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am very sorry to say that I have failed to elicit the earnest 

 attention of the Agricultural College in this matter, although 

 I have sought to do so. Col. Clark is an intimate friend of 

 mine ; the professors of the college are my friends ; but, for 

 some reason or other, my appeals to them to aid the commis- 

 sion in making this very important agricultural exhibit of the 

 State have foiled to meet with a response. I hope that the 

 Board here will instruct its Secretary to aid the commission 

 in every way in his power, and that they will take such action 

 as will sive their own individual attention to the commission. 

 Dr. LoRiNG. It is not necessary for me to enlarge upon 

 this question here, because the Board all know that I have 

 been occupied for the last two or three years in endeavoring 

 to organize and sustain the Centennial interest and spirit of 

 Massachusetts. The movement in an agricultural direction 

 I have long been cognizant of, and I am very glad that Col. 

 Saltonstall has made this appeal here this morning. As 

 a response to that appeal, I desire to offer the following 

 motion : — 



Voted, That the members of this Board cordially indorse 

 the efforts made to secure a full representation of the agri- 

 cultural industries of the Commonwealth, and pledge their 

 individual influence to promote the objects of the commis- 

 sioners. 



I do this in a concise way, knowing that the time of the 

 meeting is short, and that we have other business. I merely 

 desire to present the matter, and do it in that form. 



The motion of Dr. Loring was carried unanimously. 



RESTORATION OF THE FORESTS. 



BY GEORGE B. EMERSON, LL.D. 



3Ir. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Board: — "We have a 

 most important subject before us, — a subject which has been 

 growing in importance, in my mind, ever since, more than 

 forty years ago, I began to investigate it. The great ques- 

 tion is, What can we do, each of us, all of us, to restore the 



