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doing here this afternoon but what is general in its nature. 

 Capt. Cross has made an outline of a plan for the work in a 

 general way. I would like to express my sentiments on this 

 subject by assisting in the passage of this resolution. 



President J. M. Underwood: As I understand it, this reso- 

 lution ottered by Capt. Cross was simply introduced as a good 

 thing and for general endorsement; the adoption of it would 

 simply be the expression of this society in favor of the general 

 outline proposed by Mr. Cross. I do not see that there can be 

 anything particularly- out of the way in acknowledging the 

 efforts he has made in bringing the subject to our attention. I 

 do not think Mr. Barrett quite comprehended the full intent of 

 those resolutions. 



D. R. McGinnis: It appears to me that the plan submitted 

 by Mr. Cross is highly practical, and of course that is what we 

 are trying to get at. I would suggest that his plan be favor- 

 ably recommended to this committee that is to be appointed to 

 draft a general plan. 



Pres. J. M. Underwood: That is the purport of this resolution, 

 if the wording is not just exactly what we want. We heartily 

 endorse this — that is, the idea of Capt. Cross' proposition. 



A motion was made and seconded to adopt Mr. Mackintosh's 

 resolution, which motion was unanimously carried. 



President .1. M. Underwood: We would like to hear from 

 Prof. Green for a few moments, as the closing feature of our 

 meeting here under these very pleasant and favorable sur- 

 roundings today. This is our home, it is true; we come here 

 to partake of our own bounties, the provisions that we have 

 taken the foresight to provide here, and we have able repre- 

 sentatives here who are always active and cordial in their 

 greeting to us on occasions of this kind. And I would like a 

 few words, before we close our afternoon and our summer 

 meeting here, from Prof. Green. And then, as the hour is 

 getting late for us to hold our session, and many want to go 

 home, we will probably have to close our program. 



KIi.M.\KK.S MV PKOF. .S. H. GREEN'. 



Mr. President, ladies and g^entlenieii: We are very sflad, indeed, 

 to have you with us here today, and especially to have had you dis- 

 cuss the subject of forestry in all the practical bearing^s which that 

 subject has now assumed in this state. It is a line of work with 

 which every member of the state staff here is heartily in sj-mpathy. 

 They believe it is an important work for the state to do something 

 towards showing- what can be done with these cut-over lands in this 

 state. It is a very important problem which in presented to us at 



