AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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A Practical Service 



More than two hundred applications have 

 been received for service in Forest Ex- 

 tension Work by The New York State 

 College of Forestry during the present 

 winter. These include calls for practical 

 demonstrations of woodlot improvement, 

 planting of idle lands, preservation of farm 

 timbers, and for illustrated lectures before 

 High Schools, Granges, Commercial or- 

 ganizations and Clubs of various natures. 



Empire State Forest Products Associa- 

 tion Meets at Syracuse, New York 



Various angles of the forest policy of 

 New York State were discussed thoroughly 

 at the 11th Annual Convention of the 

 Empire State Forest Products Association 

 held at Syracuse, New York, recently. 

 After a short address of welcome by Mayor 

 Walter R. Stone and an address by George 

 N. Ostrander of Glens Falls, New York, 

 President of the Association, Honorable 

 Virgil K. Kellogg of Watertown, New 

 York, reported for the legislative commit- 

 tee. A report from the Forestry Committee 

 by Professor Nelson C. Brown followed 

 this and after other routine business Mr. 

 Henry H. Tryon of the State College of 

 Forestry at Syracuse, New York, read a 

 paper on " Insurance on Standing Timber." 

 The morning session ended with a discus- 

 sion on "The Present Results of Coopera- 

 tion between Private Woodland Owners and 

 the State for More Efficient Protection of 

 the Forests Against Fire." This was led by 

 F. A. Gaylord, Chief Forester of Nehasane 

 Park, New York, and William A. Howard, 

 Assistant Superintendent of Forests. The 

 afternoon was given over to papers on 

 " Public Policy in Relation to Management 

 of Forest Lands in the State of New York," 

 by Conservation Commissioner George D. 

 Pratt and " Hardwood Logging in the 

 Adirondack Forests," by Professor A. B. 

 Recknagel of the State College of Agri- 

 culture at Ithaca, New York. Following 

 these there was a discussion on " The Re- 

 lation of Hardwood to Softwood Logging 

 in the .Adirondack Forests " led by Ferris 

 J. Meigs, President of Santa Clara Lumber 

 Company and W. C. Hull, Vice-president 

 Oval Wood Dish Company. At the evening 

 banquet addresses were given by Hon. 

 Francis M. Hugo, Secretary of State; Hon. 

 Thaddeus C. Sweet, Speaker of the New 

 York State Assembly ; Hon. John M. 

 Clancy, President of the Syracuse Chamber 

 of Commerce and Frank N. Moore, of 

 Watertown, New York. 



An automobile trip was arranged for the 

 members of the Association and the new 

 State College of Forestry building was in- 

 spected throughout. TTie College of 

 Forestry also maintained a small exhibit 

 throughout the Convention at the Onondaga 

 hotel. 



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I Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs | 



I 465 pages, 275 illustrations, many colored, of | 



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I lover of trees needs, a concise description | 



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I throughout the United States. The illustra- | 



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I and pen and ink studies from nature by the | 



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I 262 pages,' 38 colored and 15 other full page | 



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I 587 pages, 24 colored plates and 215 full page | 



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