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create a spirit of good fellowship among the students of the profes- 

 sional forestry schools. This object we believe can be accomplished by 

 such meetings and reporting them, as in the present case, without a 

 special regular publication, which is under discussion. The publication 

 of a song book, however, as proposed would be a good move. A motion 

 was carried to inform the Society of American Foresters that the Asso- 

 ciation of Forest Clubs were desirous of becoming junior members of 

 the Society. The Yale Club was elected the next president club. 



To the many magazines dealing with forestry to stimulate local in- 

 terest another monthly has been added by the University of California 

 Forestry Club, under the title "California Forestry," at a subscription 

 price of one dollar — x\nsel F. Hall, manager — the Sierra Club members 

 being specially invited to become subscribers. 



Prof. Francis G. Miller, lately of the State College of Washington, 

 has been called to the deanship of the School of Forestry in the Uni- 

 versity of Idaho, at Moscow. The forestry work at this institution 

 had so far been in the College of Letters and Sciences, but now becomes 

 an independent organization and is promised further development. 



The summer field meeting of the Association of Eastern Foresters 

 w^as held July ii to 13, at Blufif Point, N. Y., the members being guests 

 of the Forestry Department of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad. 

 About 30 members and guests were present. 



The party assembled on Wednesday afternoon and evening at the 

 Bluff House. The first afternoon was devoted by some to an inspec- 

 tion of the D. & H. nursery and to a visit to the Plattsburg military 

 training camp. 



The main field trip was on Thursday and included an inspection of 

 a portion of the 6,000 acres of plantations near Wolf Pond. The early 

 plantings in 1909 were largely confined to Scotch pine and white pine, 

 but future efiforts will be devoted chiefly to reforesting with red pine, 

 owing to the possible damage to white pine from blister rust. While 

 Scotch pine has made an excellent growth, it is believed that greater 

 returns can be secured from the use of red pine, owing to greater yield 

 per acre and to higher quality of material produced. 



An excellent bufifet luncheon was served at a hunting camp on the 

 Wolf Pond tract by the dining-car department of the railroad, after 

 which the party went by train to Dannemora, where a trip was taken 



