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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



is receiving steadily increasing support 

 and recognition. 



At the fifth annual forestry confer- 

 ence meeting on the afternoon of July 

 18 there were represented the American 

 Forestry Association, the Society for 

 the Protection of New Hampshire For- 

 ests, the New Hampshire Timberland 

 Owners' Association, and the Associa- 

 tion of North Eastern Foresters. The 

 fire protection problem was discussed 

 at length, papers being read by Prof. 

 J. H. Foster, of the New Hampshire 

 State College; E. A. Ryder, Commis- 

 sioner of the Department of Claims, 

 Boston and Maine R. R. ; State For- 

 ester E. C. Hirst, of New Hampshire ; 

 F. H. Billard, forester of the New 

 Hampshire Timber Land Owners' As- 

 sociation ; F. G. Olmstead, consulting 

 forester of Boston ; F. W. Rane, state 

 forester of Alassachusetts ; S. N. 

 Spring, state forester of Connecticut ; 

 Austin F. Hawes, state forester of Ver- 

 mont, and Dr. B. E. Fernow, of To- 

 ronto. 



In the evening H. S. Bristol, superin- 

 tendent of Woodlands, for the Dela- 

 ware and Hudson R. R. Co., spoke on 

 problems of forestry as they relate to 

 the railway; Prof. Walter Mulford, of 

 Cornell, discussed the prospects of for- 

 estry as a profession; Prof. W. C. 

 O'Kane, of the New Hampshire State 

 College, spoke on the present status and 

 prospects of the gypsy moth and the 

 brown tail moth in the State ; George 

 H. Wirt, chief forest inspector of 

 Pennsylania, gave an illustrated lecture 



on the management of State forests in 

 Pennsylvania. 



At the annual meeting of the Society 

 for the Protection of New Hampshire 

 Forests, held on the morning of July 

 19, reports were made on the gratifying 

 progress of the society's work in the 

 past year. In addition, Herbert Welsh, 

 of Philadelphia, spoke about the prog- 

 ress upon the Sunapee Forest Reserva- 

 tion, and Harris A. Reynolds, Secretary 

 of the Massachusetts Forestry Associa- 

 tion, told how he is organizing branch 

 associations in that State. 



The ever interesting and vital ques- 

 tion of the taxation of forests was dis- 

 cussed at the concluding meeting of the 

 conference on Friday afternoon. Dr. B. 



E. Fernow spoke on the principles un- 

 derlying the taxation of forests ; Prof. 



F. R. Fairchild, of Yale, discussed the 

 taxation of forests in America and 

 abroad; and Prof. Charles J. Bullock, 

 of Harvard, gave his ideas on practical 

 plans for taxation in New Hampshire 

 and Alassachusetts. The other forest- 

 ers and lumbermen present joined in 

 the discussion, which, while it resulted 

 in the enlightenment and instruction as 

 to ways and means, of all who were 

 present, did not reach any definite con- 

 clusion as to the best way to overcome 

 existing difficulties. 



In the evening, at the Crawford 

 House, Philip W. Ayres, forester of the 

 Society for the Protection of New 

 Hampshire Forests, gave an illustrated 

 address on the forests of the White 

 Mountains. 



MORB LAND FOR RESERVE 



Washington, D. C. — The National Forest Reservation Commission has approved for 

 piirchase 55,000 acres in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. In ad- 

 dition, a tract of 24,900 acres, near the Natural Bridge, in Virginia, zvas approved for 

 purchase. It is estimated that nearly $3,000,000 was expended in connection with the ac- 

 quistion of lands under the provisions of the Weeks lazv during the fiscal year zdiich ended 

 June 30, 1912. 



