FORESTRY MOVEMENT IN UNITED STATES. 

 .M>or-daii ubxerrance in the United Status Continued. 



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Private efforts in the East iu the way of fostering and carrying on economic timber planting 

 should not be forgotten, such as the prizes offered by the Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, 

 the planting done by the private landholders at Cape Cod, in Rhode Island, Virginia, and else- 

 where. Altogether, however, these efforts have been sporadic and unsystematic, and not on any 

 scale commensurate with the destruction of virgin forest resources. 



ASSOCIATED PROPAGANDA. 



The first forestry association organized for the purpose of advancing forestry interests was 

 formed on January 12, 1S7<>, in St. Paul, Minn., largely through the efforts of Leonard B. Hodges. 

 This association was aided by State appropriations, which enabled it to offer premiums for the 

 setting out of plantations, and also to publish and distribute widely a Tree Planters' Manual. 

 Revised editions arc issued from time to time, and a distribution of plant material is also occasion- 

 ally attempted, the State aiding to the extent of $1,000 to $2,000 annually. 



In 1875 Dr. John A. Warder issued a call for a convention in Chicago to form a national 

 forestry association. This association was completed in 1S7G at Philadelphia, but never showed 

 any life or growth. 



In 1882 a number of patriotic citizens at Cincinnati called together a forestry congress, incited 

 thereto by the visit and representations of Baron von Steuben, a Prussian forest official, when 

 visiting this country on the occasion of the centennial celebration of the surrender of Yorktown. 



A very enthusiastic and representative gathering, on April 25, was the result, lasting 

 through the week, which led to the formation of the American Forestry Association. This 

 association, holding yearly and intermediate meetings iu different parts of the States, has become 

 the center of all private efforts to advance the forestry movement. Twelve volumes of its pro- 

 ceedings contain not only the history of progress iu establishing a forest policy, but also much 

 other information of value on forestry subjects. It now publishes a monthly journal, The Forester. 

 It is unaided by government, its efforts being entirely borne by private means and the annual dues 

 of its membership, its officers doing gratuitous work. It has been especially instrumental in 

 bringing about the establishment of the Federal forest reservation policy, which we will note 

 farther on in detail. 



Other local or State forestry associations were formed more or less under the lead of the 

 national association, and exist now in Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, 

 New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Wise msin, Minnesota, Dakota, Colorado, 

 and Washington, while several other societies, like the Sierra Nevada Club and the Mazamas of 



