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AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



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The forest exhibit of the U. S. Bureau The Philippine Capt. I p. .\, im) 



Forestry at Buffalo will be transferred Forestry Director of the Forest 



Charleston m time for the opening of Bureau. Bureau of the Philippines* 



of 



to 



the Exposition. The Forest Building 



Charleston, a view of which is printed 



here, is a very picturesque structure, of 



the Spanish Mission type, containing 20,- 



000 feet of floor space. 



It is true that the United States has had 

 almost too many expositions during late 

 years, yet the South Carolina venture is 

 most welcome. Denied financial aid*by 

 the national government in the very be- 

 ginning, its promoters have pluckily gone 

 ahead, and as the time for its opening 

 draws near it becomes quite evident that 



after spendii veral 



months in the United States studying for- 

 est conditions, has returned to his head- 

 quarters in Manila. The reorganization 

 of the forest service in the Philippines 

 was ordered by the Philippine Commis- 

 sion and Captain Ahem was directed to 

 proceed to the United States for confer- 

 ence with the forest authoriti this 

 country. He was further empowered to 

 employ additional foresters and inspec- 

 tors for the Philippine Bureau, and in 

 the September Forester announcement 



they will have an exposition quite worthy was made of the men who had hem 51 - 

 of the cause it represents. The south is lected to fill the new positions. 

 developing with great rapidity and the The act authorizing the reorganization 



South Carolina Exposition will do much of the Forestry Bureau of the Philippines 

 to bring its interests in touch with other makes provision for the following em- 

 sections of our country as well as with ployes : Four foresters, at $200 gold per 

 foreign nations. ?he Forester extends month; three inspectors, at $150 per 



month ; one collector, at $125 per month ; 



four assistant inspectors, at $100 per 



month ; two clerks, at $50 per month ; 



twenty rangers, at $35 per month. 



its best wishes for the success of the affair 



Michigan is 

 Waking Up. 



At the last session of the 

 Michigan Legislature a 

 tract of state land in 

 Crawford and Roscommon counties, in the 

 central part of the state, was set apart for 

 the use of the State Forestry Commission 

 as an experiment station.. The tract com- 

 prises 100,000 acres surrounding Hough- 



Tennessee For- The Tennessee Foresl 

 est Association. Association, which was 

 organized last August, is 

 holding a meeting at Nashville as this 

 number of The Forester goes to press. 



ton and Higgins Lakes. A party of men The following note is quoted from the 

 has just gone over the land to investigate advance notice of the meeting sent out by 

 its possibilities. the Secretary, Dr. Wm. B. Hall, Jr. : 



The expedition which has just returned " Another hope of the State Forest As- 

 was composed of Mr. T. H. Sherrard, of sociation is to encourage tree planting, 

 the U. S. Bureau of Forestry, State Land not only for shade and ornamental pur- 

 Commissioner Wildey, State Geologist A. poses in streets and parks, hut more es- 

 pecially for country homes and farm lands. 

 The Forest Association is according!} 

 bringing together and disseminating infor- 



C. Lane, State Trespass Agent Skeels, 

 Frank Leverett, of Washington, a mem- 

 ber of the United States Geological Sur- 

 vey, and Prof. Charles A. Davis, the head 



mation concerning desirable species ol 



of the department of forestry at the Uni- trees, methods of planting and protecting, 



versity of Michigan. An exhaustive study 

 of this region is being made by a party 

 under the direction of Mr. Sherrard. 



The State Forestry Commission has 

 adopted resolutions asking the Auditor 

 General and State Land Commissioner to 

 withhold from sale and homestead entry 

 all lands within the boundary of the for- 

 estry reserve, and complimenting the Agri- 

 cultural College on the establishment of a 

 course in forestry. 



and expects to secure information from 

 forest experts in regard to the problems 

 of climate and hydrography, and the 

 bearing of our forest resources on such 

 questions. The papers to be read at the 

 meeting on November 12th include such 

 subjects as "The Legislation Necessary to 

 Protect ( Mir Forests," I and Public 



Health," Thi' Influence of Forestson the 

 River System of Tennessci " rwentj 



Native Trees of Tennessee." ' \ 



