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A R BORICULTURE 



The Bureau of Forestry. 



While at the Capital, June 8 and 9, 

 we had a lengthy conference with the 

 Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Wilson, 

 who plainly expressed his thought, say- 

 ing, "There ought to he hundreds of 

 millions of trees planted as quickly as 



and quickly came to a harmonious un- 

 derstanding. 



As Secretary Wilson tiuty said, 

 "There are too few earnest advocates of 

 forestry in America to have any differ- 

 ences in regard to methods," -and we are 



Teaching Indiana Farmers Forest Economy, 



AT THE INDIANA STATE FOREST RESERVATION. 



This Indian Block House, recentlj- erected, j-et unfinished, awaiting another pull at the L,egislature, 



is built of solid hewn logs, showing the economy over sawn lumber. One way 



of squandering the people's money. 



possible, and the great problem is how 

 to procure the trees and how to plant 

 them in such numbers." 



Mr. Wilson has an able assistant in 

 Mr. Willett N. Hays, himself an edu- 

 cated forester. 



Mr, Wilson introduced the editor of 

 Arboriculture to I\Ir. Gifford Pinchot, 

 with whom we had a pleasant interview. 



satisfied that hereafter the International 

 Society of Arboriculture will have an 

 ally in the Forestry Bureau. 



WANTED. 



A liberal price will be paid for a copy 

 of Arboriculture for February, 1904. 

 Address Editor Arboriculture, Con- 

 nersville, Ind. 



