1902. 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



HON. JAMES WILSON, 

 SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION, 



Among the men who have been especially prominent in forestry and irrigation 

 is the distinguished Secretar\^ of Agriculture, to whose care has been confided 

 the consideration of many of the phases of forest preservation and irrigation 

 possibilities. 



As President of the American Forestry Association, he has taken an acti\-e part 

 in its meetings, and has infused much of his characteristic energy and directness 

 into its business transactions. 



Mr. Wilson was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, August 16, 1835, and came to the 

 United States in 1852, .settling first in Connecticut, and three years later removing 

 to Tama County, Iowa, where he became a farmer. He was for three terms a 

 member of the Iowa Assembly, and Member of Congress from 1873 to 1877 a"d 

 from 18S3 to 1885. For six years he was the Director of the Iowa Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. On March 5, 1897, he became vSecretary of Agriculture 

 and a member of President McKinley's Cabinet, where he ably championed the 

 cause of forest protection, and has bent his energies toward the largest development 

 of the amcultural resources of the country. 



