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to co-ojK'rati(»n with States in firv protection and forest renewal, as 

 embodied in the rep<jrt on Senate Resohition Xo. :51I. known as the 

 "Capper Kei)ort." 



We therefore ur<(e upon Conji^ress the enactment of the lej^^ishition 

 necessary to make those recommendations etVective. accompanied by 

 suitable annual a])propriations. which, for the fiscal year ending June 

 ;5(), \\)2-i, should not be less than one million dollars ( $1,00{).()00 ) . to 

 be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture in co-operation with the 

 several States, for forest fire prevention and control, forest investiga- 

 tions, and timber production including forest planting. 



Signed by the State h'oresters of — 



Alabama Marylaufl ( Jhio 



Connecticut Massachusett*; ( )rego:i 



Illinois Michigan Texas 



b.wa Montana Virginia 



Kansas Xevv Hampshire West Virginia 



Louisiana New Jerse\- Wisconsin 



Maine New York 



SiX'OND Educational Cox fere. xck Sends Gkektings to Dr. Fkrnow 



Representatives of thirty forest schools, assembled at New Haven 

 for the second conference on forest education, unite in sending you 

 an expression of appreciation for your great services to the profession 

 and to the country as founder and dean of forestry education in 

 America. J. W. TouMEv. 



FERNOVV'S REPLV 



Highly appreciating the complimentary message of the Conference. 

 The accident of priority puts me in the place where the Conference 

 placed me. Wishing success to th-jir delil)erations. 



B. IC. Fi'.rnow. 



SowiNC, Seed of Dei-p Tap-Rooted Hardwoods 



Mr. C. C. Deani. State Forester of Indiana, suggests that before 

 carrying on held sowing operations with a deep tap-rootefl hardwood 

 species such as chestnut, the oaks, hickories, and black walnut, the 

 seed should be immersed in a tub of water and stirred vigorously so 

 that all of the lighter seed will have an opportunity to come to the 



