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and 10,000 acres on the head waters of Buckhorn Creek and
4,000 acres lying between Buckhorn end Troublesome, should
be offered in fee to the Board of Trustees of the Univer-
sity of" Kentucky for the Agricultural Experiment Station,
the considerntions to be as follows:

      (1) That through state appropriation or other sources,
 the necessary funds will be provided to begin work in the
 development of this property in such manner as to serve
 the best interests of mountain agriculture and forestry.

      !2) The initial appropriation should be not less than
 1-2,000 annually and should be increased as circumstances
 warran t.

      (3) In the event of acceptance, it should be provided
 that three trustees of the Robinson Foundation shall serve
 with a committee to be appointed by the Board of Trustees
 of the University of Kentucky to advise upon the opera-
 tion of this property.

      (4) In the event that appropriations With which to
operate this property should fail or that there should
be failure in operating for a period of two years, it
shall revert to the Robinson Foundation.
                ProPosed Plan of Operation

      The plan of operation submitted herewith is neces-
sarily tentative, subject to change and can only be de-
ternined after an effective survey is made of the prop-
3rty and moneys available for experimental work determined.
It would appear that the following experimental and demon-
stration work could be initiated by the Experimental Sta-
tion to advantage:

     F'ORESTRY.  The greater part of the tracts consist-
ing of the.14,000 acres should be devoted to experimental
and demonstration work which will indicate the possibili-
ties of the production of timber on cut-over lands.
This 'Would comprise lines of w17-ork too numarous to detail,
the general purpopse, however, being to demonstrate the
economic- daevlopment and handling cO properties of this
character and. the possibilities in certain sections at
least of combining grazing propositions.

     The aid of the federal Department of Agriculture
will be sought to further the work in forestry.    This
work will become an object lesson and demonstration
tract for- eastern Kentucky.  Possibly, later it can be
used for the purpose of training students in the pro-
fession of forestry.   There is at present no other