prosperity. It welcomes accessions to membership and urges upon 

 you all to become interested in the study and promotion of Forestry. 

 Membership in the Association is a small tax, and you will find that 

 subscription to American Forestry, the magazine published by the 

 Association, will be an investment highly remunerative in interest 

 and value." 



HENRY STURGIS DRINKER. 



Chancellor of the University of Georgia. 



"In Georgia we are so largely descended from pioneers, that the 

 inherited instinct to cut down trees largely controls us. The axe was 

 the symbol of progress for so many years that it is hard to get the 

 idea out of the head. It was a great achievement to conquer a wilder- 

 ness, but we went too far. In many places we have not left enough 

 for fire wood, and nearly everywhere there is scarcity of building 

 timber. 



It has reached the point where we must grow trees instead of 

 cutting them down. I am interested in this matter from the stand- 

 point of a land-owner as well as a citizen and educator. My partner's 

 rule is, "when I make a stump I build a house." As a result of this 

 practice we have a supply of excellent timber on each of our farms. 

 It has the advantage of enabling us to build economically. It is one 

 phase of living at home. Also we can keep warm without crossing 

 our land line for fuel. 



The opportunity for growing woods in Georgia is unsurpassed. 

 Good timber will grow of itself anywhere in the state. From the 

 cypress in the swamps of south Georgia, to the white pine on the 

 mountains in the north, all that the timber asks is to be let alone. 



I have been told, and I believe it is true, that we have a greater 

 variety in our trees than is found in any other state. 



You turn, out a field and it will soon be thick in pines, gums, and 

 poplars. Give it a few years and oaks and hickories and other trees 

 will come, come of themselves. Of course much time and waste will 

 be saved, if we plant the land and protect the young trees from fire. 



I urge two propositions : 



1. Stop the destruction of timber, particularly the destruction of 

 young trees. 



2. Plant waste land. Nature will do this in time, anywhere in 

 Georgia, but time will be saved and efficiency added if we will assist 

 nature. 



It looks like a pity to waste anything as useful and as beautiful as 

 a tree. It seems folly to waste that w r hich takes a lifetime to restore. 

 It is the part of wisdom to provide a necessity for the next generation, 

 which, in the course of nature, they cannot provide for themselves. 

 We vote bonds and pass them on to the next generation. Why not 

 plant trees and pass them on as an offset?" 



DAVID CRENSHAW BARROW. 



President of the Georgia State College of Agriculture. 



"Waste is the chief crime of America. The prodigality of our 

 natural resources may have accounted in some measure for this but 



