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  give 
  the 
  man 
  in 
  the 
  street 
  some 
  definite 
  information, 
  in 
  response 
  to 
  

   his 
  inquiries, 
  we 
  ourselves 
  must 
  first 
  investigate 
  these 
  matters, 
  such 
  

   as 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  varieties. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  pomt 
  that 
  appeals 
  to 
  me 
  

   particularly. 
  People 
  ask 
  me 
  what 
  nuts 
  to 
  plant, 
  and 
  how 
  to 
  plant 
  

   them. 
  We 
  must 
  advise 
  them. 
  One 
  thing 
  that 
  we 
  may 
  tell 
  them 
  is 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  advisable 
  to 
  plant 
  about 
  the 
  grounds 
  high 
  priced, 
  grafted 
  

   nut 
  trees. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  advisable 
  to 
  plant 
  high 
  class, 
  grafted 
  trees 
  along 
  

   fences 
  or 
  roads. 
  They 
  will 
  usually 
  do 
  badly 
  or 
  fail. 
  Grafted 
  trees 
  

   require 
  careful 
  attention 
  and 
  proper 
  treatment. 
  The 
  proper 
  thing 
  

   to 
  do 
  along 
  fences 
  and 
  roadsides 
  is 
  to 
  graft 
  the 
  native 
  nut 
  trees 
  

   already 
  established 
  there, 
  or 
  to 
  plant 
  native 
  nuts 
  abundantly 
  in 
  

   order 
  that 
  later 
  we 
  may 
  have 
  established 
  nut 
  trees 
  to 
  graft. 
  

   Adjournment 
  at 
  12:30 
  p. 
  m. 
  

  

  Wednesday 
  Evening 
  Session 
  

  

  The 
  evening 
  session 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  order 
  at 
  8:40 
  p. 
  m. 
  by 
  President 
  

   Smith. 
  The 
  total 
  attendance 
  of 
  the 
  evening 
  was 
  approximately 
  

   one 
  hundred. 
  

  

  The 
  evening 
  was 
  devoted 
  to 
  two 
  stereopticon 
  lectures, 
  the 
  first 
  

   being 
  slides 
  by 
  Professor 
  Fagan, 
  illustrating 
  the 
  lecture 
  of 
  the 
  

   afternoon 
  on 
  the 
  "Nut 
  Survey 
  of 
  Pennsylvania." 
  

  

  This 
  was 
  followed 
  by 
  an 
  illustrated 
  lecture 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Russell 
  

   Smith, 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  Association. 
  

  

  NEW 
  TREE 
  CROPS 
  AND 
  A 
  NEW 
  AGRICULTURE 
  

  

  Presidential 
  Address 
  

   Dr. 
  J. 
  Russell 
  Smith, 
  University 
  of 
  Pennsylvania 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  all 
  heard 
  of 
  the 
  scientist 
  who 
  made 
  a 
  discovery 
  and 
  

   exclaimed, 
  "Thank 
  God! 
  This 
  can't 
  be 
  of 
  any 
  possible 
  use 
  to 
  any- 
  

   body!" 
  This 
  useless 
  aspect 
  of 
  science 
  in 
  a 
  world 
  with 
  so 
  many 
  

   possibilities 
  of 
  service 
  does 
  not 
  appeal 
  to 
  me. 
  I 
  hope 
  that 
  science 
  

   and 
  service 
  and 
  utiHty 
  may 
  go 
  hand 
  in 
  hand. 
  

  

  The 
  conservation 
  of 
  natural 
  resources, 
  the 
  creation 
  of 
  new 
  ones 
  is 
  

   a 
  topic 
  which 
  combines 
  the 
  qualities 
  of 
  science, 
  service 
  and 
  utihty. 
  

  

  Of 
  all 
  our 
  resources 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  vital. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  others 
  

   have 
  some 
  possibihty 
  of 
  substitution, 
  but 
  for 
  the 
  soil 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  

   substitute. 
  The 
  forest 
  burned 
  to 
  destruction 
  can 
  rise 
  again 
  if 
  the 
  

   soil 
  remains. 
  Some 
  examination 
  will 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  most 
  vital 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  conservation 
  matter 
  is 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  the 
  soil, 
  

  

  