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its value for agricultural purposes. In addition, the value of 
each section (the work thus far has been in surveyed country) 
is determined for grazing and an accurate 10 per cent. estimate 
is made by an estimator who works along with the compass— 
or map man. The accuracy of mapping is dependent to a very 
large extent on skilled use of the pocket compass and maintaining 
a consistent pace for all varieties of topography.” 
George A. Cromie 
Business address, City Hall, New Haven, Conn. 
Residence, 14 Compton Street, New Haven, Conn. 
George Alexander Cromie was born December 27, 1883, in Scotstown, 
Quebec, Canada, the son of Henry James Cromie and Annie (Guy) 
Cromie. He has three sisters and two brothers: Beatrice Maud, Frances 
R., Flossie Olive, Robert James and Samuel Osborne Cromie. : 
He was married April 17, 1911, in New Haven, Conn., to Miss Anne 
Elizabeth Kavanagh, daughter of James Kavanagh and Alice Cullen 
Kavanagh. They have one son, Leonard James Cromie, born February 2, 
1912. 
In the fall of 1910 Cromie became a forest assistant for the 
Canadian Government, but he returned to New Haven in 1gII as 
superintendent of trees for the city. 
He is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters and the 
New Haven Republican Club. . 
He has published (in collaboration with W. O. Filley, state 
forester) The planting and care of street and highway trees, and 
(in collaboration with Dr. W. E. Britton) The leopard moth. 
Robert E. Dickson 
Business address, Boise, Idaho 
East Lansing, Mich. 
Robert Emmett Dickson was born January 16, 1888, in Akron, Ohio, 
the son of Chalmers McCall Dickson, a city health officer and secretary 
of the State Board of Health, also an expert examiner for United States 
Pensions, and Nancy Belle (Payne) Dickson. He is of Scotch and 
English ancestry. He has one brother, Matthew E. Dickson, who received 
the degree of B.S. at Michigan Agricultural College. 


