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  The 
  Chairman: 
  They 
  are 
  looked 
  after, 
  that's 
  the 
  whole 
  thing. 
  

   Mr. 
  Cowing: 
  I 
  come 
  from 
  New 
  Hampshire 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  

   what 
  used 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  old 
  farm, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  a 
  pasture 
  and 
  the 
  

   soil 
  is 
  quite 
  a 
  potash 
  soil, 
  I 
  think, 
  amongst 
  the 
  rocks, 
  and 
  there's 
  

   some 
  apple 
  trees 
  planted 
  there 
  by 
  the 
  original 
  man 
  that 
  worked 
  

   this 
  place. 
  It 
  was 
  too 
  rough 
  to 
  plough, 
  but 
  they 
  have 
  borne 
  us 
  

   as 
  good 
  apples 
  some 
  years 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  had 
  on 
  the 
  place; 
  and 
  

   on 
  this 
  same 
  piece 
  of 
  twenty 
  acres 
  or 
  so, 
  there's 
  some 
  chestnut 
  

   trees 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  feet 
  through 
  that 
  were 
  cut 
  off 
  when 
  the 
  

   land 
  was 
  cleared, 
  and 
  they 
  must 
  have 
  done 
  well, 
  for 
  they 
  grew 
  

   to 
  be 
  such 
  enormous 
  trees. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  The 
  trees 
  are 
  planted 
  on 
  this 
  same 
  old 
  

   stump 
  land 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Cowing: 
  Yes, 
  sir. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  A 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  stump 
  land 
  can 
  be 
  planted 
  

   in 
  this 
  way. 
  

  

  Mr, 
  Corsan: 
  That 
  wouldn't 
  be 
  planting 
  them 
  along 
  road- 
  

   sides 
  and 
  in 
  fence 
  corners. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  No^ 
  they 
  would 
  be 
  looked 
  after; 
  the 
  whole 
  

   thing 
  is 
  looking 
  after 
  them. 
  

  

  A 
  Member: 
  My 
  idea 
  is 
  that 
  there 
  would 
  be 
  very 
  few 
  nut 
  

   trees 
  planted 
  if 
  every 
  one 
  was 
  to 
  start 
  his 
  own 
  trees. 
  They 
  put 
  

   off 
  planting 
  the 
  trees 
  even 
  when 
  they 
  can 
  get 
  them 
  at 
  the 
  nurser- 
  

   ies, 
  and 
  if 
  they 
  had 
  to 
  start 
  their 
  own 
  nurseries 
  there 
  wouldn't 
  

   be 
  one 
  planted 
  to 
  where 
  there's 
  10,000 
  now; 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  

   in 
  the 
  end 
  the 
  nurserymen 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  attend 
  to 
  the 
  planting 
  

   of 
  trees 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  people 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  attend 
  to 
  growing 
  

   them*. 
  Maybe 
  I'm 
  mistaken 
  but 
  did 
  this 
  Government 
  ever 
  

   produce 
  any 
  trees 
  ? 
  Prof. 
  Smith 
  spoke 
  of 
  appropriating 
  money 
  

   and 
  letting 
  the 
  Government 
  get 
  us 
  some 
  new 
  variety. 
  Hasn't 
  

   it 
  always 
  been 
  private 
  individuals 
  who 
  get 
  the 
  new 
  varieties? 
  I 
  

   have 
  been 
  trying 
  to 
  think 
  of 
  some 
  fruit 
  tree, 
  apple 
  or 
  some- 
  

   thing, 
  that 
  a 
  state 
  or 
  the 
  Government 
  has 
  propagated. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  In 
  this 
  country 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  Government 
  

   has 
  never 
  done 
  it, 
  but 
  in 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  Europe, 
  especially 
  Swit- 
  

   zerland, 
  the 
  taxes 
  of 
  some 
  towns 
  are 
  paid 
  by 
  the 
  trees 
  along 
  

   the 
  roadside; 
  but 
  there 
  every 
  man 
  has 
  to 
  report 
  on 
  his 
  own 
  

   trees 
  and 
  the 
  proceeds 
  go 
  to 
  support 
  the 
  town, 
  and 
  the 
  taxes 
  

   of 
  certain 
  small 
  towns 
  are 
  actually 
  paid 
  today 
  by 
  roadside 
  trees; 
  

   but 
  this 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  country 
  where 
  land 
  is 
  valuable, 
  and 
  every 
  tree 
  

   is 
  under 
  the 
  direct 
  supervision 
  of 
  a 
  citizen 
  who 
  must 
  report 
  on 
  

  

  