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to put it under cover, and put it into a heap so that it can be 

 stamped down compact and soHd. It then becomes a kind 

 of manure ensilage. When it is packed soHd in that manner 

 the decay is slow, but as soon as it becomes light and flufify 

 the air gets into it and then you have a large loss of nitrogen. 



I believe myself that the best way to handle manure is to 

 get it out on the field just as soon after it is made as possible, 

 if the fields are anywhere near the manure pile, and leave it in 

 either small heaps or just spread out a little during the winter 

 season, and plow it under in the spring. It is then out of the 

 way; it is not wasting; it is not injuring anything, and it is 

 in position for use when you are perhaps pressed with other 

 work in the spring. Manure, or any decomposing material, 

 is never so safe, as regards the matter of sanitation, as when 

 it is spread thin on the soil. 



Convention adjourned to 7.30 p. m. 



EVENING SESSION. 



•Wednesday, December i8th. 



Convention called to order at 7.40 p. m., Vice-President 

 Seeley in the chair. 



The President. I now have the pleasure of introducing 

 Prof. H. S. Graves of Yale University, who will speak of the 

 work of his Department in Forestry. 



THE YALE FOREST SCHOOL AND ITS PURPOSES. 



By Prof. H. S. Graves, Director. 



Until recently the efforts of American foresters have been 

 principally directed toward the education of the people to the 

 necessity of the practice of forestry in the United States. This 

 preliminary work has been well accomplished, and the whole 

 country is now awakening to the realization that a conserva- 

 tive management of our forest resources must be brought 



