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that the restriction of exploitation to the limits of natural production 

 ■was the chief conservation measure necessary. The development of a 

 national forest policy was also the theme of Prof. H. S. Graves, of 

 the Forest Service, who maintained that public ownership of timber 

 land docs not, as is sometimes claimed, retard development but in- 

 sures permanent occupancy, whereas " private ownership results in 

 temporary occupancy followed by exhaustion and depopulation." 



The meetings devoted to the discussions of marketing problems 

 were especially well attended, and the keen interest manifested made 

 it apparent that this comparatively virgin field of inquiry is attract- 

 ing wide public attention. The relation of the Government to the 

 problem was expressed by Dean Galloway, of Cornell University, 

 as " primarily one of establishing principles, of educating the pub- 

 lic to the full knowledge of economic, ethical, and moral questions 

 involved, of the development of social consciousness, and of estab- 

 lishing and maintaining social justice to the end that all men at all 

 times receive due compensation for the labor of their hands and 

 minds." 



Dr. T. N, Carver, of Harvard University, discussed the advisa- 

 bility of collegiate courses in marketing and distribution, and other 

 speakers took up such topics as future trading in grain, the trans- 

 portation and distribution of perishable products, the marketing of 

 farm mortgage loans, the development of a market news service, the 

 establishment of a practical market system for large cities, and the 

 formation of cooperative organizations by consumers. 



The papers on agi'icultural education consisted quite largely of 

 descriptions of present plans of organization. Dr. A. C. True, of 

 the States Relations Service, reviewed the system of education for 

 the baccalaureate degree in the agricultural colleges of the United 

 States, and subsequently described the extension work under way. 

 President A. M. Soule, of the Georgia College, discussed the ex- 

 tensive work being carried on by that institution in agricultural 

 extension. Some of the national aspects of agricultural education 

 were also taken up by President Waters, who advocated specifically 

 the teaching of agriculture as an informational subject to all school 

 children, both urban and rural. 



Prof. Jose Commallonga y Mena, of the University of Habana, 

 presented a review of the history and status of agricultural education 

 in Cuba, Director Crawley explained the organization and work of 

 the Cuban Experiment Station, and Dr. Alberto Boerger that of the 

 agricultural station of La Estanzuela in Uruguay. It may be of 

 interest to note that the chief difficulties enumerated by Director 

 Crawley were the scarcity of trained Cubans to carry on the work. 

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