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It was considered advisable to have as many of the remaining copies of 
“Forestry in Minnesota” as possible bound in cloth for distribution, and to 
that end the secretary was instructed to act, using as a revolving fund the 
necessary stim from the association treasury. 
The afternoon program of the horticultural society was to have been 
mainly under the auspices of this association, but owing to the memorial 
exercises of the.late Peter M. Gideon, which occupied the greater portion 
of the time, most of the papers had to be omitted. 
After a few opening remarks by the president, Capt. J. N. Cross, Hon. S. 
M. Owen was given precedence and in a very interesting manner told of 
“What I Saw of Forestry in Europe,’ dwelling more particularly on the 
forest conditions and management in Switzerland, which, in his estimation, 
was one of the best examples of state socialism and also the finest system of 
forest economy in existence. If the same feeling prevailed among us in this 
country, conditions would soon change—if we could only realize that we, 
ourselves, are the state. Let us get the feeling of the Swiss; let us do some- 
‘thing for posterity, and let us insist that the state take up this matter. There 
is nothing which requires a higher degree of statesmanship in its handling 
than the subject of forestry. 
A resolution was introduced and adopted requesting the Board of Con- 
trol of the Farmers’ Institutes to instruct the superintendent of institutes, 
that, whenever practical, at least one address on practical forestry be given. 
Prof. Green also addressed the meeting on ‘“‘Forestry Experiments Which 
Should be Undertaken in Minnesota.’ Spruce, it seems, is destined to be- 
come one of the most profitable trees we could plant, particularly the Nor- 
way, on account of its rapid growth and the ease of obtaining seeds. It 
should grow from eighteen to twenty inches in diameter in thirty years. The 
Colorado form of the Douglas spruce should also be planted for trial in 
the northeastern portion of the state. Spruce is best adapted for the manu- 
facture of paper. Black spruce is the kind that is mostly used by the Clo- 
quet mill, which uses about nineteen cords per day and manufactures about 
nineteen tons of paper, most of which is used by the Minneapolis papers. 
In the discussion as to the age to which it would be profitable to grow 
trees for timber, Prof. Hays remarked that according to the European sys- 
tem of forestry, pine was cut when about ten or twelve inches in diameter. 
Mr. Older, of Luverne, cited an instance where twenty trees were grow- 
ing on an acre and were increasing in value at the rate of $1 per tree each 
year. The owner considered it the most profitable crop he could produce 
from the land. 
The afternoon being well advanced, none of the other papers were taken 
up, but they will be published in future numbers of the Horticulturist i> 
“well as in a number of other journals. 
