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  think 
  there 
  is 
  anything 
  in 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  trees 
  in 
  fence 
  corners 
  

   or 
  along 
  the 
  roadside, 
  for 
  several 
  reasons. 
  The 
  first 
  reason 
  is 
  

   that 
  nobody 
  knows 
  how 
  long 
  it 
  is 
  .going 
  to 
  take 
  that 
  tree 
  to 
  

   amount 
  to 
  anything. 
  I 
  wouldn't 
  give 
  two 
  cents 
  a 
  piece 
  for 
  

   trees 
  stuck 
  out 
  where 
  you 
  cannot 
  cultivate 
  them 
  and 
  get 
  to 
  

   them 
  to 
  fertilize 
  them. 
  Another 
  thing, 
  we 
  are 
  right 
  up 
  against 
  

   the 
  problem 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  pests 
  of 
  these 
  trees 
  and 
  who 
  is 
  going 
  

   to 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  them 
  along 
  the 
  roadside 
  ? 
  The 
  insect 
  pests 
  will 
  

   get 
  on 
  them 
  and 
  come 
  into 
  the 
  fields 
  of 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  is 
  culti- 
  

   vating 
  and 
  raising 
  trees 
  legitimately. 
  Down 
  in 
  southern 
  Indiana, 
  

   now, 
  we 
  find 
  along 
  the 
  roadside 
  hundreds 
  of 
  walnut 
  trees 
  that 
  

   are 
  every 
  year 
  eaten 
  up 
  with 
  caterpillars. 
  They 
  love 
  those 
  

   trees 
  and 
  come 
  over 
  on 
  to 
  my 
  trees. 
  I 
  keep 
  my 
  trees 
  cleaned 
  off 
  

   pretty 
  well. 
  There's 
  that 
  problem. 
  Up 
  to 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  ago 
  I 
  

   was 
  an 
  advocate 
  of 
  roadside 
  trees. 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  all 
  right 
  if 
  there 
  

   was 
  some 
  means 
  of 
  cultivating 
  them. 
  If 
  there 
  is 
  land 
  somewhere 
  

   that 
  is 
  of 
  no 
  use, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  doesn't 
  make 
  a 
  bit 
  of 
  difference 
  whether 
  

   the 
  trees 
  on 
  it 
  have 
  insect 
  pests 
  or 
  not, 
  you 
  can 
  go 
  out 
  there 
  and 
  

   scatter 
  nuts 
  and 
  let 
  it 
  alone 
  and 
  wait 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  time 
  you've 
  

   got 
  to 
  wait. 
  I 
  don't 
  think 
  it's 
  of 
  much 
  value, 
  however, 
  even 
  

   then. 
  I 
  don't 
  think 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  thing 
  in 
  it. 
  I 
  used 
  to 
  pride 
  my- 
  

   self 
  on 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  I 
  had 
  set 
  out 
  more 
  trees 
  than 
  anybody 
  

   else 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Indiana. 
  I 
  haven't 
  bragged 
  about 
  that 
  for 
  

   a 
  long 
  time, 
  though 
  I 
  have 
  set 
  out, 
  perhaps, 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  eight 
  or 
  

   ten 
  years, 
  or 
  had 
  set 
  out 
  under 
  my 
  direction, 
  about 
  750,000 
  

   trees; 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  particularly 
  proud 
  of 
  that 
  any 
  more, 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  

   proud 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  fellow 
  who 
  has 
  set 
  out 
  twenty 
  or 
  thirty 
  acres 
  

   of 
  trees 
  on 
  good 
  land, 
  the 
  best 
  he's 
  got, 
  and 
  cultivated 
  them 
  

   and 
  kept 
  the 
  insects 
  off 
  of 
  them 
  and 
  burned 
  them 
  up 
  instead 
  

   of 
  letting 
  them 
  prey 
  on 
  the 
  neighborhood. 
  I 
  think 
  there 
  should 
  

   be 
  a 
  law 
  passed 
  that 
  these 
  trees 
  along 
  the 
  roadside 
  must 
  be 
  cut 
  

   down 
  or 
  that 
  somebody 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  The 
  original 
  idea 
  of 
  roadside 
  trees 
  was 
  

   constructive 
  in 
  its 
  nature 
  but 
  failed 
  to 
  include 
  the 
  idea 
  that, 
  

   with 
  the 
  increase 
  of 
  orchard 
  trees, 
  or 
  trees 
  of 
  any 
  one 
  species, 
  

   we 
  increase 
  the 
  insect 
  pests 
  because 
  we 
  disturb 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  

   nature 
  ; 
  and 
  by 
  disturbing 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  nature 
  we 
  give 
  advant- 
  

   age 
  to 
  insects 
  which 
  then 
  remain 
  on 
  neglected 
  trees 
  to 
  prove 
  a 
  

   menace 
  to 
  our 
  own 
  orchards. 
  It 
  we 
  have 
  various 
  towns 
  setting 
  

   out 
  roadside 
  trees 
  and 
  detailing 
  the 
  children 
  to 
  look 
  after 
  them, 
  

   asking 
  the 
  children 
  to 
  report 
  on 
  them, 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  thing 
  can 
  be 
  

   made 
  a 
  success 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  taxes 
  of 
  many 
  a 
  small 
  town 
  can 
  be 
  

  

  