THE FORESTRY CONFERENCE IN THE WHITE 



MOUNTAINS 



GHE program for the Fifth An- 

 nual Forestry Conference in 

 the White Mountains, July 1T- 

 19, presents a number of interesting 

 features. It is held under the auspices 

 of the Society for the Protection of 

 New Hampshire Forests, in co-opera- 

 tion with the New Hampshire Forestry 

 Commission, and includes meetings of 

 the Directors of the American Fores- 

 try Association, the North-Eastern 

 Foresters, and the New Hampshire 

 Timberland Owners Association. An 

 outline of the program shows the ex- 

 cursions and visits to forest enter- 

 prises, and the subjects for discussion: 

 July 17, 10 a. m. Meeting at the 

 Deer Park Hotel, North Woodstock, 

 A visit will be made to the famous 

 Lost River, which has recently been 

 acquired by the Society for the pro- 

 tection of New Hampshire Forests, 

 with 148 acres of timberland adjoin- 

 ing. 



8 p. m. A meeting at the Deer Park 

 Hotel, North Woodstock. Ex-Gover- 

 nor Rollins will preside. Addresses 

 are expected from Governor Bass, of 

 New Hampshire, President of the 

 American Forestry Association, and 

 Governor Plaisted, of Maine. Mr. W. 

 R. Brown, Chairman of the State For- 

 estry Commission, will outline the for- 

 est work in New Hampshire, followed 

 by brief remarks by the State Foresters 

 and other official representatives from 

 the several New England States. 



July 18. At Bretton Woods. 2 p. m. 

 The Mt. Pleasant House. A meeting 

 for the discussion of measures to pre- 

 vent forest fires. Mr. W. R. Brown 

 will preside. Brief papers wil be pre- 

 sented from a number of persons who 



have actually had experience in fight- 

 ing fires. Mr. J. G. Peters will speak 

 upon the co-operation of the federal 

 government. 



8 p. m. The Mt. Pleasant House. 

 General conference upon conditions in 

 the White Mountains. It is expected 

 that members of the National Forest 

 Reservation Commission will be pres- 

 ent, together with representatives from 

 the Forest Service and the Geological 

 Survey. New Hampshire's purchase 

 of the Crawford Notch. Experts have 

 been invited to discuss the influence of 

 the forest upon the flow of streams. 



July 19. 9 a. m. The Mt. Pleasant 

 House. Eleventh annual meeting of 

 the Society for the Protection of New 

 Hampshire Forests. 



10 a. m. General conference upon 

 forest taxation. Leaders in this dis- 

 cussion will be, Dr. B. E. Fernow, of 

 Toronto, Professor Fred R. Fairchild 

 of Yale, and Professor Charles J. Bul- 

 lock, of Harvard, and the Foresters 

 from the several States. 



2 :30 p. m. The Crawford House. A 

 porch talk on the Crawford Notch pur- 

 chase, followed by a walking trip into 

 the primeval spruce timber on Mt. 

 Webster. 



Members of the conference will 

 visit the State Forest Nursery at Bos- 

 cawen, N. H. Headquarters for the 

 conference will be at the Mt. Pleasant 

 House, Bretton Woods, which makes a 

 special rate of $3.00 per day. The 

 same rate to members of the confer- 

 ence is made by the Deer Park Hotel, 

 and the Crawford House. The Mt. 

 Washington Hotel also offers special 

 rates. 



CHINA'S MOST VALUABLE WOOD. 



The nammu tree (Pcrsca nam-mu Oliver} of the laurel family of plants yields the most 

 valuable wood of China. It groivs in the moist climate of western Szechuan, China, which 

 lies between the 25tli and 26th degrees nortli latitude. This is in about the latitude of New 

 Orleans and attempts are now being made to grow this valuable tree in this country. 



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