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rather detrimental to growing crops when these belts do shut 

 oflF the sun from them. A market-gardener or fruit-grower 

 when he lays down fruit trees should run them north and south, 

 so that his crops may get the full benefit of the sun. If shelter 

 belts were run north and south there would be less objection 

 to them. The haphazard way in which they have been laid 

 down has created the prejudice against them among the 

 farming class." 



Mr William Dawson, Marischal College, Aberdeen, said : — 

 " There are too many points to be touched upon in the discussion. 

 The discussion was so well opened by Mr Gammell, who brought 

 forward the chief economic views on forestry in such a clear 

 way, that the rest was merely supplementary. I ask you to 

 accord a hearty vote of thanks to Mr Gammell who has put 

 himself to so much trouble in order to place the facts 

 before us." 



The Chairman — " I propose to give myself the pleasure of 

 proposing a hearty vote of thanks to the other speakers. We 

 have listened to some extremely interesting contributions to 

 this discussion, and I am quite sure that when they are 

 collected and printed — we have taken the precaution to have 

 a verbatim report of every word that has been said — they will 

 form a most interesting article for the pages of the Transactions. 

 I wish you to give a hearty vote of thanks to the other 

 speakers." 



Mr Spiers—" I have very much pleasure in asking the meeting 

 to accord a hearty vote of thanks to Captain Stirling of Keir 

 for his conduct in the chair." 



The Chairman — " I thank you very much for your kindness." 



