1902. 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



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bers of the Michigan Forestry Commis- 

 s''on, Mr. Garfield, Mr. Hill, and Mr. 

 Wildey. Mr. Garfield, as chairman, 

 made an excellent presiding officer. 



The opening session, which was held 

 in the senate chamber at the state cap- 

 itol, began at 10.30 o'clock Wednesday 

 morning, August 27, and was called to 

 order b\^ Mr. Chas. W. Garfield, chair- 

 man. The address of welcome was de- 

 livered by Attorney General Powers, 

 owing to the absence of Governor Bliss. 



The opening paper, on ' ' The Climate 

 of the White Pine Belt," by Prof. A. J. 

 Henry, of the U. S. Weather Bureau, 

 w'as most interesting and timely , and was 

 followed b)^ a discussion led by Prof. 

 C. F. Schneider. 



The chairman appointed a committee 

 on resolutions, consisting of Mr. Arthur 

 Hill, of the Michigan Forestry Commis- 

 sion ; Mr. Thos. H. Sherrard, of the 

 Bureau of Forestry ; and Dr. A. C. 

 Lane, State Geologist of Michigan. 



The afternoon session was held in the 

 Botanical Laboratory at the Michigan 

 Agricultural College, and was called to 

 order by Chairman Garfield at 2. 30 p. m. 

 The first paper was on ' ' The Trespass 

 Problem and How to Solve It," by Mr. 

 Ernest Bruncken, Secretary of the late 

 Wisconsin State Forestry Commission. 

 Mr. Bruncken's paper was an especially 

 able one, and touched upon a forest ques- 

 tion of prime importance in the Lake 

 States. The discussion following this 

 paper was led by Mr. F. E. Skeels, State 

 Trespass Agent. Mr. Skeels, through 

 wide experience in handling trespass 

 cases, pointed out the difficulty of con- 

 trolling this matter in Michigan, and 

 suggested remedies to abate the evil. 



The next paper was on the ' ' Jack 

 Pine Plains of Michigan," and was writ- 

 ten by Prof. Filibert Roth, of the Gen- 

 eral Land Ofiice, Department of the 

 Interior. Owing to the absence of 

 Professor Roth, his paper was read by 

 Mr. Luebkert. This was an especially 

 timely paper, as the question of forest 

 reserves in Michigan is closeh' connected 

 with the Jack Pine Plains. The discus- 

 sion which followed the reading of this 

 paper was led by Mr. Garfield. 



Following this was the reading of a 

 paper by Prof. Charles A. Davis, of the 

 University of Michigan, on "Forest 



Botany Suggests What, for the New 

 Forests of Michigan?" Prof. W. J. 

 Beal led the discussion which followed. 

 The last paper of the afternoon session 

 was read by Prof. E. E. Bogue, of the 

 Michigan Agricultural College, on ' ' The 

 Periodicit)' of Tree Growth." 



The meeting was then adjourned, and 

 the delegates present were conducted b}' 

 Professor Beal through the arboretum 

 on the college grounds and also through 

 the college botanical gardens. 



The evening session was also held at 

 the Agricultural College, the leading fea- 

 ture of the program being an illustrated 

 talk on ' ' The Michigan F'orest Pre- 

 serve," by Mr. Thomas H. Sherrard, 

 of the Bureau of Forestry. Mr. Sher- 

 rard, who had made an examination of 

 the preserve, at the request of the Mich- 

 igan Forestry Commission, gave an ex- 

 cellent description of the character of 

 the lands that make up the preserve, 

 and offered suggestions concerning their 

 future management. The discussion 

 that followed was led by Mr. Edwin 



A. Wildey, State Land Commissioner 

 and a member of the State Forestr}- 

 Commission. This was followed by a 

 paper on the ' ' Relation of Soils and the 

 Distribution of Forests in Michigan," 

 by Prof. Burton E. Livingston, of the 

 University of Chicago. The discussion 

 was led by Dr. A. C. Lane. Governor 

 Bliss was present at this session and 

 made an address. 



The morning session on Thursday, 

 August 28, was held in the senate 

 chamber, at the state capitol. The first 

 paper was by Mr. Walter C. Winchester, 

 of Grand Rapids, on the " Management 

 of Michigan Hardwood Forests." Mr. 

 Winchester, who is a practical lumber- 

 man, described the present methods of 

 lumbering in the hardwood forests of the 

 state, and made some valuable sugges- 

 tions looking to the improvement of the 

 same. The discussion of this paper was 

 led by Mr. Garfield. 



The next paper was by Mr. Frank G. 

 Miller, of the Bureau of Forestry, on 

 "The Farm Woodlot." The discus- 

 sion of this paper was led by Mr. George 



B. Horton, Master of the State Grange. 

 Mr. Horton called attention to the im- 

 portance of the farm woodlot, and cited 

 a number of interesting experiments- 



