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Massachusetts Forestry Association. 

 Lumber Salesmen's Club. 

 Grange, Turner Center, Maine. 

 Foxborough Board of Trade. 

 Springfield Board of Trade. 

 Lenox Horticultural Society. 

 Massachusetts State Board of Agri- 

 culture, Annual Meeting. 

 Weymouth Grange. 

 Worcester Central Pomona Grange. 

 Massachusetts Firemen's Association. 

 Lexington Men's Club. 

 Plymouth Natural History Society. 

 Scituate Men's Club. 



Fitchburg Board of Trade. 



Brewster Grange. 



The Rural Club. 



Weston Boys' School. 



Pepperell State Grange Field Day. 



Eastern Forester's Association. 



Dudley State Grange Field Day. 



Dracut State Grange Field Day. 



Randolph Woman's Club. 



Third National Conservation Congress 



Townsend Board of Trade. 



Nantucket Teachers' Association. 



Swampscott Woman's Club. 



Shirley Improvement Association. 



Greenfield Woman's Club. Wilmington Men's Club. 



Association of American Colleges and Woburn Grange. 



Experiment Stations. I Worthington Grange. 



Mansfield Men's Club. Massachusetts State Y. M. C. A 



Old Boston Dining Club. | Cohasset Men's Club. 



The Third National Conservation Congress met at Kansas City, 

 Mo., September 25 to 27, and the State Forester was appointed 

 a delegate by Governor Foss. 



The congress proved a very interesting and instructive one. 

 The following paper was presented b}^ the State Forester: — 



Conservation, Restoration and Economic Utilization of Massa- 

 chusetts Natural Resources. 



In complying with the request of the officials of this association in 

 reporting herewith for tlie State of Massachusetts, I wish to say at the 

 outset that I certainly feel incompetent to undertake the task of pointing 

 out the numerous activities that the good old Bay State is fostering. 

 Being a Massachusetts citizen by adoption, I feel privileged to express 

 myself the more frankly, as otherwise my report might seem prejudiced. 



We have in Massachusetts in the first place a conservation of the old- 

 time ancestry which is not only renowned for its brillant deeds in the 

 nation's early history, but is still firm and abiding even after these many 

 years. What state has a fairer reputation in its dissemination of its 

 natural resources, and still lives to enter more heartily into the conserva- 

 tion and restoration of those remaining? 



The historic setting and general environment of Massachusetts in the 

 early days of the nation are natural resources that constitute an ever- 

 bubbling fountain. Yearly the pilgrimage to the old Bay State of thou- 

 sands upon thousands from throughout the nation, to visit Boston, Concord, 

 Lexington, Arlington, Cambridge, Salem, Plymouth and a score of other 

 cities and towns, goes to show what the conservation of high ideals and 

 true patriotism means. 



