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  The 
  present 
  alternative 
  of 
  Forestry 
  for 
  hillsides 
  is 
  often 
  

   impossible 
  because 
  the 
  yields 
  are 
  too 
  meagre. 
  Almost 
  any 
  

   land 
  that 
  can 
  produce 
  a 
  forest, 
  and 
  much 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  too 
  dry 
  for 
  forest, 
  can 
  produce 
  an 
  annual 
  harvest 
  of 
  

   value 
  to 
  man 
  or 
  his 
  animals 
  when 
  we 
  have 
  devoted 
  sufficient 
  

   attention 
  to 
  the 
  breeding 
  of 
  walnuts, 
  chestnuts, 
  pecans, 
  shell- 
  

   barks, 
  acorn 
  yielding 
  oaks, 
  beech 
  nuts, 
  pine 
  nuts, 
  hazel 
  nuts, 
  

   almonds, 
  honey 
  locust, 
  mesquite, 
  screw 
  bean, 
  carob, 
  mulberry, 
  

   persimmon, 
  pawpaw, 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  fruit 
  and 
  nut 
  trees 
  of 
  this 
  

   and 
  other 
  lands. 
  

  

  The 
  slowness 
  and 
  expense 
  of 
  the 
  process 
  of 
  plant 
  introduc- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  tree 
  breeding 
  limits 
  this 
  work 
  to 
  a 
  few 
  individuals 
  with 
  

   patience 
  and 
  scientific 
  tastes 
  and 
  to 
  governmental 
  and 
  other 
  

   institutions 
  of 
  a 
  permanent 
  nature. 
  The 
  United 
  States 
  Govern- 
  

   ment 
  and 
  each 
  state 
  experiment 
  station 
  should 
  push 
  this 
  work 
  

   vigorously 
  and 
  we 
  appeal 
  to 
  you 
  to 
  use 
  your 
  influence 
  in 
  that 
  

   direction. 
  You 
  may 
  find 
  material 
  of 
  interest 
  in 
  our 
  published 
  

   proceedings 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Fruit 
  and 
  Nut 
  Journal, 
  the 
  organ 
  of 
  the 
  

   industry, 
  published 
  at 
  Petersburg, 
  Virginia. 
  

  

  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMITTEE 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Death 
  of 
  Professor 
  John 
  Craig 
  

  

  Read 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Morris 
  

  

  "The 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers' 
  Association 
  suffered 
  very 
  

   great 
  loss 
  in 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Professor 
  John 
  Craig, 
  at 
  Siasconset, 
  

   Massachusetts, 
  on 
  August 
  10, 
  1912. 
  

  

  "Professor 
  Craig, 
  from 
  his 
  many 
  responsible 
  positions 
  in 
  

   the 
  horticultural 
  world, 
  had 
  acquired 
  a 
  wealth 
  of 
  information 
  

   which 
  was 
  always 
  at 
  the 
  disposal 
  of 
  his 
  friends 
  and 
  students. 
  

   His 
  training 
  as 
  a 
  teacher 
  gave 
  such 
  facility 
  in 
  expression 
  of 
  

   view, 
  that 
  his 
  part 
  in 
  our 
  discussions 
  inspired 
  the 
  audience 
  and 
  

   called 
  forth 
  the 
  best 
  that 
  others 
  had 
  to 
  offer. 
  

  

  "His 
  type 
  of 
  mind 
  was 
  essentially 
  scientific, 
  and 
  combined 
  

   with 
  this 
  type 
  of 
  mind 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  rare 
  quality 
  of 
  critical 
  fac- 
  

   ulty 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  relative 
  practical 
  values 
  of 
  horticultural 
  

   ideas 
  and 
  methods. 
  His 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  

   Association 
  belonged 
  to 
  a 
  natural 
  fondness 
  for 
  everything 
  that 
  

   promised 
  new 
  development, 
  and 
  he 
  established 
  at 
  Cornell 
  Uni- 
  

   versity 
  the 
  first 
  course 
  in 
  nuciculture, 
  — 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  are 
  aware,— 
  

   that 
  has 
  ever 
  been 
  formulated 
  at 
  an 
  educational 
  institution. 
  

  

  