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with the finest varieties, and there seems every reason to believe that 

 the South, unrivaled as it is in the production of this, the finest nut in 

 the world, will reap great material benefit from the industry. Orchards 

 of several hundred acres are now being planted to varieties that seldom 

 find their way to the market to-day. The United States spends several 

 millions of dollars annually for nuts which are inferior to the pecan 

 in food value; surely there is great encouragement for this branch of 

 horticultural effort. 



The time is ripe for other efforts along horticultural lines. Untold 

 quantities of various canned products are consumed in the South, that 

 could be grown and put up in the South. The character of the labor 

 to-day prevents this, but the time will come when the South will pro- 

 duce her share of canned goods. From a general survey of southern 

 conditions, surely the future is full of promise to the careful southern 

 horticulturist. 



Chairman Taft: We have with us a gentleman from Alabama, 

 and I want to ask him to tell us something about the fruit and horti- 

 cultural conditions in Alabama. I want to call upon Professor 

 Mackintosh, of Auburn, Alabama. 



Professor Mackintosh : I have not put my thoughts on paper and 

 so I cannot do justice to the subject. We have big problems to look 

 after and we need more light. The growing of the cotton, as one crop 

 system, prevails to too large a degree, but the coming of the boll weevil 

 is one thing that is going to change that, and getting rid of the cattle 

 tick, that was spoken of this morning, and I look forward to many 

 things to take place that will make the South very much better and 

 to grow better fruits than it has grown heretofore. 



OUR NATIONAL FORESTS. 

 WM. L. HALL, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Massed together and laid over Eastern United States, the national 

 forests would cover New England, as far southward as the south line 

 of Virginia and westward including Pennsylvania and most of West 

 Virginia. They are not massed together, nor do they lie in Eastern 

 United States. They are separated into 156 unit areas, and they lie 

 entirely west of the Mississippi River. For the most part they are 

 west of the east line of Colorado. Not considering Alaska or the 

 insular possessions, their extent is 146 million acres, or 7 2-3 per cent, 

 of the total land area. 



PURPOSE AND USE OF NATIONAL FORESTS. 



The national forests are all portions of the national domain which 

 have been set aside permanently for forest production. Two great 

 purposes are fulfilled through a forest so set apart. It may be chiefly 

 valuable for the production of wood, or for the protection of the water 

 supply. The law underlying the establishment of national forests 



