ANNUAL MEETING, I9O4, MINNESOTA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 2$ 



ANNUAL MEETING MINNESOTA FORESTRY 

 ASSOCIATION, 1904. 



WM. T. COX, SEC'y, ST. ANTHONY PARK. 



The 28th annual meeting of the Minnesota Forestry Asso- 

 ciation, in joint session with the horticultural society, was held 

 in the audience room of the First Unitarian Church, Minne- 

 apolis, Thursday, Dec. 8th. 



President Loring in his address reviewed the progress of 

 the association, expressed gratification at what had been ac- 

 complished, and, while urging stronger effort on the part of all 

 who are interested in the welfare of our forests and the multi- 

 tudinous industries which they foster, spoke hopefully of the 

 future of forestry in this state. 



The secretary's report embodied a brief account of the work 

 of the association for the past year and called attention to the 

 rapid growth of the forestry movement elsewhere, not only in 

 other states of the union but also in all civilized countries and 

 their colonies. 



Attention was also called to the fact that in Minnesota we 

 have four agencies, all useful in the cause of forestry. They 

 are the Forestry Association, the Forestry Reserve Board, the 

 Forest Fire Warden system and the Forestry Course in the 

 university. These, though all working in harmony, have each 

 a separate field of usefulness. 



Gen. C. C. Andrews, State Forest Fire Warden, in an able 

 address, clearly pointed out "Minnesota's Needs in Forestry." 

 He is in a position to know some of these needs, for upon him as 

 chief warden falls the duty of organizing and directing the fire 

 warden force which against tremendous odds has accomplished 

 much in the way of lire protection in the great forest areas of the 

 state. 



Mrs, Lydia Phillips Williams brought greetings from the 

 National Federation of Women's Clubs, which, as she put it, 

 ■"stands as an army of active women, 800,000 strong, ready to 

 march to the assistance of the overworked forestry regulars." 



She spoke very appropriately on the subject of "Forestry as 

 Related to the Farm." 



"Forestry and Game Protection" was the subject of an in- 

 structive paper by our well known state game warden, Sam'l F. 

 Fullerton. 



"The White Pine Weevil," an enemy of the lumberman, and 

 therefore an enemy of the forester, was described and discussed 

 by Prof. F. L. Washburn, state entomologist, who exhibited a 



