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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



July 



director of the Connecticut Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station at New 

 Haven. 



The chief objects of the Association 

 are : To develop public appreciation of 

 the value of forests and woodlands 

 and of the need for preserving and 

 using them rationally; to forward the 

 establishment of forests, parks, and 

 reservations ; to disseminate informa- 

 tion regarding forestry and kindred 

 topics. 



In the State of Connecticut, land 

 from which the timber has been re- 

 moved is so naturally and quickly re- 

 covered with tree growth that at one 

 time it was a difficult matter to con- 

 vince some persons that an organiza- 

 tion of this character was needed at 

 all. Other people thought we had 

 trees enough. Still others seemed to 

 care little whether or not any trees 

 were left on the highways for shade 

 or ornament. So the Association has had 

 some discouragements to meet and in- 

 difference to overcome, but in spite of 

 all, now is apparentlv on a firm basis, 

 and likely to live, prosper, and to ac- 

 complish much for the cause of for- 

 estry. 



As the subject is brought more and 

 more before the minds of the people, 

 they are beginning to realize that all 

 of forestry is not expressed by the act 

 if planting trees, nor by that of cutting 

 them down. But they do see that to 

 manage a farm, or even a woodlot, in 

 a practical manner requires the exer- 



cise of as much thought and common 

 sense as to raise an agricultural crop. 



The Connecticut Forestry Associa- 

 tion has held some public meetings, 

 with speakers of eminent rank, and 

 it is planned to have more such meet- 

 ings in different cities of the state, at 

 frequent intervals. It has also print- 

 ed and distributed widely through the 

 state, a number of leaflets, and these 

 are only the beginnings of a series of 

 such. 



The publication committee is to 

 commence very soon, a sort of prop- 

 aganda by means of the press of Con- 

 necticut, and excellent results are an- 

 ticipated from this work. 



The officers of the Association, 

 elected in May, 1905, are as follows : 

 President, Dr. E. H. Jenkins, New 

 Haven, Conn. ; vice-presidents. Prof. 

 Henry Ferguson, Hartford ; Hon. T. 

 S. Gold, West Cornwall, and Mr. Wil- 

 lis I. Twitchell, Hartford ; recording 

 secretary, Mr. Everett S. Geer, Hart- 

 ford ; corresponding secretary, Miss 

 Mary Winslow, Weatogue ; treasurer, 

 Mr. Alfred Spencer, Jr., Hartford ; 

 auditor, Mr. Appleton R. Hillyer, 

 Hartford ; advisory board, the above- 

 named and Major Edward V. Preston, 

 Hartford ; Mr. Edward A. Bowers, 

 New Haven, and Mrs. Bessie G. Ger- 

 ard, South Nor walk. 



Publication Committee Dr. E. H. 

 Jenkins, New Haven ; Mr. Austin F. 

 Hawes, State Forester, and Miss 

 Marv Winslow. 



CONNECTICUT'S NEW FOREST LAW 



Passed by Legislature on July 5th, and deals with Forest 

 Fire Wardens and the Protection of Forests from Fire 



Section I. The state forester shall 

 be, c.\- officio, state forest fire warden, 

 and shall receive no additional com- 

 priisation therefor, but shall receive 

 his necessary traveling and other ex- 

 penses, to be paid in the manner pro- 



vided for in section 4450 of the gene- 

 ral statutes. 



Sec. 2. Said forest fire warden shall 

 have supervision of town fire wardens, 

 shall instruct them in their duties, en- 

 force the law as to fire districts in 



