5i6 forestry Quarterly. 



ciation, several State Foresters, and railroad representatives. 

 Hon. F. W. Rollins presided at the general conferences and 

 among the speakers were Hon. Robert P. Bass, Governor of 

 New Hampshire ; Mr. Thomas Nelson Page ; Congressman Haw- 

 ley, of the National Conservation Commission ; Messrs. Henry 

 S. Graves and William L. Hall, of the U. S. Forest Service; 

 Messrs. W. P. Brown and F. H. Billard, of the New Hampshire 

 Timberland Owners' Association ; and Messrs. E. C. Hirst, A. F. 

 Hawes and S. N. Spring, State Foresters of New Hampshire, 

 Vermont and Connecticut, respectively. Mr. Philip W. Ayres, 

 Forester of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire 

 Forests, presented his annual report and spoke on the forests in 

 the White Mountains. 



Announcement is made that "American Conservation," the 

 official magazine of the National Conservation Association, will 

 be discontinued after the August issue and "American Forestry," 

 the organ of the American Forestry Association, will be sent to 

 all subscribers to "American Conservation." This will bring 

 about a desirable consolidation of the current conservation liter- 

 ature, and it is quite in keeping that "American Forestry," since 

 forestry was the basis of the conservation movement, should 

 represent all of the conservation interests. 



The law relating to forest fires passed at the last session of 

 the Washington legislature provides that where wood-waste 

 material is destroyed in incinerators, they shall be equipped with 

 effective spark arresters, and the same applies to smokestacks, 

 chimneys, or any other outlet for sparks. Where forest products 

 are being manufactured within one-quarter of a mile of forest 

 material, the destruction of slabs and refuse must be provided 

 for in a manner which will not endanger surrounding property. 

 Locomotives, donkey engines, etc., must be provided not only 

 with an effective spark arrester, but with devices which will suc- 

 cessfully prevent the escape of live coals from fire boxes and ash 

 pans. The felling of trees so that tops lie in adjoining timber is 

 prohibited, unless the permission of the owner of such timber 

 is procured. Whenever rights of way are cleared, the slashings 

 must be piled and the burning done at such time as the fire 

 warden considers safe. Watchmen must be kept at donkey en- 



