know myself there. It is still one of my great inter- 

 ests — forestry in general. I think in my second rein- 

 carnation I am coming back as a forest geneticist. 

 But that might worsen this population problem 



I say, yes, it can be done, if we don't get led off 

 the track If we have the fertilizer available — and that 

 calls for energy imports — if we have fair pricing for 

 our products and visionary government leadership, it is 

 possible. Let's not become complacent and through 

 foolish legislation increase the cost of food production 

 so that we get priced out of the market like the auto- 

 motive industry I'll quote the president of Tufts Univer- 

 sity who now IS the head of nutrition at Harvard. A 

 few years ago he said, "Few scientists think of agri- 

 culture as the chief or model science Many indeed 

 do not consider it a science at all. The first science 

 The mother of science It remains the science which 

 makes human life possible And it may well be that 

 before the century is over, the success or failure of 

 science as a whole will be judged by the success or 

 failure of agriculture." ■'•' 



I thank you. 



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