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which the Commission was active, field agents to the number of 

 lOO or more investigated conditions and traced the advance of 

 the blight westward through the State. Alany groups of trees 

 indicating advance points of infection were cut and destroyed, 

 with results which were at least temporarily effective. Without 

 the expenditure of an enormous sum, the general spread of the 

 totally infected areas could not be prevented. 



The Forestry Conference at Lake Sunapee, N. H., July 22-24, 

 was very largely attended by foresters, lumbermen and other in- 

 terested people throughout the East. The meeting was under 

 the auspices of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire 

 Forests, with the American Forestry Association, the Eastern 

 Foresters' Association and other organizations co-operating. The 

 meeting was held at Soo-Nippi Park, and in addition to the 

 speeches was varied by local excursions. Among the well known 

 men who had place on the program were Dr. H. S. Drinker, Presi- 

 dent of Lehigh University and of the American Forestry Asso- 

 ciation ; Dr. B. E. Fernow, Dean of the Forestry School, Univer- 

 sity of Toronto ; Prof. Filbert Roth, head of the Forestry School, 

 University of ^Michigan; Prof. J. W. Toumey, Director of Yale 

 Forest School ; Prof. H. H. Chapman, of the Yale Forest School ; 

 Hon. W. T Haines, Governor of Maine ; W. L. Hall of the U. 

 S. Forest Service; Ellwood Wilson, Forester of the Laurentide 

 Paper Company ; Dr. J. T. Rothrock and Mr. Elliott of the Penn- 

 sylvania Forestry Commission, and others. The Directors of the 

 American Forestry Association held their quarterly meeting dur- 

 ing the Lake Sunapee Conference. 



During the three days prior to the Lake Sunapee meeting, the 

 Association of Eastern Foresters met at Wanakena, N. Y., where 

 the ranger school and the demonstration forests of the New 

 York College of Forestry^ were examined and many ques- 

 tions of importance to foresters were discussed. A considerable 

 number of those in attendance went from this meeting to the 

 Lake Sunapee conference. 



The Canadian Forestry Association held its annual convention 

 in Winnipeg, July 7-9, which was well attended by foresters from 



