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Board of the Journal ; the adoption of a standard basis of classification 

 of the subject-matter of forestry ; the consideration by the Society of 

 ways and means of improving Hving and social conditions of woods 

 workers, and the prohibition of all plant importations except those 

 arranged by the Secretary of Agriculture. 



The subject of most immediate interest was, of course, the fuel situa- 

 tion and the problem of substituting wood for coal on a large scale. It 

 was therefore decided to hold a special session that evening for the dis- 

 cussion of Mr. Hawes' paper on this subject and possibly one or two 

 other papers. A room was secured at the Seventh Avenue Hotel, 

 where sixteen of the delegates had supper together and later read and 

 discussed at length the following papers : 



Increasing the Consumption of Fuelwood as a National Economy. . . A. F. Hawes 

 Forestry and Agricultural Development in the South W. R. Mattoon 



This meeting adjourned about 1 1 o'clock and the members separated 

 to observe the end of the old and the coming of new year, each after 

 his own peculiar custom when in a strange city. 



The meeting resumed the next morning, a little behind schedule, in 

 Room 208 of the Applied Design Building of the Carnegie Institute. 

 The following papers were read and discussed during the morning : 



Check Dams as a Means of Controlling Floods in Southern 



California E. N. Munns 



A Practical Reforestation Policy G. A. Retan 



A Word to the Members Filibert Roth 



Some Social Aspects of Forest Management Benton MacKaye 



The Role of Artificial Regeneration in the Reinforcement of 



Hardwood Woodlots Edmund Secrest 



Some Wood Problems in War Time O. M. Butler 



Mr. Butler's paper was illustrated with two fine reels of pictures 

 taken at the Madison Laboratory, and showing details of the every- 

 day work there, in connection with the different testing processes, etc. 



The last session convened at 2.15 p. m., January i, when the follow- 

 ing papers were read and discussed : 



The Economic Basis of Recreation Forests R. S. Hosmer 



Native Vegetation as a Criterion of Site C. F. Korstian 



Aspen Reproduction in Relation to Forest Management F. S. Baker 



After directing the Secretary to express to Dr. Fernow the regrets of 

 the members present at his inability to be present at the meetings, the 

 second annual meeting of the Society, in connection with that of the 



