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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



A TRIO OF BIG WHITE OAKS STANDING BEFORE THE BRA.MJ'i W I .\ h liAlMlsT CHLKLH .NKAK eHAIJlJ.s i UK]), iJhi,A\VARF. 

 COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA. EACH OF THE GIANT TREES IS OV ER 13 FEET IN CIRCUMFERENCE AT BREAST-HIGH. 



The Cowthorp Oak in Yorkshire, when measured in 

 1768, was found to be 40 feet and 6 inches in circumfer- 

 ence at 4 feet from the ground. The Bentley Oak, 

 measured in 1759 was 34 feet in circumference 7 feet 

 from the ground. The Boddington Oak that grew in the 

 vale of Glouchester, measured 42 feet in circumference 



at 3 feet from the ground. Today the oaks of the Wind- 

 sor forest are famous all over the world. The Spessart 

 oaks of Bavaria in Continental Europe are famous among 

 all the foresters of every civilized land. Some of the 

 trees still standing are estimated to be more than 350 

 years old and the wood cut from a number of these syl- 

 van giants sold for $575.00 per thousand board feet. 



SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATIONS 



The By-laws of the American Forestry Association 

 give all of its members the right to participate in the 

 nomination of officers. Tie Committee on Elections is 

 anxious that this privilege be fully exercised in the forth- 

 coming election. It invites recommendations from the 

 members of the Association in every state as to men well 

 qualified for leadership in the work of the Association, 

 for its guidance in drafting its own nominations. And 

 any nominee endorsed by 25 members of the Association 

 goes on the ballot automatically. The officers of the As- 

 sociation are not to be selected behind closed doors but by 

 the fullest possible participation of all the members of the 

 Association which the Committee on Elections can secure. 



We are to elect this winter three Directors for five- 

 year terms, vice Messrs. Drinker, Quincy and Lyman, 



and another Director for one year to complete the unex- 

 pired term of Mr. John Hays Hammond. 



We also elect a President, Treasurer, and twenty-one 

 Vice-Presidents for a term of one year. 



The Association is facing a period of special responsi- 

 bility and opportunity, and needs the best thought and 

 active help of its own membership in the election of these 

 officers. 



Take a part in it. Send your nominations, either indi- 

 vidual nominations or group endorsements, to me or to 

 the Secretary of the Association not later than November 

 first. 



W. B. GREELEY, 



Chairman. 



THE COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS 



The Board of Directors of the American Forestry 

 Association at a meeting in New York City on September 

 19, appointed the following Committee on Elections: Col. 



W. B. Greeley, United States Forest Service, Washington, 

 D. C; Philip W. Ayres, 4 Joy street, Boston, Massachu- 

 setts, and R. S. Kellogg, 342 Madison avenue. New York. 



