A PENNSYLVANIA MEETING 



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of the water to that of a terrible dragon with steel claws, 

 tearing away at the hillsides and destroying the pros- 

 perity of the couptry. The remedy for this condition 

 the way to fight this modern dragon is to plant trees 

 on the hillsides, or to keep enough trees there, if they 

 are already growing, to protect the soil. 



It can thus be seen that forests serve two principal 

 purposes: First, as sources of lumber; and, second, as 

 protectors of soils and streams. 



J N FUTURE articles something will be told about the 

 I way trees grow and about their community life in 

 A. the forest ; how they struggle against one another 

 and how they help one another. After that there will be 

 talks on how to know the common trees. 



Perhaps some readers of this department wish now to 

 ask some questions about trees. These questions will be 

 gladly answered. Address them to American Forestry, 

 Washignton, D. C, and the answer will be sent at once. 



A Pennsylvania Meeting 



A MOST interesting and successful meeting was that 

 of the Pennsylvania Forestry Association at Fox- 

 ^burg, Pa., on June 23, 24 and 25, where for 

 three days a number of the members and guests in- 

 spected forest holdings and heard a series of instructive 

 addresses. Foxburg is on the Allegheny River, 86 miles 

 north of Pittsburgh and is famous as an oil-producing 

 center, perhaps the most noteworthy in the State in the 

 early days of the oil fields' development. Not the least 

 interesting feature of the foresters' trips in the sur 

 rounding country was an inspection of oil wells and 

 pumping stations on the Fox Estate and explanations 

 regarding the present phases of the industry and remi- 

 niscences of its early days by F. L. Harvey, of Foxburg, 

 and others. 



One day was spent in inspecting the primeval forests 

 owned by Mr. A. W. Cooke, of Cooksburg, who has an 

 estate of 7,219 acres some 40 miles from Foxburg, on 

 which there are many magnificent pine and hemlock 

 trees. Here the members of the party tramped for 

 some hours through the woods, finding much to examine 

 and study. Afterward the foresters were entertained 

 delightfully at Mr. Cooke's summer home. 



The following day was spent in an automobile trip 

 through the estate of Mr. J. M. Fox, a few miles from 

 Foxburg. Here a well-established planting of some 

 100,000 young trees was examined with interest and 

 then followed trips to stands of primeval oak, maple, 

 chestnut and ash, ending with a visit to Mr. Fox's resi- 

 dence, where luncheon was served. 



During the stay in Foxburg there was a series of 

 meetings, at which the papers and discussions on for- 

 estry conditions were of unusual value. These included 

 the following: "Blazed Trails in the Domain of For- 

 estry," by Hon. S. B. Elliott, of the State Forestry 

 Reservation Commission ; "A Demonstration Tree Plant- 

 ing at Lehigh University," by Nat. AI. Emery, vice- 

 president of Lehigh University, read by Dr. Henry S. 

 Drinker, president of Lehigh University and president of 

 the American Forestry Association ; "A Deciduous For- 

 est, an Ecologic and Geographic Study," by Dr. John 

 W. Harshberger, professor of botany at the University 

 of Pennsylvania; "The Transformation of the Actual 

 Forest Into the Normal Forest," by Prof. Joseph S. 

 Illick, State Forest Academy; "Some Criticisms of 

 Pennsylvania's Forest Policy Answered," by Walter D. 

 Ludwig, Forester; "The Immediate Need of Extending 

 State Forests in Pennsylvania," Prof. E. A. Ziegler, 

 director State Forest Academy ; "Aims of Central Penn- 

 sylvania Fire Protective Association," J. Linn Harris, 

 State Forestry Reservation Commission; "The Relations 

 Existing Between Forestry and Game Interests," Dr. 

 Joseph Kalbfus, secretary Pennsylvania Game Com- 

 mission. 



There were also other addresses by Hon. Robert S. 

 Conklin, chief of the Pennsylvania State Forestry De- 

 partment ; Dr. J. T. Rothrock, formerly a member of 

 the State Forestry Commission ; F. L. Harvey, of Fox- 

 burg; Hon. John Reed, of Foxburg; Robert H. Wilson, 

 of Foxburg, and others. 



