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for their kindness in bringing these matters to their attention, and 

 referred the letters to the Secretary for incorporation in the Report. 



The Chairman, Mr. Bncke, of Ottawa, opened the discussion upon 

 " The advantages of tree growth and shelter on climate, rainfall, and 

 the protection of growing crops," with an interesting paper, for which 

 he received the thanks of the meeting, and which will he published in 

 the Annual Eeport. 



The time was fully taken up in the discussion of the importance 

 of planting tl^ees for shelter, and the several kinds of trees, native and 

 foreign, that may be cheaply and profitably planted. 



It was stated that in many places a demand had sprung up for 

 soft woods, such as basswood and poplar, for the manufacture of pulp 

 for paper, and that aften broken land which can not be profitably 

 tilled could be planted with these rapid growing trees with great profit. 

 Many young trees of ash, maple, hickory, &c., could be taken up by 

 farmers and planted for a couple of years in nursery rows where they 

 could be cultivated, and then transplanted to broken ground and hill- 

 sides, with great certainty of living. 



Mr. Beall mentioned an instance of a farmer who desiring to have 

 a belt of trees for the shelter of his orchard, fallowed a strip of the 

 desired width and then covered it with leaves and surface soil from 

 his wood lot, and in a few years it was densely covered with a growth 

 of young trees. 



At the close of the discussion the metting expressed its opinion in 

 the following resolution : 



Eesolved, that the members of this Association are deeply im- 

 pressed with the importance of encouraging the growth of forest trees 

 in this Province, believing that they exercise a very decided influence 

 on temperature, and furnish valuable shelter for our field crops and 

 fruit trees. We also regard this subject as an important one from an 

 economical standpoint, and believe that general forest planting in 

 those portions of the country which have been almost denuded of 

 woods would soon add very much to the value of land, and become 

 before long a constant and increasing source of revenue. In this way 

 also much land now of little or no value on account of its rough, hilly 

 or stony character could be utilized with great advantage to the owner. 



Some conversation was also had upon the encouragement of tree 

 planting, the tenor of which was to the effect that it could be best- 



