Forestry and Irrigation. 



Vol. VIII. 



AUGUST, 1902. 



No. 8. 



NEWS AND NOTES. 



Program of The program of the 

 the Michig-an special summer meet- 

 Meeting;, ing of the American 

 Forestry Association, to 

 be held at Lansing, Mich., August 27 

 and 28, has been arranged with spe- 

 cial reference to Michigan conditions. 

 Among the papers to be read are the 

 following : 



' ' The Water Resources of Michigan ' ' 

 (with an account of the work of stream 

 measurements being made in Michigan 

 bj^ the U. S. Geological Survey), F. H. 

 Newell; " Meteorological Conditions," 

 Prof. J. A. Henry, U. S. Weather Bu- 

 reau; ' ' The Trespass Problem and How 

 to Solve It," Ernest A. Bruncken, Sec- 

 retary of the late Wisconsin Forest Com- 

 mission ; "A Discussion of the Jack Pine 

 Plains," Filibert Roth, General Land 

 OiBce ; ' ' The Shifting Sand Question, ' ' 

 Dr. John C. Gifford, New York State 

 College of Forestry ; ' ' The Farm Wood- 

 lot," F. G. Miller, Bureau of Forestry; 

 " The Fire Problem and How to Solve 

 It," H. B. Ayers, Carlton, Minn. ; "The 

 Michigan Forest Preserve," Thomas H. 

 Sherrard, Bureau of Forestry ; "The 

 Minnesota Forest Fire Law," Gen. C. C. 

 Andrews, Chief Fire Warden of Minne- 

 sota; ' ' Some Cardinal Principles in Tree 

 Planting for Silvicultural Purposes," 

 Prof. J. W. Toumev, of Yale Forest 

 School; ' ' The Duty of the State in For- 

 est Matters," Gifford Pinchot, Forester, 

 U.S. Department of Agriculture; "For- 

 est Botany Suggests What for the New 

 Forests of Michigan?" Prof. C. A. 

 Davis, University of Michigan ; ' ' Perio- 

 dicity of Tree Growth," E. E. Bogue, 

 Michigan Agricultural College; "The 

 Management of Michigan Hardwood 

 Forests, with a View to Future Yields, ' ' 

 Walter C. Winchester, Lumberman, 



Muskegon, Mich. ; ' ' The Chippewa Res- 

 ervation in Minnesota," H. H. Chap- 

 man, Minnesota P^xperiment Farm; and 

 the ' ' Relation of Soils to Distribution 

 of P'orests in Middle Michigan, ' ' Burton 

 E. Livingston. The speakers will be 

 followed by Michigan members of the 

 Association, w'ho will lead in the dis- 

 cussion of the papers read, in order to 

 bring out fully the application to Michi- 

 gan conditions of facts and principles 

 set forth in the various papers. 



As stated in the July number of For- 

 estry AND Irrigation, there will be 

 three sessions on Wednesday, August 

 27, and two sessions on Thursday, 

 August 28. Following the sessions at 

 Lansing, there will be an excursion to 

 the Michigan Forest Preserve in Ros- 

 common and Crawford counties, and 

 through the hardwood forests in Antrim 

 county, thence to Mackinac Island. 



Reduced Rail- The Michigan Passen- 

 road Rates gerAssociation and Cen- 



to Lansing, tral Passenger Associa- 

 tion have authorized a 

 one and one-third fare for the round 

 trip to Lansing, Mich., to all persons 

 who desire to attend the special sum- 

 mer meeting of the American F'orestry 

 Association. It is expected that the 

 remaining passenger as.sociations will 

 also authorize a one and one-third fare. 

 Members expecting to attend the 

 meeting are earnestly requested to ob- 

 serve the following conditions: First, 

 purchase a first-class ticket to Lansing, 

 paying full fare, and request of the 

 ticket agent a printed certificate of pur- 

 chase, standard form; second, if through 

 ticket to Lansing cannot be procured 

 at starting po'nt, purchase to nearest 



