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  He 
  has 
  brought 
  before 
  our 
  consideration 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  dues, 
  and 
  

   the 
  question 
  of 
  their 
  payment. 
  I 
  doubt 
  the 
  advisability 
  of 
  a 
  lengthy 
  

   discussion 
  in 
  this 
  business 
  meeting. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  better 
  to 
  refer 
  it 
  to 
  

   the 
  executive 
  committee. 
  Unless 
  I 
  hear 
  further 
  suggestions, 
  I 
  will 
  

   take 
  that 
  action. 
  The 
  next 
  piece 
  of 
  business 
  is 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  the 
  

   report 
  on 
  the 
  amendments 
  to 
  the 
  constitution. 
  Professor 
  Close 
  

   and 
  the 
  secretary 
  were 
  appointed 
  a 
  committee 
  for 
  this 
  matter, 
  and 
  

   as 
  Professor 
  Close 
  cannot 
  be 
  here, 
  we 
  will 
  hear 
  from 
  the 
  secretary 
  

   on 
  the 
  matter. 
  (See 
  amended 
  constitution.) 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Smith: 
  I 
  am 
  now 
  glad 
  to 
  announce 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  covered 
  

   the 
  necessary 
  business 
  ground, 
  and 
  now 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  real 
  meat 
  of 
  

   the 
  meeting. 
  We 
  have 
  with 
  us 
  this 
  morning 
  Dr. 
  Baker, 
  Dean 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  College 
  of 
  Forestry, 
  at 
  Syracuse, 
  who 
  is 
  going 
  to 
  address 
  

   us 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  "The 
  Relation 
  of 
  Forestry 
  Conditions 
  in 
  New 
  

   York 
  to 
  Possibilities 
  of 
  Nut 
  Growing." 
  

  

  THE 
  RELATION 
  OF 
  FOREST 
  CONDITIONS 
  IN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

   TO 
  POSSIBILITIES 
  OF 
  NUT 
  GROWING 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Hugh 
  P. 
  Baker, 
  Dean 
  of 
  The 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  College 
  

   OF 
  Forestry 
  at 
  Syracuse 
  University 
  

  

  The 
  forester 
  presumes 
  to 
  come 
  before 
  your 
  organization 
  because 
  

   he 
  is 
  concerned 
  with 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  of 
  the 
  natural 
  resources 
  of 
  

   this 
  and 
  other 
  states 
  of 
  the 
  Union 
  and 
  not 
  with 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  bringing 
  

   information 
  as 
  to 
  details 
  in 
  nut 
  culture. 
  Possibly 
  nut 
  culture 
  as 
  a 
  

   business 
  is 
  more 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  agriculture 
  than 
  forestry. 
  For- 
  

   estry 
  is 
  not 
  subordinate 
  to 
  agriculture 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  but 
  co-ordinate 
  

   with 
  it. 
  Together 
  they 
  will 
  come 
  as 
  near 
  solving 
  the 
  soil 
  problems 
  

   of 
  the 
  country 
  as 
  is 
  possible 
  for 
  man 
  to 
  solve 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  forester 
  is 
  interested 
  and 
  concerned 
  with 
  the 
  wild 
  nut 
  trees 
  

   wherever 
  he 
  has 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  the 
  forests 
  or 
  forest 
  lands 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  

   Throughout 
  the 
  great 
  hardwood 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  East 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  

   native 
  nut-bearing 
  trees, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  proper 
  utilization 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  

   which 
  make 
  up 
  the 
  forests 
  the 
  forester 
  is 
  concerned 
  not 
  alone 
  with 
  

   the 
  lumber 
  which 
  may 
  come 
  from 
  these 
  trees, 
  but 
  he 
  is 
  concerned 
  

   as 
  well 
  with 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  by-products 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  and 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fluence 
  of 
  the 
  utilization 
  of 
  these 
  by-products 
  upon 
  the 
  forest. 
  

  

  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  forester's 
  interest 
  in 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  which 
  make 
  up 
  

   our 
  forests, 
  my 
  purpose 
  of 
  addressing 
  you 
  today 
  is 
  to 
  bring 
  before 
  

   you 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  effective 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  soils 
  of 
  this 
  

   state. 
  I 
  shall 
  also 
  attempt 
  to 
  make 
  some 
  suggestions 
  to 
  your 
  or- 
  

  

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