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whenever it can be shown that good results are likely to fol- 

 low. In accepting invitations, the request is made that an 

 audience of at least 100 be guaranteed, if possible. 



Lectures before Business Men's Organizations. 

 One of the pleasing features of the year was the great in- 

 terest manifested in forestry by our various boards of trade, 

 merchants' associations, lumbermen's organizations, etc. The 

 State Forester delivered talks on forestry before such organi- 

 zations in the cities and towns of Fitchburg, Pittsfield, North 

 Adams, Springfield, Winchendon, Bridgewater, Upton, Clin- 

 ton, and several in Boston, as the Massachusetts Reform and 

 Economic clubs. Lumbermen's and Market Gardeners' asso- 

 ciations. Results of these meetings have been very apparent 

 in the great amount of inquiries and requests that have come 

 to the office from this source. It takes business men to do 

 things, and to these organizations the State Forester looks for 

 very much assistance in the future. 



Lectures outside the State. 

 The State Forester has been called upon to address various 

 organizations during the year outside the State, some of which 

 were: the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire 

 Forests, at Intervale, N. H. ; the Citizens of St. Johnsbury, 

 Vt. ; the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science, 

 at Washington, D. C. ; the American Forestry Association, 

 "Washington, D. C. ; and the University of Maine, at Orono, 

 Me. 



The National and State Conservation Commissions. 

 The State Forester was chairman of the State delegation 

 appointed by Governor Guild to attend the Conference of 

 Governors, called together by President Roosevelt last May. 

 Later the same committee of three was appointed as the State 

 Copservation Commission, to assist the National Conserva- 

 tion Commission in getting together data relative to the natu- 

 ral resources of the nation. Of course the office of the ^las- 

 sachusetts commission was in collecting Massachusetts data 

 only. This same State commission, headed by Governor 



