480 United States. 



convention in Chicago to form a national forestry 

 association. This association was completed, in 1876, 

 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 

 Congress. In the same year, in August, a second 

 meeting was held in Montreal, under the patronage of 

 the Canadian government, and the name was changed 

 to the American Forestry Association. In 1898, it 

 began the publication of a propagandist journal, The 

 Forester (later changed to Forestry and Irrigation then 

 to Conservation, and now again to American Fores- 

 try). It has now a member-ship of over 5,000. Much 

 of the early educational propaganda was done through 

 this association. Indeed, this association, holding 

 yearly and intermediate meetings in different parts of 

 the States, became the center of all private efforts 

 to advance the forestry movement. Twelve volumes 

 of its proceedings contain not only the history of 

 progress in establishing a forest policy, but also much 

 other information of value on forestry subjects. 



Other local or State forestry associations were 

 formed from time to time, more or less under the lead 

 of the national association, and exist now in almost 

 every State, while several other societies, like the 



