disciplined very well, he wouldn't come when he was called, and
so on. The foreman out at the orchard had a dog that was very well
disciplined. He'd say, "Go get my hat," and he'd get the hat, and "Go
quickly," and he'd go quickly. And this head of the department asked the
foreman, "Well, how was it that you trained this dog, and how do you
train a dog, anyway?"

"Well," he said, "first of all, you have got to know more than the dog."
Perhaps that's the case with some of us and the fish. Anyway, we didn't
catch any fish.

I don't care to say any more, except, Mr. Gant, to express our
appreciation to you for the excellent facilities which you have
furnished.

President Davidson: Thank you, Dr. MacDaniels.

I believe the next order is the little talk by myself.

President's Address

JOHN DAVIDSON, Xenia, Ohio

When I was notified that this Association, in session at Guelph, had
named me as its president, I was surprised and deeply honored. I suppose
there is not a single member of this body who does not have the feeling
that the Northern Nut Growers Association is "different," unique, and,
very special: Here are all kinds: scientists and rule-of-thumb planters,
experienced professionals and inexperienced amateurs, conservationists
and hobbyists, all bent on one objective--to enlighten Americans and
themselves on the values and opportunities that lie in the study and
practice of planting forest trees which bear crops--specifically, nuts.

But the interest of most of our members is rather broader than our name
would indicate. Forest _crops_, not merely nuts, are the logical
outgrowth in interest that such an organization as ours stimulates. Dr.
Zimmerman's work with papaws is a case in point. Mr. Wilkinson's work
with the Lamb curly walnut is another. The persimmon, the papaw, the
mulberry, the haws, the juneberries--you are likely to find them all,
sooner or later, among the nut trees of our members. You will hear
presently about a wood from one of our nut trees that is so valuable,
_and so possible to grow_, that we may presently be planting for
extraordinarily beautiful and valuable _timber_.

Patience is what it takes, and faith. Trees are an example to us. If we
could only look at the procession of the centuries with the eyes of the
sequoias, we should see creation moving on marvelously with magnificent
fruitfulness, and we should take courage.

Has the process of evolution been more successful with