KNOWN BY THEIR FRUITS 



The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Protection of 



New Hampshire Forests 



By EDWIN A. START 



NO STATE in so short a time has 

 accomplished more in forestry 

 than has New Hampshire in the 

 last two years. A short time ago the 

 Granite state was very backward for 

 one with such extensive forest interests, 

 but now it has taken a place in the 

 front rank. This gave especial interest 

 to the ninth annual meeting of the So- 

 ciety for the Protection of New Hamp- 

 shire Forests, for it is largely through 

 the unselfish and untiring efforts of this 

 organization that the good results have 

 been brought about. 



The meeting was held on the 2d and 

 3d of August, in the Mount Washing- 

 ton at Bretton Woods, in the heart of 

 the White Mountains, and among those 

 present were many men prominent in 

 New Hampshire affairs, and many mem- 

 bers of the society from outside the state, 

 for this organization draws much of its 

 support from other states, so widespread 

 and strong is the love of the New Hamp- 

 shire hills and the forests that clothe 

 them. 



An interesting phase of the new order 

 is the close cooperation between the so- 

 ciety and the forestry commission of the 

 state. The personal and selfish politics 

 which for many years interfered with 

 the efficiency of the commission have 

 been done away with, and that body has 

 become a clean-handed, clear-headed, vi- 

 tal force in developing the great forest 

 interests of the state. At present it is 

 headed by Robert P. Bass, of Peter- 

 borough, who has been an active agent 

 in tlu- work of reorganization from its 

 beginning. As a member of the last 



state senate, he did great service 

 securing the legislation which has pi 

 New Hampshire on its feet. He is no 

 a prominent candidate for the Repul 

 lican nomination for governor. La 

 January he was made a director of tl 

 American Forestry Association. Wil 

 him are associated W. R. Brown, < 

 Berlin, who represents one of the large 

 lumber interests of the state, and Ge: 

 J. E. Tolles, of Nashua. 



An indication of the new harmony bi 

 tween the commission and the sociel 

 was to be found in the program for tl 

 first session of the Bretton Woods mee 

 ing. This was a meeting of town fore 

 fire wardens of New Hampshire, und< 

 the auspices of the state forestry con 

 mission, Hon. Robert P. Bass presr 

 ing. Several of the wardens attenclei 

 all sections of the state being repn 

 sented. and there was a live and intell 

 gent discussion of methods of fightin 

 forest fires and of the legal responsibil 

 ties of the wardens. F. W. Rane, stai 

 forester of Massachusetts, and C. I 

 Pettis. superintendent of state fores 

 of New York, contributed to the cli: 

 cussion accounts of the fire laws an 

 their administration in their states. 



The second session, Tuesday even ins 

 at which Hon. Frank W. Rollins, pres 

 dent of the society, presided, opene 

 with an illustrated lecture by C. T 

 Pettis on forest planting. Mr. Pettis i 

 his service for the state of New Yorl 

 has probably done more actual fore: 

 planting than any other forester in th 

 country, so that his description of th 

 work and its conditions was of cspc 



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