No. 4.] FORESTRY AXD ROADS. 213 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FORESTRY, ROADS AND 

 ROADSIDE IMPROVEMENTS. 



[Bead aud accei)te(l at tlie Annual Meeting, Jan. 12, 1904.1 



In behalf' of the coiiiiuittee on forestry, roads and road- 

 side improvements, and with the approval of the full com- 

 mittee, this report is respectfully submitted. 



Forestry. — There is still nmch information remaining 

 upon this subject which can well be placed before our citi- 

 zens, and which Avould invite their thoughtful consideration 

 if presented in the most ap})roved and up-to-date ways. 



Science and i)ractice have long w^orked hand in hand in 

 the older and more thickly populated countries, })reserving 

 and promoting the useful and necessarj^ features of applied 

 forestry. Such is also the case in parts of our own country, 

 Avhere the decision of the government is that such has be- 

 come necessary and wise. 



In attempting to bring this subject more fully before our 

 l)eople, a system of lectures with lantern slides, well selected, 

 can be made to play a beneficial and important part. Well- 

 })lanned and well-prepared addresses upon this subject might 

 be put in print, to be used with slides. This is a recognized 

 method, at home and abroad, of disseminating useful infor- 

 mation ; that is, to permit and urge the delivering of such 

 lectures by persons well trained, by simply making proper 

 application and by using the express. 



Such lectures could then be readily given in localities not 

 easily accessible of an evening to the expert who prepared 

 them ; and the evening is often the best time for the lecture, 

 as it is the time when most people can most readily come 

 together. The selection of a citizen of the locality, with 



