Resolved, That the Minnesota delegation 4n congress be 

 urged to support a continuation of the federal aid. 



Resolved, That the association tender a vote of thanks to 

 The Saint Paul Hotel for their courtesy in providing such 

 good service and accommodations. 



Resolved, That the association tender a vote of apprecia- 

 tion to the speakers who have so courteously given us their 

 time and labor. 



E. G. CHEYNBY, 



A. C. LEDUC, 



E. W. OSBORN, 



A. G. WEDGE, 



D. P. TIERNEY, Chairman. 



Resolution Committee. 



The Canadian government is using Indian fire patrolmen to 

 protect the forests of Northern Manitoba. 



It has been suggested that certain kinds of timber on the na- 

 tional forests be reserved for the needs of the navy. This re- 

 calls the fact that the first forest reservations in this country 

 were made for naval material. 



Ghent, Belgium, furnishes practically all of the potted speci- 

 mens of the symmetrical Araucaria, or Norfolk island pine, used 

 as an ornamental foliage house plant, in Europe and America. 

 The United States imports at least 250,000 of these plants in 5 

 or 6-inch pots each year. 



The department of agriculture is trying to eliminate the dan- 

 ger to cattle from poisonous plants on national forest ranges. 

 Of \these plants, larkspur loco zveed, death camas, and water 

 hemlock are the most poisonous. Larkspur does the most harm, 

 because it is so widely distributed and is particularly bad for 

 cattle. Ordinarily, horses will not eat larkspur, and sheep can 

 eat it zvithout apparent injury. 



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