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establish a wise and enduring- system of afforestestizing- our prai- 

 ries and denuded forest lands, j'ou will be entitled to and receive 

 the thanks of all future generations of Americans. In this work, I 

 bid you God speed. 



RATIONAL FORESTRY. 



Delivered at the Annixal Meeting of the Minnesota State Forestry Association, 

 Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 11, 1894. 



Hon. O. S. Whitmore, editor of ''Hardwood," Chicago, being 

 introduced, made the following remarks preliminary to read- 

 ing his paper: 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: — I appreciate 

 the honor of being with you tonight to read a paper on 

 "Practical Forestry, '" and while here with you, and knowing 

 the great interest that seems to be awakened on the subject, I 

 would like, before reading mj^ paper, to make a few prelimi- 

 nary remarks with regard to forestry as exemplified at the 

 World's Fair and the lessons taught by it. if you will allow me 

 to take up a few moments time. I had the honor of being on 

 the jury of awards, and devoted about sixty days to the fores- 

 try department, and had a chance to study very thoroughly, 

 not only in the native exhibits, but in the foreign exhibits; and 

 we have to congratulate the state of Minnesota on its exhibit 

 and the manner in which it was presented there, and the man- 

 ner in which the educational features were brought out and 

 exemplified every day, and the earnest work which your sec- 

 retary did there while in charge of the exhibit. It was cer- 

 tainly in one way the most unique forestry exhibit in the 

 building, and I am proud to say that the awards you received 

 for Minnesota were handsomely earned. In explanation of 

 the fact that Michigan received twenty-one medals and 

 Minnesota a less number, I would like to say here that it was 

 simply owing to the manner in which the exhibit was entered 

 for award. Michigan was entered as a group exhibit in the 

 name of the state commission simply for one award, then the 

 exhibit was divided up and entered separately in the name of 

 the different competitors, and each one entered his own exhibit 

 as a special exhibit, not as competing for an award; thus their 

 awards were divided ; but your exhibit was entered there as a 

 whole under three or four heads only, and not by individual 

 exhibitors; hence, the difference in the number of awards. I 

 wish to explain further that the value of the awards depended 

 upon the points of excellence which were mentioned in the 



