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electioneering line, as it is not a politi- ance of Tree Wardens and others in 



cal organization and has no desire to caring for shade trees and roadside 



meddle with the private affairs of the shrubbery, is found in a concise little 



towns. As the office carries no salary book, which the Association expects to 



unless the towns see fit to provide one, publish before long This book is the 



none but public-spirited persons will seek work of Warren H. Manning, of the 



the position. Executive Committee of the Associa- 



The Tree Warden law is, of course, tion, and the funds for its publication are 



primarily for shade tree protection, but being subscribed by members and other 



it will indirectly awaken an interest in interested persons. 



the better management of woodlands In many other ways the Association 

 and timber. The original draft of the has been and is still active. For ex- 

 bill also included a most important pro- ample, a committee of business men has 

 vision for a forest fire warden system, been hard at work for many weeks past 

 but this the legislative joint committee in taking testimony from persons repre- 

 on agriculture did not see fit to report, senting various lumber interests all over 

 on the ground that its provisions were the country on the subject of a lumber 

 too drastic. This matter must therefore tariff. They have studied the matter 

 be left for another year. That there is carefully and from all sides, and now 

 sore need of a more stringent fire law is report that the interests of our forests 

 shown by the records of the past Spring. demand that foreign lumber of all kinds 

 Six towns, situated in various parts of shall be admitted duty free. Another 

 the State, have thus far this year been committee, composed of members living 

 subjected to heavy losses. Much of this in the cities and towns infested by the 

 destruction might have been prevented notorious gypsy moth, has been engaged 

 had there been an adequate law govern- during the past Summer in following the 

 ing the setting of fires, defining a system State's work of attempting to exterminate 

 for their prompt extinguishment, fixing this pest. This committee, after studying 

 the responsibility for their origin, and the work, will return a report to the next 

 providing for the punishment of the General Court, advising a continuation of 

 offenders. the crusade in its present form, or sug- 



With a view to bringing the subject of gesting some new plan of action in 



forestry and of roadside- tree culture more accordance with what it considers the in- 



generally and more forcefully before terests of the State demand The As- 



the people of Massachusetts, in a plain sociation also furnishes articles relating 



way, the Association has spent the Sum- to forestry and tree-culture to the daily 



mer months this year in securing an press, and it is most encouraging to noU- 



original set of photographs of existing the readiness of the papers generally to 



conditions, ideal and otherwise, through- publish all such articles. In several in- 



out the State, from which lantern slides stances these articles have been accorded 



may be made. Lectures will soon be pre- positions in the editorial columns, 

 pared to accompany the pictures (for the On the whole the outlook for a life of 



pictures will carry greater conviction useful activity seems bright to the Massa- 



than mere words, and are therefore the chusetts Forestry Association. It already 



primary factors), and next Winter will possesses the courage to go ahead, and 



be started a campaign which it is hoped it needs only the active support of every 



will be as successful as those which have interested citizen of the State to hasten 



been conducted in similar fashion in the day when scientific forestry shall be 



Pennsylvania and other States. as common as are destructive lumbering 



Another means of helping farmers in operations and forest fires at the present 



the improvement of their woodlots and time. 



in the planting to trees some of their Allen Chamberlain, 



valueless waste land, and for the guid- Winchester, Mass. 



