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  paid 
  from 
  the 
  nut 
  trees 
  along 
  the 
  roadside, 
  provided 
  you 
  have 
  

   one 
  boy 
  or 
  one 
  girl 
  for 
  each 
  tree, 
  their 
  services 
  to 
  be 
  given 
  free 
  

   and 
  the 
  profit 
  from 
  the 
  tree 
  to 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  town. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Corsan: 
  How 
  about 
  the 
  cattle 
  ? 
  Let 
  them 
  keep 
  grazing 
  

   around 
  ? 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  Oh, 
  my, 
  yes. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Smith: 
  I 
  think 
  we 
  sometimes 
  let 
  our 
  feelings 
  make 
  

   us 
  say 
  things 
  that 
  our 
  brains 
  would 
  scarcely 
  approve. 
  I 
  believe 
  

   Mr. 
  Littlepage's 
  charge 
  against 
  the 
  tree 
  on 
  the 
  roadside 
  is 
  not 
  

   necessarily 
  substantiated. 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  just 
  how 
  he 
  is 
  going 
  to 
  

   take 
  care 
  of 
  his 
  trees, 
  but 
  if 
  it 
  requires 
  a 
  vehicle 
  carrying 
  spray, 
  

   I 
  submit 
  that 
  a 
  roadside 
  tree 
  is 
  about 
  as 
  well 
  fixed 
  as 
  one 
  in 
  his 
  

   field. 
  If 
  it 
  requires 
  a 
  man 
  with 
  a 
  stick 
  or 
  a 
  hoe 
  or 
  a 
  ladder, 
  

   the 
  tree 
  on 
  the 
  foadside 
  is 
  in 
  about 
  as 
  eligible 
  a 
  location 
  as 
  one 
  

   in 
  the 
  field. 
  If 
  care 
  implies 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  turning 
  over 
  the 
  soil, 
  

   the 
  roadside 
  is 
  handicapped, 
  but 
  nature 
  has 
  got 
  along 
  without 
  

   having 
  the 
  soil 
  upturned. 
  My 
  point 
  is 
  this; 
  there 
  is 
  on 
  nearly 
  

   every 
  farm 
  in 
  the 
  East 
  a 
  little 
  patch 
  of 
  land 
  somewhere, 
  a 
  little 
  

   row 
  between 
  a 
  road 
  and 
  stream 
  where 
  a 
  few 
  trees 
  can 
  grow, 
  

   and 
  if 
  fertilization 
  is 
  required, 
  a 
  few 
  barrels 
  of 
  manure 
  can 
  go 
  

   there 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  anywhere 
  else. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  a 
  tree 
  is 
  put 
  in 
  a 
  

   place 
  that 
  is 
  not 
  ploughed 
  doesn't 
  mean 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  beyond 
  all 
  

   care. 
  My 
  point 
  is 
  that 
  with 
  care 
  we 
  can 
  get 
  trees 
  in 
  fence 
  rows 
  

   without 
  tillage 
  and 
  that, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Deming's 
  formal 
  

   and 
  carefully 
  cultivated 
  plot, 
  there 
  is 
  about 
  every 
  farm 
  a 
  place 
  

   where 
  a 
  man 
  can 
  stick 
  a 
  few 
  trees 
  and 
  give 
  them 
  such 
  care 
  as 
  

   can 
  be 
  given 
  without 
  tillage. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  I 
  agree 
  heartily 
  with 
  Prof. 
  Smith's 
  theory, 
  

   but 
  having 
  had 
  some 
  experience, 
  I 
  find 
  those 
  things 
  that 
  he 
  de- 
  

   scribes 
  are 
  not 
  done; 
  there 
  is 
  just 
  that 
  difference, 
  always, 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  theory 
  and 
  fact. 
  I 
  read 
  a 
  beautiful 
  book 
  once, 
  written 
  

   by 
  a 
  woman, 
  entitled, 
  "There 
  is 
  No 
  Death," 
  and 
  I 
  found 
  on 
  

   inquiry 
  that 
  she 
  had 
  already 
  buried 
  four 
  husbands. 
  (Laughter.) 
  

   I 
  was 
  much 
  interested 
  in 
  reading, 
  once 
  upon 
  a 
  time, 
  Rousseau's 
  

   beautiful 
  story 
  of 
  domestic 
  life 
  and 
  I 
  found 
  that 
  while 
  he 
  was 
  

   writing 
  it, 
  his 
  children 
  were 
  in 
  an 
  orphan 
  asylum. 
  A 
  fellow 
  

   teaching 
  in 
  the 
  high 
  school 
  in 
  Terre 
  Haute, 
  Indiana, 
  married 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  beautiful 
  attractive 
  young 
  ladies 
  of 
  that 
  town. 
  Shortly 
  

   after 
  they 
  were 
  married 
  he 
  was 
  busy 
  writing 
  and 
  turned 
  and 
  

   told 
  her 
  that 
  he 
  didn't 
  love 
  her 
  any 
  more 
  and 
  he 
  wished 
  she'd 
  

   go 
  home. 
  She 
  was 
  heartbroken 
  and 
  left 
  and 
  it 
  turned 
  out 
  later 
  

   that 
  he 
  was 
  writing 
  a 
  book 
  on 
  how 
  to 
  get 
  to 
  Heaven. 
  (Laughter.) 
  

  

  