1901, 



AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 





the necessity to the State for some action 

 tending toward their preservation, and of 

 the good work in that direction which an 

 association like that contemplated could ac- 

 complish. Letters from absent well-wishers 

 were then read. Among those expressing 

 regret at inability to be present were Gov- 

 ernor McMillin, President Dabney of the 

 University of Tennessee ; Chancellor Kirk- 

 land, of Vanderbilt University ; Dean Gar- 

 rett, of the University of Nashville; 



committee to draft articles of association 

 was appointed and ;( recess until ^ p. \i. 

 taken. 



The afternoon session was devoted to 

 consideration of the constitution dratted by 

 the committee, and to the election of offi- 

 cers as follows: President. Dr. B. |. 

 Ra mage, of Sewanee; Vice-President, for 

 East Tennessee, Professor Charles A. 

 Keffer, of Knoxville; Vice-President for 

 Middle Tennessee, Mr. J. II. Baird, 



Colonel J. B. Killebrew, of Nashville, Nashville; Secretary and' Treasurer. Dr 



and Dr. C. A. Schenck, Forester of the 

 Biltmore estate. Governor McMillin 

 wrote : "Tennessee is more blessed with 

 forests than many of the older states of the 

 Union, and we ought by every means to 

 husband them and encourage the growth 

 of new ones. I wish you the most abun- 

 dant success in this work, and I wish you 

 to rest assured that I will gladly serve you 

 in the future in whatever way I can." 



Among those who made short speeches 

 were: Mr. R. W. Powell, president of 



W. B. Hall, of Sewanee. The next m< 

 ing of this Association will be held at 

 Nashville, Tenn., in November. 



The object of the Tennessee Forest As- 

 sociation is: "To secure and maintain a 

 due proportion of forest area throughoul 

 the State; to disseminate information con- 

 cerning the growth, protection, and utili- 

 zation of forests; to show the great evils 

 resulting from forest destruction in the 

 decrease and unequal distribution of the 

 available water supplies, the impoverish- 



the Powell Lumber and Mining Company merit of the soil, and the injury to various 



of Westel, who gave his personal experi- 

 ence in dealing with the problems of 

 forest and water supply in the Sequatchie 

 Valley; Major G. R. Fairbanks, of 

 Florida, who outlined the work accom- 

 plished by the horticultural societies of his 

 State in the stimulation of interest in forest 

 preservation, and Dr. B. L. Wiggins, 



industries; to secure the enactment by the 

 Legislature of such laws, and the en- 

 forcement of the same, as shall tend to 

 increase and preserve the forests of the 

 State." 



Along- with the announcement of the 

 formation of the Tennessee Forest Asso- 

 ciation it is learned that the East Tennes- 



Vice Chancellor of the University of the see Iron and Coal Company, has made ap- 



South, who told of the lively interest taken plication to the Bureau of Forestry for a 



in forestry by the University, which has 

 taken practical form as shown by the plac- 

 ing of the University domain under the 

 management of the Bureau of Forestry 

 of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture. That this plan of cooperation 

 was, from the standpoint of both the 

 forester and financier, a successful one was 

 evident in the remarks of Dr. Wiggins. 

 Mr. John Foley, of the Bureau of Forestry, 

 was next called upon for detailed informa- 

 tion regarding the forest management at 



preliminary examination of their wood- 

 land tract looking to the making of a work- 

 ing plan. The tract for which the ex- 

 amination has been requested is located in 

 Scott and Campbell counties, eastern Ten- 

 nessee, and is 60,000 acres in extent. Mr. 

 F. E. Olmsted, Field Assistant in the 

 Bureau of Forestry, will make the ex- 

 amination in October. 



When it is considered that the Univer- 

 sity of the South is already lumbering its 

 tract under the direction of the Bureau ot 



Sewanee, and replied describing the forest Forestry, and that Senator W 



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conditions, the effects of fire, grazing and 

 past management, and outlined a scheme 

 for the better treatment of the tract. The 

 meeting then proceeded to the question ot 

 organization, and after some discussion a 



having a working plan made for his tract 

 of 85,000 acres, it would seem that Ten- 

 nessee is pointing the \va\ tow .11,; an in- 

 telligent handling of the forest resoun 

 of the Southern States. 



