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through CHnton prison. Following this the party motored to Platts- 

 burg and again inspected the training camp. 



Thursday evening was devoted to an informal discussion, led by 

 A. F. Hawes, of the possible fuel crisis in the Northeast and the steps 

 that can be taken to ameliorate the situation. It was the consensus of 

 opinion that great stress should be laid on a heavy cordwood cut by 

 woodlot owners during the fall and early winter. It was pointed out 

 that not only would this decrease the pressing demand for coal, but 

 would also enable woodlot owners to improve their woodlots and mar- 

 ket inferior material at a profitable price. 



The propaganda work along the above lines is being carried on by 

 the various State Foresters and by the forestry departments in New 

 England collegiate institutions. 



An efifort will be made to secure the co-operation of municipalities 

 in finding a market for fuel and in lending encouragement to the cut- 

 ting of wood by timber owners in the vicinity of such towns. 



Friday morning was devoted to an inspection of the railroad nursery 

 at Bluff Point, which has an annual capacity of more than one million 

 transplants. 



Great credit is due H. R. Bristol, forester for the railroad, for the 

 well arranged and very instructive field trips and for the excellent 

 accommodations furnished. 



Thirty members of the Massachusetts Forestry Association, under 

 the leadership of Dr. Clinton L. Babcock and H. A. Reynolds, of 

 Boston, visited the Chelan, Rainier, Oregon, and Crater National For- 

 ests the latter part of July, on what is known as the National Parks 

 and Forests Tour, Local forest officers co-operated with them to make 

 their visit pleasant and instructive. Supervisor MacDaniels accom- 

 panied them on the Chelan, Forest Examiner Fenby on the Rainier, 

 Supervisor Sherrard on the Oregon, and National Forest Examiner 

 Matz on the Crater. 



The party spent three days in Portland and vicinity. The first day 

 they visited a mill where logs five feet in diameter were reduced to 

 lumber. Several 8o-foot logs were also cut up for ship timber during 

 their stay. They also visited a shipyard and saw a wooden steamship 

 under construction. In the evening they listened to a talk, illustrated 

 by 125 lantern slides, on the work of the Forest Service by Mr. Jackson. 



The second day was devoted to an automobile trip over the Columbia 

 River Highway and a picnic lunch at Eagle Creek camp grounds. 



