News and Notes. 



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During 1913, according to the reports just compiled, more 

 than 2y thousand stockmen paid the government for grazing per- 

 mits on the National Forests. 



For several years past the carrying capacity of the National 

 Forest ranges has been slowly rising, which, forest officers say, 

 indicates an improvement in general grazing conditions and a 

 better utilization of the forage resources. They claim that this 

 is due mainly to the enforcement of better methods of distribu- 

 ting and handling stock. 



On the lands recently acquired by the federal government 

 within the Appalachian region of the East, regulated grazing 

 has also been introduced this year on six distinct areas. 



The next Canadian Forestry Convention will be held at Hali- 

 fax, N. S., September i to 4, 1914. This will be the first 

 Canadian forestry convention ever held in Nova Scotia. 



On May 15 a large audience assembled at Cornell University 

 to celebrate the opening of the Forestry Building of the New 

 York State College of Agriculture. Three sessions were held 

 with addresses by prominent men interested in the forestry move- 

 ment, the afternoon being specially devoted to forecasts of progress 

 for the next decade. The evening session had to be adjourned to 

 the large Auditorium to accommodate the crowd who had come 

 to listen to the poetic effusion of former Director L. H. Bailey 

 and to Mr. GiiTord Pinchot's address on the movement for con- 

 servation. 



The following morning the Society of American Foresters held 

 its first open meeting outside of Washington, and both the attend- 

 ance and spirit of the meeting fully justified this departure. Be- 

 sides some 30 active members of the Society, a large contingent 

 of associate members and of forestry students filled the hall. The 

 latter came from various forest schools as delegates of their for- 

 est clubs with a view of forming an association of these clubs, 

 which was effected. 



The open meeting was preceded by an executive meeting to 

 discuss action on the questions lately submitted to the member- 

 ship by letter ballot and on other questions. 



The following resolution, offered by W. B. Greeley, was 

 adopted : 



