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Taylor and Mr. Joseph DeBoer, president of 

 the National Life Insurance Company, and 

 Mr. Allen M. Fletcher, of Cavendish, also 

 spoke. 



Resolutions were passed by the association 

 expressing its hearty appreciation of the 

 work which Prof. L. R. Jones has done 

 for agriculture, and especially for forestry 

 in Vermont, and wishing him all possible 

 success in his new work in the University of 

 Wisconsin. 



Other resolutions were passed in favor of 

 the policy of the State Forest Service look- 

 ing toward the purchase of more extensrvc 

 state forests, and a change in the taxation 

 and forest-fire laws. 



It was brought out at the meeting that 

 one state forest of 450 acres has already been 

 acquired in Plainfield, Vt. ; and that the state 

 -nursery now, has about 2,000,000 trees started. 



The Hon. Fletcher Proctor was elected 

 president for the ensuing year; Hon. George 

 Aitken, of Woodstock, and Allen M. Fletcher, 

 Cavendish, vice-presidents; Hon. Ernest 

 Hitchcock, of Pittsford, secretary and treas- 

 urer. , 



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Louisiana Forestry Association 



The Louisiana Forestry Association was 

 organized April, 1909. The articles of asso- 

 ciation were drawn up in June and active 

 work then begun. The association now num- 

 bers ninety annual members and one life 

 member. The association took part in the 

 successful meeting of the Southern Con- 

 servation Congress held in New Orleans 

 November i, being represented by its presi- 

 dent, Henry E. Hardtner, and others. 



The collecting of tree seeds and their dis- 

 tribution to those persons desiring to plant 

 them, is one of the features of the associa- 

 tion's work. New tree seeds, which the 

 Government is anxious to introduce in the 

 South, will be sent from the Botanical Gar- 

 den to this association. When they are 

 well started they will be given out to indi- 

 viduals to be placed in parks or homes. 

 Fifty packages are promised for planting this 

 season, and can be secured by any one upon 

 application to the association's secretary, Mrs. 

 A. B. Avery, at Shreveport, La. 



Governor J. Y. Sanders is lending valuable 

 aid to the organization, and has promised 

 to set aside five acres of land to be used for 

 a nursery at the experiment station at Cal- 

 boun. La. 



Through the educational department of the 

 state, lectures on forestry will be given at the 

 teachers' institutes, and at the annual meeting 

 of the Teachers' Association. These lectures 

 will be provided by this association from 

 the_ United States Forest Service, and those 

 desiring their services should make appli- 

 cation to the secretary, as they can only be 

 secured through the association. 



By the courtesy of the United States Forest 

 Service, this association has secured through 

 its secretary a complete file of all books and 

 leaflets published by the Government per- 

 taining to forestry, and any one desiring to 

 consult any book can do so upon application 

 at our office. 



The annual meeting of the association will 

 be held January 4, 1910, at Minden, La. 



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State Interest in Water-powers 



Governor Hadley, of Missouri, has re- 

 cently been exploring the Ozark region, one 

 of his objects being the development of 

 water-power as a state resource. Says John 

 L. Mathews, in the Boston Transcrif>t : 



"On the water side Governor Hadley has 

 before him the example of Illinois spending 

 $20,000,000 for state development of water- 

 power ; and he is eager that Missouri shall 

 not be outdone. The pellmell streams of the 

 Ozarks have power enough to run all the 

 industries of Missouri. He has recently es- 

 tablished a waterway commission headed by 

 W. K. Kavanaugh, of St. Louis, to investi- 

 gate both power and navigation questions; 

 and the work of this commission was also 

 a factor in leading him to the rapid water 

 of Current River, with their engineer, Mr. 

 M. L. Holman." 



Iowa also is interested. Says the Des 

 Moines Capital: 



"The state conservation commission has 

 begun the work of collecting data pertain- 

 ing to water-power in Iowa. Secretary Dob- 

 son yesterday mailed letters to the officials 

 of every town and city on all the principal 

 rivers in Iowa, asking for information con- 

 cerning present and defunct water-power 

 plants. There are many old gristmills and 

 other mills, located on rivers throughout 

 the state, that long ago suspended operations. 

 It is the desire of the commission to know 

 what fall of the river was utilized for 

 water-power. The idea of the commission is 

 to make a comparison of the water-power 

 now in use with that which has been aban- 

 doned. The main purpose of the entire 

 campaign looks to the increasing of the 

 water-power in summer time." 



In Wisconsin a legislative committee on 

 water-power, forestry, and drainage has been 

 holding hearings. Mr. E. M. Griffith, state 

 forester, stated to this commission that while 

 the state does not own dams, or banks of 

 overflowed lands, it does own the energy of 

 the running water, and that the state alone 

 has a right to give a permit to use this 

 energy under its police power. 



Mr. Griffith insisted that "the state should 

 stand to the last ditch on every water-power 

 right it had." His opponents argued that 

 this would block water-power development, 

 but the necessity of this he absolutely denied. 



