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for the growing of the seedling trees ; and to substantiate 

 my })ositi()n, T would ask Professor Waugh to address you. 



Prof. F. A. Waugh (of Amherst) . I hardly know whether 

 it would be a safe proposition to undertake, on general prin- 

 ciples," but I certainly would like to try it. In discussing the 

 educational features of forestry, the work at Amherst has 

 leaned on the educational side, — that is, its principal com- 

 mission is educational ; and among the various educational 

 institutions in the State the Ai^ricultural Colleo^e ous'ht to 

 have the first place, to stand at the forefront. We have a 

 strong organization there for the purpose of instruction, and 

 we have as students picked men of the State, I might say 

 men who are going to be influential in the State in years to 

 come, men who make special use of such instruction, and 

 it seems to me from the nature of the case the Agricultural 

 College ought to be of use along this line. Forestry has 

 been introduced at that institution, and the department of 

 landscape architecture has also 'been added. Our horticul- 

 tural department comprises fruit gi-owing, vegetable groAv- 

 ing, floricultm-e, bee culture and about everything else. 

 Forestry comes in with some odds and ends to form this 

 department. I think that the college ought to do more in 

 forestry, and that the State ought to help the college more 

 liberall3\ 



The Chair. I see in the audience Mr. O. B.-Hadwen of 

 Worcester. He has set out and cared for more trees than 

 any man in the State. Whether he has done much in for- 

 estry I cannot say, but I wish he would add a few words to 

 what has been said. 



Mr. Hadwen. I have listened with ver}^ great interest 

 and satisfaction to the lecture, and most fully approve of 

 what has been suggested in the way of inaugurating and 

 perpetuating the forestrj^ of the State. It is a well-known 

 fact that perhaps half the area of the Commonwealth was 

 never intended by nature for any other purpose than for the 

 growing of forest trees, and I am glad to see that the Board 

 of Agriculture is taking a step in that direction. There is 

 no question but what as time goes on it will add a ver}' great 

 amount to the wealth of the Commonwealth. Still, I can 



