 
  possession 
  for 
  two 
  thousand 
  years, 
  proves, 
  

   "After 
  man, 
  the 
  desert." 
  It 
  is 
  equally 
  proven 
  in 
  much 
  of 
  China, 
  

   but 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  prevented 
  if 
  these 
  hill 
  lands 
  are 
  put 
  to 
  trees. 
  But 
  

   we 
  cannot 
  afford 
  to 
  put 
  those 
  lands 
  into 
  trees 
  unless 
  the 
  trees 
  

   yield. 
  

  

  I 
  move 
  that 
  this 
  Association 
  memorialize 
  those 
  persons 
  who 
  

   are 
  in 
  position 
  to 
  promote 
  the 
  breeding 
  of 
  fruit 
  and 
  nut-yielding 
  

   trees, 
  that 
  we 
  may 
  bring 
  nearer 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  tree-crop 
  agricul- 
  

   ture. 
  I 
  want 
  a 
  letter 
  to 
  go 
  from 
  this 
  Association 
  with 
  the 
  author- 
  

   ity 
  of 
  the 
  Association 
  and 
  its 
  sanction, 
  to 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Ag- 
  

   riculture 
  at 
  Washington 
  and 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  men 
  in 
  authority 
  in 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry 
  at 
  Washington, 
  to 
  the 
  Presidents 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  Colleges, 
  the 
  Directors 
  of 
  Experiment 
  

   Stations 
  and 
  professors 
  who 
  are 
  interested 
  in 
  plant 
  breeding. 
  

   That 
  will 
  make 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  hundred 
  persons 
  and 
  in- 
  

   volve 
  an 
  expenditure 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  dollars 
  but 
  I 
  believe 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  

   productive 
  of 
  good. 
  I 
  hope 
  that 
  the 
  Association 
  will 
  see 
  fit 
  to 
  

   lend 
  its 
  name 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  cash 
  to 
  that 
  proposition, 
  because 
  if 
  

   we 
  can 
  get 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  and 
  the 
  money 
  of 
  the 
  state, 
  

   the 
  results 
  will 
  come 
  much 
  more 
  rapidly 
  than 
  if 
  there 
  are 
  just 
  

   a 
  few 
  of 
  us 
  doing 
  it 
  independently. 
  (Applause.) 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  Will 
  someone 
  put 
  Prof. 
  Smith's 
  suggestion 
  

   in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  motion 
  ? 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  I 
  move 
  that 
  it 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  Committee 
  

   on 
  Resolutions. 
  

  

  (Motion 
  carried.) 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Corsan: 
  Undoubtedly 
  we 
  all 
  agree 
  with 
  Prof. 
  Smith. 
  

   He 
  spoke 
  of 
  the 
  persimmon. 
  When 
  I 
  speak 
  of 
  the 
  persimmon 
  

   in 
  my 
  country 
  nobody 
  knows 
  what 
  I 
  am 
  talking 
  about. 
  I 
  found 
  

   two 
  trees 
  in 
  Battle 
  Creek, 
  Michigan, 
  in 
  a 
  front 
  yard. 
  The 
  per- 
  

   son 
  who 
  owned 
  them 
  was 
  an 
  old 
  lady. 
  I 
  said, 
  "Will 
  you 
  give 
  

   me 
  these 
  persimmons?" 
  She 
  said, 
  "Yes, 
  take 
  them 
  all; 
  the 
  

   neighbors 
  come 
  here 
  and 
  while 
  they 
  are 
  getting 
  the 
  persimmons 
  

   they 
  bother 
  me 
  a 
  lot. 
  Everybody 
  seems 
  to 
  like 
  them." 
  They 
  

  

  