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upon the program will be the reading of letters and telegrams 

 from absent members and others, whicL have been received 

 by the secretary." 



Hon. J. O. Barrett, of Brown's Valley, the secretary of the 

 State Forestry Association, then read the following telegram : 



Eau Claire, Wis., Jan. 11, 1893. 

 To J. O. Barrett, Secretary Forestry Association: 



Illness prevents meeting with you. Would impress the importance to 

 Minnesota and the adjoining prairie states of withdrawing five million 

 acres of non-agricultural forest land in northern Minnesota, under proper 

 care for the sale of grown timber; thus holding values in the state, main- 

 taining water supply, navigation, preventing forest flres; thus doing what 

 Europe has been attempting through three hundred years. Don't de 

 lay till too late. Citizens of Minnesota will yet demand this. 



H. C. PUTNAM. 



A letter from Prof. W. J, Beal, Michigan Agricultural Col- 

 lege, was also read (-See index. ) 



Col. J. H. Stevens then introduced the speaker of the even- 

 ing, Prof. B. E. Fernow, Chief of Forestry, Washington, D. 

 C. Prof. Fernow received applause as he stepped forward and 

 delivered a long and interesting address which will be found 

 under the general head of "Forestry." [See index.) A long 

 and somewhat varied discussion followed, after which the so- 

 ciety adjourned until Thursday morning. 



THIRD DAY. 

 Morning Session, Thursday, January 12, 1893. 



The meeting was called to order at 9 o'clock by President 

 Underwood. The first paper submitted was that of Mr. De- 

 wain Cook, of Windom, as superintendent of the Windom ex- 

 periment station (/See index), and this was followed by a simi- 

 lar report from C. W. H. Heidman, of the New Ulm experiment 

 station. {See index). 



Col. J. H. Stevens at this point called the attention of the 

 societies to the articles in the morning papers in which the 

 state horticultural society was made to appear as favoring the 

 shooting of the robins when they interfered with their fruits. The 

 Colonel stated that he was very much opposed to such matter 

 going forth under the sanction of the society, and wound up by 

 declaring himself a friend of the robin, and threatening to 

 prosecute anyone he caught shooting them. This provoked 



