368 Forestry Quarterly 



Southern States as regards forestry. The call is issued by 

 Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist of North Carolina, as presi- 

 dent, and J. S. Holmes, State Forester of the same State, as 

 secretary. A number of associations, forestry and manufacturers, 

 are invited to be represented, and it is proposed to form an 

 Association of Southern Foresters. Excursions to the Biltmore 

 Estate and to the Pisgah National Forest are planned. Mr. 

 W. L. Hall is appointed representative of the Society of Ameri- 

 can Foresters and it is contemplated to hold an open meeting 

 of the Society at the same time. 



Mr. Roy L. Campbell, B. A. and B. Sc. F., 1914, of the Faculty 

 of Forestry, University of Toronto, has been appointed Secre- 

 tary of the Dominion Trade Commission, who will travel about 

 three months in England, France and Italy, with the object of 

 finding means for the extension of Canada's foreign trade. The 

 Commission sailed from New York in the fore part of May. 



A committee to design a badge for the Society of American 

 Foresters was appointed last year, with Mr. C. R. Pettis as 

 chairman, who reports that a pin in the shape of a shield has 

 been selected, of size and weight like that of the Society of Civil 

 Engineers, green enamel with letters and border in gold. The 

 price is $3.25. Orders for pins should be sent to the Secretary, 

 Mr. C. R. Tillotson, accompanied with the price. 



