MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



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MICHIGAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



The Michigan Forestry Association was organized in Grand Rapids August 30, 1905, having for its object the promotion of a ra- 

 tional system of forestry in Michigan. The society is managed by the following roster of officers: President, Hon. Chas. W Garfield, of Grand 

 Raoids Vice-President John H. Bissell. of Detroit; Secretary, Filibert Roth, of Ann Arbor; Assistant Secretary, Henry G. Stevens Detroit ; 

 ? e' ter W B Mershon, Saginaw, W. S. Board of Directors-Hon. J. E. Beal, Ann Arbor; J^J. Hubbell, Manistee; Mrs. Lena E. Mautner, 

 Saginaw; Prof. James Satterlee, Lansing; Fremont E. Skeels, Cadillac ; W. K. Williams, Pittsford; Dr. Lucius L. Hubbard, Houghton; Mrs. 

 John C. Sharp, Jackson. 



Annual Meeting Michigan Forestry Association 

 at Kalamazoo, Nov., 15 and 16. 



PROGRAMME. 



TUESDAY EVENING, NOV. 15. 



to know which to cut and which to leave. I sent 

 this inquiry to the Department of Agriculture, 

 and they sent me Pinchot's Primer in Forestry 

 which of course does not help me any in this 

 difficulty. Is there a book or pamphlet that will 

 give me the desired information." 



Your case is a most interesting one, for it 

 touches one of the most vital points in forestry. 

 Without thinning and proper care of the forest 

 there is no promise in forestry of any kind any 



Session Held in Normal College Gymnasium. 



7:00 Members, and friends of Forestry will 

 meet for exchange of greetings, and enroll- 

 ment. 



7:45 Thirty minute addresses, illustrated 

 svith stereoptican views: 



a. Trees and Forests as Features in the 

 Landscape C. C. Simonds. 



b. The Day's Work of a Forester Walter 

 Mulford. 



c. Practical Lessons for Michigan from 

 the Forests of Europe Filibert Roth. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 

 Y. M. C. A. Auditorium. 

 1-30 p m. Reports of Secretary and Treas- more than would be in the attempt at raising 



rr*rn -urlthruit- Mimtratin* Anrl wVlllp thlQ mattpr 



urer. 



corn without cultivating. 



And while this matter 



of thinning is quite a simple affair, it is not so 

 lasy to put down rules and directions in a book 

 2:00 p. m. Practical Forestry for the Farm- or parn phlet that will suit all cases and places, 

 er Messrs. Cook, Watkins, Bissell and others. j^- is ; s evidently your difficulty with the primer, 



WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16. 



Appointment of Committees. 



3:30 p. m. Michigan Women in Forestry which was not prepared for this particular task. 

 MoMlam.es Mantner, Perry and others. The following suggestions should prove at least 



4-30 p m. Forestry in the Educational Sys- helpful: 



m of the State Prof. Waldo and others. l- Do not be too hasty but leave especially 



younger stuff (under 25 feet in height) pretty 

 dense so that the trees grow straight and clean. 



2. Make up your mind just what kinds of 

 trees you want to keep and give preference to. 



3. Cut out any tree only when it really hinders 

 a better one or one fully as good. 



4. Never open up more than is necessary to 

 will be' devoted to popular forestry questions, gj v e the good trees (i. e. those you really want) 



tern 



EVENING SESSION. 

 Y. M. C. A. Auditorium. 



7:30 p. m. Election of officers. 



s:0() p. m. Platform meeting. This meeting 



Morning Session. Y. M. C. A. Auditorium. 



led by selected speakers. 



Adoption of resolutions. 



a chance to have a fair crown, i. e. one which 

 will enable it to grow thrifty. 

 5. Do not bother with brush and small stuff 



m. President's Address Chas. A. 



It is expected that all persons interested in whjch Js really under {he trees; it does no harm 



9-00 a. m. Greeting from the City of Kala- forestry, and in good government in the direc- )jut js really a bene fi t 



tion of forestry and conservation will cop g j locality I should favor Pine, Maple, 



to this meeting and help to make this gathering Basswoo y d> Ash an( f Elm . 



. f renl value to all our people and to carry ? O]d gtuff> especially big spreading trees, and 



away a message worth while. certainly all defective crooked, etc., trees, should 



The Forestry Association may well be proud come QUt , make room for good young growth . 



of its work. With the excellent help, especial- g A ,, bare spots bctter be planted to white 



lv of our press, cur Women s Clubs, and our p; d jf ];ke cou]d also t Norway 



Work in Forestry of the Public Domain ailnme rcial organizations the association has s ' e w hkh I feel certain will prove of value. 



succeeded in the five years of its existence to 



9:20 a. 

 Garfield. 



10:00 a. m. Conservation 

 Congress Hon. J. E. Beal. 



at the St. Paul 



Commis'sion Hon. A. C. Carton. 



9. Any piece of woods needs going over every 



. L ... c . j y rvny uict^c ui wuuua in-v,uo gwmg wv^,* ..YV-.J 



11:00 Shade and Roadside Trees; their Pro- make real the great hopes of forestry friends 1Q Qr lg years to make sure that the good trees 



tection and Care. 



ie have today. 



THE SECRETARY'S CORNER. 



Letters From the People. 



From Houghton. 



"1 am having an argument with one of our 

 congressmen on the Weeks bill. Can you tell 

 me about what is the cash yield of an average 



have plenty of light and room to grow. 



You might also apply to the Public Domain 



.,% f or (jo years $48 90 Commission, Hon. A. C. Carton, Secretary, Lans- 



Rent of land valued at' $5.00 per 'acre 'with ing. Michigan, and ask that they _ send the State 



interest at 3% for (iO years 24.25 Forester to you when he happens in your vicinity. 



Care and protection of the land at 10 cents This commission has, by law, as one of its duties 



per acre a year, with interest 16.15 to give advice in just such cases as yours and 



Taxes at 5 cents per acre a year, with thereby promote forestry in the state, and I feel 



interest 8.10 sure tne commission will be glad to help you. 



$97.40 "PROMOTION" LAND GOES INTO 



If the acre of land will produce in 60 years FOREST RESERVE. 



acre of Michigan land in timber (pine, etc.) in 597.40 worth of wood it will pay 3% compound What will eventually mean the curtailing of 



60 years? 1 believe that 3c an acre is paid in interest on all tin- investment, valuing the land at one of the rank frauds that have been in vogue 



taxes by settlers in the pinery region of Michi- $5.CO p t . r acre and pay 5 cents per acre taxes. : n Michigan for many years has been nipped by 



pan. What will the tax average in all our timber -|-] H . acro WO uld have to grow only about $1.50 the public domain commission, 



land? pine and mixed? I believe also that you W0 rth of wood per year, or produce 36 cubic Ten or twelve years ago a certain Chicago firm 



have estimated the present value of land devoted f ee t of timber at present prices; or produce 20 purchased from the state several hundred acres 



to growing pine for 60 years at over $5.00 on a ordinary Norway Pine trees, such as we now of land in Roscommon county, which they after- 



3% basis and over $25.00 on a 2% basis. Am I find on these lands. That we can generally beat wards platted into lots 20x30 feet. This land, 



right?" this, is well shown in numerous cases in the which cost the schemers from $3 to $4 per acre, 



As regards taxation, we have still an uncertain New England states. How far this can be ex- was for the most part situated some distance 



and unsatisfactory condition to deal with. The ceeded is well proven in European experience from any town. From 20 to 30 lots were platted 



local tax gatherer can still do as he pleases, and where one finds plenty of stands worth $500 and from each acre of land. In some sections of the 



is ready to confiscate people's property under the over a t the age of 120-140 years and where, as country there are sites which are either owned 



guise of taxation. That the average tax rate in in the Black Forest, stands of 140 years of by private individuals or by the state which are 



Roscommon county in 1901 was over $63.00 on age occasionally reach and pass the $1,000 mark really pretty places and some fine houses are 



every $1,000 worth of assessed property is a j n value, 

 matter of public record and proves conclusively 

 that things are truly unsatisfactory. Concerning 

 the growth and yield of timber your figures are 

 correct. If we assume here an acre of land 



From the Traverse Country. 



situated on them. These places were photo- 

 graphed, and it is alleged that in selling the lots 

 the promoters of the scheme used the photo- 

 graphs to deceive buyers. Purchasers who bit 



"I have a piece of original timber land at Old on the proposition, and, according to Secretary 



entirely bare, to be planted in timber, the cal- Mission, Michigan, consisting of oak, beech, Carton of the commission, there were hundreds 



culation can be set in about the following form : white pine, hard maple, etc., 30 acres, about 60% of them, soon found that they had been "done," 



Planting $10.00 with compound interest in timber. These trees are too thick and I want and of course let the lots revert back to the state 



