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living here it has })een very evident to me why the Wisconsin farmer 

 is able to make his farm pay while my old farmer friends in New 

 Jersey are still paying for the mortgage on their farms. 



I think the Forest Products Laboratory is particularly fortunate 

 in being identified with such an institution as the University of Wis- 

 consin, because it furnishes an inspiring example of not only how to 

 gain knowledge, but, of ^vhat is of equally great importance, how to 

 aj^ply that knowledge. 



It gives me great pleasure to present to you the man who stands 

 at the head of this great seat of learning — President Birge. 



