578 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



PART X. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE IOWA PARK AND 

 FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



SECOND ANNUAL MEETING DES MOINES, DECEMBER 



8, 9, and 10, 1902. 



OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 



President, Prof. T. H. Macbride, Iowa City- 



Vice-President, Wesley Greene, Darenport. 



Secretary, L. H. Pammel, Ames. 



Treasurer, Hon. Silas Wilson, Atlantic. 



Executive Board - - J J- S. Trigg, ltockford; Prof. H. C. Price- 

 executive tsoard, j Ames; c A MosiEB) De3 Moines. 



( Wesley Greene, Davenport; Col. W. A- 

 Committee on Ways and Means, \ Burnap, Clear Lake; Hon. Eugene 



( Secor, Forest City. 



r ■ ,, ^. . , . . ( Prof, A. T. Erwin, Ames ; Prof. B. 



T^mLT^Tt Im P, r ° vement \ Shimek. Iowa City ; Hon. Silas Wil- 

 and Municipal Legislation, \ son, Atlantic. 



To the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture: 



I have the honor to transmit herewith the proceedings of the 

 Iowa Park and Forestry Association, being the papers read at 

 the Des Moines meeting, December 8, 9, 10, 1902. 



Just at present there is a wide spread interest along the lines of 

 civic improvement, and also along the line of protection of our 

 forests. This interest is not merely local, but there are words of 

 encouragement from all sections of the country. 



When the lumber interest was at its height in Wisconsin and 

 Minnesota the forests were removed without any thought of the 

 future. The trees were cut down and after the lumber was cut 



