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I Talks With. Farmers
| Conducted By C. H. Jordan |
Officljl Organ of Southern
Cotton Growers’ Association
T> Semi-Weekly Jou-tw! 1* <*•<**•
da* ott>" of > ’** Souther* Cotto*
•rewere Protective As-oeiation. tM
only •rtcial of «*•» orxasUa-
tion. and hereafter all cfflcial corn
ammlcattone of the wweeiattoa a ora
tor*. and an mett*-* pertetntnc to 1t»
affaire will appear la th ewe column*
The Jtu-nal alee invites ot
the association and cotton erowers and
farmer* trenerally to nee Its column,
far the enpreeekoa of rurh views anl
torw be of interest and
mine to the a*>knlt*nl interests ot
the aonth
The Journal wilt devote each week
twi column*- as requested by the ae
stotatfon. to a "Cotton Denartmeat."
to which will appear the official cotn
■Bwnicatfons of the association anl
■ach stattatleal and other tnfnnnatfm
as bears upon the wort of the u»-
elation and all matters of interest to
south, m cotton rrowera
<• Bubeeribers are requested to ad- ♦
+ frtw all inquiries for Information ♦
* on subjects relating to the farm. ♦
* field garden and poultry to the ♦
+ Agricultural Editor. All Inquiries ♦
+ will receive prompt and careful at- +
* tention. No Inquiries answered by +
+ mail. Please address Harvie Jordan. 4
* Agricultural Editor. Monticello. Qa 4
* ♦
CONGRESS OF
FARMERS ADJOURN
Tba Farmers* National Congress. U. 8.
A. held lui annual session for the year
1502 at Macon. 13a., last week. As antic
ipated. it was the largest agricultural
gathering of farmers ever held in the
south, and said to be thd most successful
session of the eengress tn the recollection
of the oldest members of the organisation.
The representation, both in number of
delegate* and number of states represen
ted. was unquestionably larger and more
extensive than any previous records
show. A most interesting feature of the
representation was indicated in the fact,
that every southern state sent delegates,
and all of the principal agricultural states
of the north and west were well repre
sented. While this was the 2M annual
session of the congress, no such wide
spread representation of all the states
in the union had been recorded before.
This is not only gratifying to those who
made such hard efforts to make a success
of the convention, but shows unmistak
ably that the time base come when the
leading farmers of ths country realize
the necessity of a more general co-opera
tive ac—on than has heretofore existed.
While the attendance of both regular and
associate delegates was unprecedentedly
large, the reception accorded the dele
gates by the citisens of Macon, and
especially the Georgia farmers who were
present by the hundreds, was fully up to
tbs standard of southern hospitality, and
it created a most powerful impression up
on the minds of the visiting delegates,
particularly those who came from the
north and northwestern states. There
was a registered attendance of 800 reg
ular. and 500 associate delegates, making
a grand total of 1.389 delegatee, 'there
was no lagging of .merest at any time
in the program of the four days' session
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3B 1-2 Inman Building. 22 1-2 S Broad St., Atlanta, Ga-
and each day found the auditorium full
of interested listeners at the work of the
congress. Ail the papers read ana dis
cussed were of national importance and
bore particularly upon the needs and in
terests of national agriculture. The per
sonnel of the delegates in attendance con
sisted of the best material from the •af
ferent states represented, and the result
of their deliberations. profoundly im
pressed those who had not before been
in attendance upon a session of the con
gress. •
Cosensus of Opinion.
There was an almost unanimous con
sensus of opinion in the minds of the
delegatee in the discussion of those papers
referring to national legislation in the in
terest of the producers of this country.
This unanimity of sentiment found ex
pression when the question of the en
dorsement of the ship subsidy scheme
came up for action. Although the affirm
ative of the proposition was ably present
ed by Mr. Smith, of New York, when
the matter was Anally put to a vote, the
resolution endorsing ship subsidy was
overwhelmingly voted down. Mr. Smith
admitted to me that he was not a farm
er but came as the representative of Mr.
B. K. Thurber, who is one of the most
notorious lobbyists in the United States.
Mr. Thurber. It will be remembered, en
deavored to secure action favorable on
ship subsidy scheme before the session of
the congress held at Sioux Falls, 8. D.,
last October, and signally failed. Every
one of the farmer delegatee from the state
of New York voted solidly against the
measure. If this congress had gone upoa
record as endorsing or favqjing the ship
subsidy bill, there is no question that
the next congress of the United States
would have enacted the provisions of the
bill into a law. But the farmers ot this
nation are a unit against such schemes of
wholesale robbery of the producers In or
der that a few wealthy ship owners head
ed by J. P. Morgan, may make annual
raids upon the United States treasury.
Likewise upon the question of reciprocity,
the general consensus of opinion was that
such a law should be enacted, and apply
with ft. force to all products, when such
reciprocal interchange did not have the ef
fect of injuring the markets for some of
our infant industries. The strong plea
made by the Michigan delegates against
reciprocity, because of its probable hurt
ful influence on beet sugar. had no
weight when the general good of the
whole country was at stake. The south
particularly does not object to reciprocity,
because it is on the line of free trade,
a reduction of the tariff, and breaks the
protection now afforded the manufacturer
by t he government of the United States.
The great trouble with our tariff is that
it affords protection to the manufacturer
and gives no protection to the farmers.
It enables the manufacturer to hold down
the market for our raw materials and to
keep to a "high figure the price of the
manufactured articles of commerce re
quired by the consumers of this country.
That this session of the congress should
have gone so forcibly upon record ab
against the ship subsidy scheme, and en
dorsed the policy of reciprocity, is not
only important, but It will have great
weight with our representatives in the
national legislature.
The effect of bringing together represen
tative mAn engaged in agriculture from
all parts of .be United States meeting
on southern soil, in the Emplrt State of
the South, will have a splendid, effect
upon the future development of this state.
Georgia is regarded as the best state in
the union for diversified Industries. The
northern delegates to the congress ex-
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY* OCTOBER 16, 1903*
pressed great surprise at the diversity of
our agricultural resources, as seep by the
splendid exhibits made by the farmers
ot Jones and Bibb counties. These ex
hibits were a revelation to those who had
before thought that our principal resource
in agriculture was cotton. Many of these
western people will return to Georgia
for the purpose of engaging in farming,
and they will herald the vast possibilities
for diversified farming in this state which
will turn many a northwestern farmer
southward In the near future. That Georr
gia is to be vastly ber.ented by this meet
ing there can be no question. The cor
dial welcome extended by the citizens
of Macon, and especially the attention
paid the lady delegates by the ladies of
Macon, has won a warm place In the
northerners’ heart for this section of the
union watch is bound to bear good fruit,
lhese visiting delegates realised that we
had the finest agricultural country In the
world, and that our only drawback was
the absence of Intelligent labor, and hav
ing to bear tne burden of the negro on
our farms. While the exhibits at Macon
gave them a good Idea of our crops, the
trip given the delegates to Florida and
Savannah will be an extensive revelation
of our country, of which they only secured
a bird’s eye view at Maeon. Fplly 400 del
egates went on the excursion to Florida
last Saturday morning. The number of
Georgia delegates was unfortunately cut
down, by the railroad officials having the
excursion In cnarge, to only ten. There
were so many o* the Georgia delegates
who wanted to attend, but who could not
secure invitations, that I surrendered
my invitation and did not go on either
one of the excursions. Hon. Dudley M.
Hughes, chairman of the Georgia dele
gation, went with the party, and no doubt
saw that everything of interest was ful
ly explained to the visiting delegates who
wished to go on the excursion to Florida
would -e provided for, and It was a great
disappointment to many of them when
they found that their request for trans
portation with the party was cut down
to only ten. And that they would be denied
the privileges of going. Major Glessner,.
who had the excursion in charge, stated
to me that it would be Impossible for him
to provide a train large enough to take
all applicants and that he would provide
for the viSiung delegates, as his road
was only Interested in showing the visit
ing delegates the country from an adver
tising standpoint, and that the Georgia
people already knew the advantage of
the state in all sections.
It was no doubt a most enjoyable excur
sion to ail those who went, and a memory
of‘it will never be forgotten.
The principal papers read before the
congress during the four days’ session
will be published gradually, beginning
with this Issue o, the Semi-Weekly Jour
nal.
Doubtless all the readers of The Journal
will be Interested In the discussion*
which arose during the congress ana
would like to have a complete resume of
the work. The Georgia delegation was
a splendid one, consisting of many hun
dreds of prominent fartners from all
parts of the state. It will be many years
before the congress will assemble either
in Georgia or the south again, but it- can
not be denied that this was tne most
successful meeting ever held, or likely
to be held for some time to come. It
was the first time in the history of the
country when all the southern states and
most of the otjjer states had representa
tives in a common gathering working har
moniously together for the common good
of the whole country. That the whole coun
try is to be congratulated upon this condi
tion of affairs and that great good is to
result therefrom to the south, and Geor
gia particularly there can be no question.
HARVIE JORDAN.
INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.
Several Questions.
E. M. S.. Mcßae, Gs.
Will you please answer the following
questions through The Journal?
1. What sort of grass is best for cattle
the whole year around?
2. Where can I get ten or twelve short
horn cows and what price?
3. How miicl) milk wiU a short horn
give
4. How much do they weigh?
5. What sort of hogs are best for pork,
and where can I get the said kina?
Wh.re can I get a few south-down
sheep? Are they any better than others?
7. Where can 1 get a New Foundland
or a St. Bernard dog and what price?
8. How many acres of good pasture will
feed twelve short horns, 500 sheop and
50u goats?
9. Which hog is healthier, Berkshires,
Poland Chinas or Jerseys?
10. Which is the best cross between Jer
seys ana Berkshires. or between Jerseys
and Poland Chinas?
11. Will not a well-kept Plymouth Rock
...n .ay 16 oezen eggs in a year.
12. Where is the best place to raise
and sell beef, mutton, pork, poultry, but
ter and eggs? I like Savannah.
13. Can I get 25 acres of good land near
Savannan and what will it cost?
14. What are pfecar.s worth per bushel?
Answer: Bermuda grass for the spring,
summer and fall, and Burr clover for tne
winter months.
2. Go to the Valdosta state fair the last
of this month, and you can see short
horns on exhibition and’get prices for
what you need.
3. It aependa largely upon the kind of
breed, as there are several kinds of short
horn cattle. The Devon is about the best
milker and beef cow that we have. A
good Devon cow will easily give from two
to three gallons of milk per day.
4. The average weignt of a well bred
short horn that has been properly cared
for is as follows: yearling, 900 pounds:
two years old, 1,400 pounds; three years
old, 1,800 pounds. Os course these weights
depend largely upon the pasturage and
character of foed and attention given.
If left to shift for themselves they natu
rally make slow headway.
5. The Berkshires age regarded the best
all purpose hog for the south.
6. Answers to questions six and seven
are the same as No. 2: visit the state fair
and you will be better able to get what
information you want and a very fine
variety of sheep.
8. A fertile field sodded to Bermuda
grass and Burr clover containing 250
acres would pasture the cows and sheep,
and 200 acres of good woodland with con
siderable undergrowth Would pasture the
goats.
9. The Berkshires are regarded as more
active than Poland Chinas, or Jerseys,
and for that reason would be likely to be
more healthy.
10. The best cross for pork is to cross
the Berkshire with the Poland China. I
have never attempted to raise the red
Jersey*
11. No. A Plymouth Rock hen will want
to set at different times during the year.
Ten dozen eggs from a Plymouth Rock
should be a fine showing. You would get
the greatest number of eggs from the
non-sitting varieties of the Mediterra
nean ..owls, the best being the brown or
white leghorns.
12. The neighborhood of any of our
large cities would give you a good daily
market for the different kinds of produce
named. Savannah would, of course, fur-
you a good market.
13. I cannot tell you as to what you
could buy in the way of land near Sa
vannah. but presume you could get what
you want, if the price suited.
14. Pecans sell for various' prices, from
20 cents per pound to $1.50 per pound. It
depends upon whether you want to buy
fine varieties for planting or whether you
wanted those which go into the various
channels of trade.
CASTOR IA
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SERGEANT SHERIDAN’S SKILL
A New Yorker Who Has a Wondrous
Memory for Criminals.
Brooklyn Eagle.
One of the strongest faculties ever bestowed
upon a man is possessed by Sergeant William
P. Sheridan, who is in charge of the Identifi
cation Bureau—the Bulletin Bureau, they call
it—of the New York police department. He
can Identify any man he has once seen and
tn addition can remember his name, his occu
pation, his age and nationality, as well as any
other peculiaritiea which may have appeared
at the time of the first meeting.
Disguises give absolutely no protection
against recognition by Sergeant Sheridan. Again
and again criminals, detectives and his per
sonal friends have tried to deceive him. It has
always been in vain. The man has never been
known to make a mistake in identification.
Dally at police headquarters he identifies crim
inals whom ho has not seen for ten years; often,
too, he recognizes them from photographs,
ha\!ng never before seen the original of the
picture.
At a rough estimate Mergeant Sheridan knows
(0,000 criminals. This does not mean that he
merely knows their names and records. It
means that he knows them as well as a man
knows his wife; it means that Sergeant Sheri
dan knows the facial and be illy peculiarities
of each one, that he remembers their names
and aliases, the date upon which they were ar
rested, the charge made against them, the
name of the policeman who made the arrest,
the date and extent of the sentence and in
what prison it was served. In other words, hs
remembers every fact that may be written down
on the back of the criminal's photograph in
the Rogue’s Gallery, and, often enough, he io
able to recall the number of the picture in the
gallery.
No criminal with a record has ever succeeded
in getting past Sergeant Sheridan. So well is
this fact known by the dishonest fraternity
that the old-time men never think of trying it.
As soon as they are brought before Sheridan
they confers their Identity.
When it is said that Sergeant Sheridan has
never made a mistake in the identification of
a criminal the statement must be taken in its
absolutely literal sense. However remarkable It
may seem that a man who has been in the
police department for nearly thirty years should
never have made an error in this, the most dif
ficult task, the fact is as it has been written.
It Is no mere empty boast. It is a thing admit
ted by criminals and attested by every offi
cial and man of standing in the police depart
ment. It seems miraculous, but It Is trub.
In the Rogue's Gallery at police headquarters,
in Mulberry street, Manhattan, there are, in
the old and new galleries, more than fifty
thousand portraits of criminals. You can pick
out a dozen of the pictures at random and
shuffle them as much as you please. Then Set
Sergeant Sheridan see the face of any one
of the lot, without touching the picture, and
he will tell you whose portrait It Is, the man’s
criminal history and aliases, and in addition
he is quite likely to be able to give you a
list of the scars, tattooing and other marks
which are noted at the foot of the written
recqrd on the back of the portrait.
It is because of this extraordinary gift that
Sergeant Sheridan is so greatly feared and
hated by the criminals of the United States.
He is the final court of appeals Jn doubtful
eases. When some country poller officer is
lucky enough to cateh a man who has attempt
ed to break into the local bank he knows pretty
well that the prisoner is nut telling the truth
when he says that his name is "Henry James”
and denies that he has ever been arrested be
fore The country policeman thinks it is quite
likely that he has caught a man who is very
well known as a criminal and for whose arrest
large rewards are offered. Wishing to identify
bls prisoner he has a photograph taken of
him. and If he Is wise, he sends it to Sergeant
Sheridan.
First Prize.
New York Times.
At an assemblage of charity workers, at
a settlement house on the east side, prepar
ing for the fall campaign, Mr. Calvin Brew
ster narrated a story of a mendicant who
very much needed a nalr of trousers. Re
membering that physicians were compelled to
wear high-grade clothing, he wandered up
above the Plaza on Fifth avenue and, ob
serving the name of a physician on a large
silver plate on the door of a fine-looking res
idence, he ascended the steps and rang the
doctor’s bell. An elderly sweet-faced lady
came to the door, and the impoverished caller
said:
"Madam, I am very hard up and have called
to see If I could obtain a pair of the doctor's
cast-off trousers."
The lady smiled at him and replied:
"1 am the doctor!”
1,000 BUSHELS SEED WHEAT.
Early purple straw red, one of the best for
the south. Price $1.30 bushel, five bushel?
and over at $1.25. Barley and rye $1.25.
Winter turf oats 80c. Lawn grass 2Cc
pound. Mixed pasture grasses 12 l-2<
pound. Mark W. Johnson Seed Co.,,Al
an ta, Ga.
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Why Should We Encourage Nut Growing? •
Address Delivered by Dr. J. B. Hunnicutt at Macon Nut Growers’ Convention.
THIS question naturally arises up
on considering the call for thia
convention. Does the business
need encouragement? Are we not
already developing fast enough in this
line of farming? Indeed, many persons
Inquire if we have not planted enough
nut-bearing trees.
Os course, the ultimate Inquiry always
looks to the possibility of making money
out of the business. This is emphatically
a commercial age. The average American
eye is eclipse- by the diameter of a dollar.
He cannot see, or does not wish to see,
anything but the profit and loss balance
sheet. To- be attractive in his eye there
must be a large balance on the profit side.
To make money and to have money is the
absorbing idea of this day and time. Very
few of us .can be persuaded to follow any
line of investment solely for pleasure or
for the moral and mental uplifting of our
selves and fellows.
’ Then, we must meet'this question right
kt the threshold. When we say nut-grow
ing we are supposed to mean the planting
and culture of pecans. This nut is in the
lead. Hence we must show that there is
money in pecan culture, or we may as
well quit the whole business. This, we
think, has been done and can be done.
Take for illustration one acre, and say
we plant thirty feet each way, or 50 trees
to the acre. These trees at 20 to 25 years
should yield 25 pec-s each, or 750 pecks
per acre. These should bring $1 per peck,
or $750 per acre. This would give us a
very fine profit. From this time on the
crops would Increase, an. the expense be
ing the same, the profits would increase.
But what about the expense of all these
20 years of waiting? Well, we have first
the cost of 50 trees. This should not be
over SSO, even when well set. And just
here we wish to say that much depends
upon setting the trees properly, lhe holes
should be blown with dynamite and filled
.up with top soil. For ten years the land
can be planted in such crops as cotton,
peas and pindars, and made to pay its
own way. The pecans will cost nothing
but letting alone and a chance to grow. By
this time they will be shading the land
and taking some room. But tney will also
be bearing enough to pay for all expenses
of cultivation, gathering and marketing.
At what age they will begin to bear will
depend upon several circumstances; large
ly upon the proper setting and culture.
We know of a tree w.ach came up in a
garden in Athens, Ga., from a nut drop
ped from an older tree, that began bear
ing when three years old. This is its sixth
year, and it is very heavily loaded with
nuts. Grafted buds sometimes tear very
l earlj’. So we are safe in saying that a
pecan grove at ten years old will have
paid expenses up to i..at date. From ten
to twenty the crop will be increasing year
ly and the yield should be an average of
ten pecks per tree to begin with, and run
ning up to 25 to 40 pecks at 20 years.
Now, here we have an Investment of one
acre, value, S2O; fifty trees, 550; incidentals,
S3O. Total, SIOO. This is a very liberal es
timate. This serf is now worth SIOO. These
50 trees are now worth SSO each, or $2,5C0;
yielding annual income, $750. This Is equal
to a 6 per cent Investment of $12,500. What
other business can show such a margin?
But some may say our figures are too
large, that we have no experience to back
them up. We know of one tree in Ogle
thorpe county, Georgia, from which was
sold 64 pecks as a single crop. These were
saved besides the family eating and the
jaybird stealing, rhey were sold in Ath
ens, Ga., for $1 per peck, bringing $64 cash
for one crop from one tree. So we do not
think our estimate at all too large.
We know of 'a grove of one-half acre
that yields the ow'ner annually more than
a two-herse farm, and he is a pretty good
farmer.
Hence we say that we should encourage
nut growing because it is a paying busi
ness. Again, we should encourage this in
dustry because it tends to settle down and
give permanency to many of our moving,
restless southern farmers. The dream of
every father is to lay up something that
his children may enjoy after he is gone.
Now, here is one thing that he can lay up.
A pecan grove will be better than stocks
and bends. We need something to help
cur farmers to feel settled. Local ties are
strong, and therd is a mysterious tie that
binds us to a tree that will live on through
generations yet unborn, and always bless
the heir/that inherits.
Again, we need and must have in this
sunny southland shade trees. There is no
prettier or better than the pecan. With a
symmetry that far surpasses the elm or
poplar, anti a foliage more delicate and
more beautiful than the wateroak. and
a power of endurance unsurpassed, surely
here we find the ideal shade tree. If our
towns and cities should use the pecans In
stead of those now set for shade, they
would not only have a prettier, longer
lived and more attractive shade tree, but
the fruit would yield an income that would
be better than bonds, and would lighten
taxes. What if the boys did get pocketsful
without cost? There would still be enough
to bring in a constant revenue.
For this reason, then, we should encour
age pecan growing. Every farm should
grow a home supply and have a few beau
tiful shade trees.
While there are many other reasons why
this industry should be encouraged which
we cannot aiscuss at this hour, we must
not close without calling attention to the
value of the peacan nut as an article of
food. It is not simply a delightfully good,
a real luxury, but a healthful food, a ton
ic, a staple. As a diet it prevents many
.of the diseases from which We suffer. The
oil is much pleasanter tnan lard or cotton
seed oil, and more healthful. Pecans can
be largely substituted for beef, and money
saved and doctors’ b. Is avoided.
While we have devoted most of our time
to the pecan, we do not forget that there
are other valuable nuts. The walnut,
chestnut, almond and, shall we say, the
peanut, are each valuable in their sphere.
The Georgia cracker and the Caroliqa
.goober-grabbler do not wish to see the day
when he cannot enjoy the parody—
" The boy stood on the burning deck.
Eating goobers by the peck.
He heard his father's call, but would n'ot
go.
Because he loved them goobers so.”
But he hopes the day may come when
be may bld farewell to nutgrass, and while
he enjoys his one pocket well filled with
parched goobers, he may have the other
filled with paper-shell pecans.
EXPERIEMOEWiTiTPECANS.
Paper by Mre. W. R. Stuart.
THE famous pecan grove of Colo
nel W. R. Stuart, at Ocean
Springs, Miss., of which his wid
ow, Mrs. W. R. Stuart, is now the
■ole proprietor, was established in 1875 by
the planting of seed and seedling trees —
the finest and largest of pecan nuts be
ing purchased for the purpose—none less
than one dollar per pound being planted.
The consideration of profit never once en
tering the thought of Colonel Stuart
whose idea was simgly a sufficiency of
table pecans for home ajjd neighborhood
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use.
He never undertook anything, however,
on a narrow scale.
At the same time he planted extensively
of oranges, clearing and locating land
eligibly, with ample water protection on
both sides of the grove, fully expecting to
reap an annt i harvest in the years to ,
come—this proved an “ignis fatuous," for ■
when these trees were just beginning to j
reach maturity and gave the promise of
golden fruitage, freeze after freeze came
on with each recurring winter and all
these golden hopes were crushed to the
earth. It was proved beyond a doubt
that oranges could not be successfully cul
tivated. even on the mild and balmy coast
of south a Mississippi. After this, pears
which v ere certainly frost proof, were
largely planted, but they fell a victim to
blight. While all these extensive and ex- •
pensive experiments were being carried
on the pecan trees, at first so lightly es
teemed by the colonel, were slowly but I
surely growing, and finally “came to thff J
front,” to use his own expression. T?i« ;
first specimens of paper-shell pecans that >
attracted the attention of the department
of agriculture at Washington, D. C., were I
sent by him and the first correspondence
carried on by the department on the sub
ject of pecans was with him. These spec
imens were received by Chief Pomologist
H. E. Van Deman with admiration and
surprise, who declared that a nut so
handsome should be honored by bearing
the name of the exhibitor and grower,
and thus the "Stuart Pecan" was intro
duced to horticultural world. It was not
long before another fine variety came on.
and with characteristic courtesy, this was
sent to Washington bearing the name of
“Van Deman.” Thus he became known to
the world as the creator of a new indus
try, and was called the "Father of Pecan
Culture.” Other beautiful varieties have
been added to the list and sales from these
trees have traveled the far off isles of the
sea, notably to Australia, Japan and the
West Indies. While Mrs. Stuart has live
to realize the Colonel’s oft-repeated pre- '
diction that these selfsame trees would ’ ’
bring in a comfortable annuity in the
years to come from the sale of the nuts.
And his predictions for the future of this
nut goes still further, for the trees as
living monuments to bls remarkable fore
thought are standing today a blessing to ' '
the people of this great country of ours.' <
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