ANNUAL MEETING MINN. FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 03 



MINNESOTA STATE FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



OFFICERS F'OR ISVHJ. 



S. M. OWEX, Minneapolis. - - - . President. 



J. O. Barrett, Brown's Valley, - - Secretary. 



R. S. Mackixtosii, St. Anthony Park, - - Treasurer. 



VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



First Congressional District, Wni. Somerville. - Viola, Minn. 



Second " " Alfred Terrj- - - Slayton, Minn. 



Third " " N. F. Brand, - Faribault, Minn. 



Fourth •• " R.S. Mackintosh,St. Anthony Pk., Minn. 



Fifth " Wyman Elliot, - Minneapolis, Minn. 



Sixth " H. B. Ayers, - - Carlton, Minn. 



Seventh " O. A. Th. Soleni, - - Halstad, Minn. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



John H. Stevens, Minneapolis, Minn. 



S. B. Green, St. Anthony Park, Minn. 



\Vm. R. Dobbyn - Minneapolis, Minn. 



J. S. Harris, La Crescent, Minn. 



H. B. Ayers Carlton, Minn. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 

 .MINNESOTA STATE FORESTRY ASSOCIATION, JAN. 14, 1.5, 1896. 



A. \V. LATHAM. 



It was my privilege to attend this tneetinj;^ on Wednesday, when 

 the literary prog^rani was given, an unusual thing for nie, as usually 

 this societj' has met at the same time as the Horticultural Society, 

 which prevented it; and it may not be my fortune to meet with them 

 ne.xt year either, as I understand it to be their intention to arrange 

 to meet then at the same time as the sister society, as heretofore. 



Secretary Barrett deserves much credit for the practical charac- 

 ter of the interesting program prepared, which was carried out 

 ilinost in its entirety. (It is to be found in the January HORTICUL- 



I URI.ST.) 



I will speak only of the papers that I heard read myself. Gen. C. 

 C. Andrews read in an interesting way in regard to "The Prevention 

 and Suppression of Forest Fires," showing somewhat in detail the 

 methods that are being pursued in this important work. Mr. H. B. 

 Ayers read a paper in regard to "The Uses of Stump Lands," the 



