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pard and through Senator Sheppard, 

 Mr. J. G. Peters of the Forest Service 

 was sent to Texas to outline the need of 

 a forestry law and submit the draft of a 

 forestry bill to Governor-elect Ferguson, 

 the legislative committee and others 

 who were interested. Dean, E. J. 

 Kyle of the State Agricultural and 

 Mechanical College; J. C. Dionne of the 

 Gulf Coast Lumberman of Houston; 

 Dr. W. B. Phillips, State Geologist, and 

 Richard F. Burgess of El Paso all gave 

 their assistance, while the American 

 Forestry Association aided by means of 

 a publicity campaign in arousing a 

 demand for a State Forestry law. It 

 was not an easy matter to get the bill 

 passed. The House Committee favored 

 it by the scant majority of one; and 



while the bill passed the House by a 

 good majority, it got through the 

 Senate by only one vote. Then Gover- 

 nor Ferguson hesitated about signing 

 it, and for a time it looked as if he would 

 not. Mr. Jones at once notified all 

 who had worked for the bill, and the 

 Governor received messages urging him 

 to sign, while a committee consisting of 

 Mr. Jones, President Bissell of the 

 A. & M. College and Dr. Wm. B. 

 Phillips called personally to impress 

 upon the Governor the necessity of a 

 forestry law, and finally he signed it. 

 Later the Texas Forestry Association 

 was permanently organized, and Mr. 

 Jones was elected its first president, a 

 position he is certain to fill with credit 

 to himself and to the association. 



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STARTING with the August 

 number, American Forestry 

 will be enlarged from its present 

 size, 6^4 by 10 inches, to 9 by 12 

 inches, thereby giving a much larger 

 page, making it easier to handle and 

 read, and permitting better illustrative 

 work, which is so necessary and desir- 

 able in presenting to our readers the 

 best that can be given in photographic 

 reproduction of all the many phases of 

 forest and tree conditions. 



That the continued improvement of 

 the magazine during the last several 

 months is being appreciated by the 

 readers of the magazine is apparent. 

 Its increased value as a medium of 

 education in all that pertains to trees 

 and forests is indicated by the steadily 

 growing demand for it, not only by indi- 

 viduals but also by schools and colleges. 



With the August issue, still further 

 improvement will be made and a still 

 greater educational value will be given 

 by the inauguration of a series of 

 thoroughly well written and illustrated 

 articles, each relating to one variety 

 of tree and telling all about it, from the 

 simpliest way to identify it to all its 

 varied commercial uses. 



The cover of the enlarged magazine 

 will be a picture in color of a tree 

 together with its bark, leaf and bud, 

 a different tree being pictured each 

 month. 



These improvements will make the 

 magazine more instructive and valuable, 

 and it will become a necessity to anyone 

 interested in trees, woodlands and 

 forests, and desiring the best articles 

 and information about them. 



