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you have come together in the hope of achieving results that will 

 redound to the greatest good of that which you represent. We have 

 long ago learned, certainly men of my age, that strength and useful- 

 ness are not always in numbers. Who can tell who commanded at 

 Balaklava the army of men in that famous charge who in Tenny- 

 son's poem have won an immortality of fame? And so it is, whether 

 en the field of battle or in the more peaceful contests in which we 

 are now engaged, it is the men who do something that will count, and 

 the men who have done great things, although not always recognized, 

 have been the men who sit before me and those whom you represent. 

 Look about you. If a member of this organization who happens this 

 morning to be your presiding officer desired you to know what he has 

 done he would have to adopt the motto of Sir Christopher Wren and 

 say : "If you wish to see my monument, look about you." And you 

 will find in the beautiful creations along the line of his chosen work 

 on these grounds some of the most charming results of that most 

 charming department of work, landscape gardening. 



I am very glad to be able to welcome you on the part of the Ex- 

 position. I feel that it will not be fair to occupy your attention to- 

 day, or to interrupt your discussion, more than to tell you that we 

 are glad to see you and to express the hope that you will remain 

 with us until you have known something of what we have here to 

 show you, and I think that when you shall have done that, you will 

 be able to say of many of the departments, what was said of our 

 historical collection by one of the most eminent men in this country 

 who had the pleasure of visiting it a few days ago and who is a high 

 authority on such work, that there never had been gathered in this 

 country a finer collection of historical material than we have in the 

 History Building on these grounds, and so you will find it in other 

 collections. Take time to look at it, and I am sure that you will en- 

 joy it. Above all, be certain that whatever else may befall, you will 

 not fail to have had a warm and generous welcome on behalf of 

 the Jamestown Exposition Company. 



Chairman Vaughan : Mr. J. H. Hale, our chairman for the first 

 session, being absent, Mr. Warren H. Manning has consented to pre- 

 side. 



Chairman Manning : We will take up the papers consecutively, and 

 call upon Professor F. H. King, Madison. Wis., for his paper on 

 "Soils." I wish to say that Professor King and Professor Babcock 

 were the pioneers in the study of soils, and it is largely from this 

 investigation that the Government Department of Soils has grown, and 

 those who know the vast amount of benefit that comes from the 

 Department publications to all who have to do with outdoor affairs 

 will recognize how important this pioneer work was. Professor King's 

 book on soils, in the Rural Science Series, and also the many pamph- 

 lets in the Government Department upon the same subject are also 

 an authority upon farm buildings, ventilation, and other matters, as 

 well as upon soils. 



