1904 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



It is no\v hoped that something may be 

 done along this line, and we urge our 

 members in the different states to present 

 such plans to our Secretary as seem to 

 them wise in order that some affiliation 

 between all state associations with this 

 national association may be effected. 



It has been suggested that the Asso- 

 ciation should annually make inspec- 

 tions of the work on the national forest 

 reserves with a view to assisting by its 

 cooperation in a proper management of 

 the same. This seems desirable, but at 

 present our resources will not permit us 

 to attempt this, save in isolated cases. 



At the time of our last 

 Membership annual report the total 

 of the membership of the As- 



Association. sociation was 2,136. At 



the present time it is 

 2,107, u t counting some twenty or 

 thirty members who have joined since 

 the 3othof November. We may there- 

 fore say that our membership has been 

 practically stationary during this year. 

 This is not as it should be. While our 

 members have not increased, in one re- 

 spect the changes for the year are grati- 

 fying in that we have a larger member- 

 ship from the far West and the mem- 

 bership is more widely scattered than a 

 year ago. We can not dwell too strongly 

 upon the importance of increasing our 

 membership, both because of the finan- 

 cial strength gained, but also of the in- 

 creased influence it gives us in further- 

 ing forestry throughout the country. 

 We ought to have 10,000 persons en- 

 rolled as members of the American 

 Forestry Association, and we believe we 

 can obtain this number if each one of 

 our members will make it his or her duty 

 to see that at least five friends are by 

 them induced to join during the coming 

 year. 



The summer meeting 

 The Summer at Minneapolis, Minne- 

 Meetingf. sota, held on August 25 



and 26,\vas in ever)- way 

 a success, ana the thanks of the Asso- 

 ciation are due to the Commercial Club 

 of that city for its management of the 

 meeting, which was held under its 

 auspices. The papers read were perti- 

 nent and the discussions evoked by them 

 most interesting. Secretar\- Wilson, 



our President, was present, and, as the 

 fitting climax of the meeting, addressed 

 a mass meeting on the last evening of 

 our gathering. There was a represen- 

 tative attendance from various parts of 

 Minnesota and adjoining states, and a 

 noticeable feature was the presence of 

 some of the oldest and most prominent 

 lumbermen of Minnesota and Wiscon- 

 sin, who took part in the program and 

 discussions with enthusiasm and the in- 

 telligence coming from life-long famil- 

 iarity with the White Pine region. The 

 press of the Northwest gave full ac- 

 counts of the proceedings, and the meet- 

 ing awakened a wide interest in a sec- 

 tion of the country where we may hope 

 for valuable support in the future. It 

 was voted not to increase annual dues 

 to $2.50. (Seep. 274, FORESTRY AND 

 IRRIGATION, 1903.) 



The official organ of the 

 The Association, FORESTRY 



Magazine. VXD IRRIGATION, was 



increased in size at the 

 beginning of this year from 48 to 64 

 pages, and has shown steady and grati- 

 fying improvement. Since January i, 

 1903, 86,500 copies were put in circula- 

 tion, an average of 7,375 per month. 

 The total cost to the Association has 

 been for the year $3,462.86, about one 

 hundred dollars less than for a smaller 

 magazine the preceding year. 



Coming now to a review of the for- 

 est movement generally, we have to note 

 with great satisfaction the work of the 

 Bureau of Forestry. 



Greater progress has 

 Bureau of been made by the Bu- 



Forestry. reau during the past 



year than at any other 

 period of its existence. Important lines 

 of work already begun have been con- 

 tinued, and the Bureau has extended its 

 activities in many directions. Leading 

 lumbermen have begun to see the wis- 

 dom of conservative lumbering, which 

 is another name for forestry, and have 

 emphatically endorsed the work of the 

 Bureau. At the convention of the Na- 

 tional Lumber Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion at Washington forestry was made 

 the principal subject of discussion. Im- 

 portant lumber interests have applied to 

 the Bureau of Forestrv for advice and 



