(plate protection of our forests and by replacing the 

 old timber, as it is cut, with new growth. 



"It is proposed to secure these objectives in two 

 ways: First, by a large extension of the public for- 

 ests, including those o\vned by the Government, States 

 and municipalities; and second, by bringing about tim- 

 ber growing on private lands through public direction 

 and co-operation. Action is necessary both by the 

 Federal Government arid the States." 



Among those attending the conference were: 

 F. W. Besley, .Maryland State Forester, Baltimore; 

 Dr. A. F. AVoods, president Maryland State Agricul- 

 tural College, College Park, Md.; W. McCulloh Brown, 

 member Maryland State Board of Forestry, Oakland, 

 Md. ; Alfred Gaskill, New Jersey conservation commis- 

 sioner, Trenton, N. J. ; R. Chapin Jones, Virginia State 

 Forester, Charlottesville, Va. ; A. B. Hastings, assist- 

 ant Virginia State forester, Charlottesville, Va. ; Eugene 

 ('. Massey, former member of Virginia Legislature, 

 Richmond, Va. ; Edwin P. Cox, member of Virginia 

 State Geological Commission, Richmond, Va. ; Nat. T. 

 Frame, State Director of agricultural extension. Mor- 

 gantown, W. Va. ; II. S. Vandervort, assistant State 

 agent, Morgantown, "XV. Va. ; W. Hoyt Weber, repre- 

 senting Central West Virginia Fire Protective Ass^o- 

 ciation; W. D. Tyler, Dante, Va. ; F. L. Dakin, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa.; P. S. Ridsdale, American Forestry Asso- 

 ciation, Washington, D. C. ; David T. Mason, Bureau of 

 Internal Revenue, Washington, D. C. ; and a number 

 of representatives of the Forest Service of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. 



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