During the evening many questions were asked and 

 answered connected intimately with the general topic 

 of the evening. The session proved to be a very 

 profitable one. 



Adjourned. 



Wednesday Morning Session 



The final session of this first meeting of the Michigan 

 Forestry Association convened promptly at 10:00 

 o'clock, in Park Congregational Church. 



Regent B arbour, of the Michigan 

 State University, spoke briefly upon the in- 



University terest which the Michigan University 



Will Help had in the organization of this Associa- 



tion, and in the general solution of the 

 problem of forestry in Michigan. He spoke of the or- 

 ganization of the Department of Forestry in the Uni- 

 versity, and the desire of the management to co-oper- 

 ate with the Forestry Commission and the State For- 

 estry Association in accomplishing the best results 

 along forestry lines for the State. . , ^ , A LA.&^ ,*t a& ^ ^ 



Rev. F. P. Arthur, of Grand 

 A Minister's j^ Rapids, then addressed the Associa- 

 Hearty tion briefly and very effectively upon 



Interest the moral influence of the practical dis- 



cussions of forestry which were now 

 enlisting the interests of thoughtful people in Michi- 

 gan. In a similar way he was himself trying to work 

 out by experiment a little problem in reforestation, 

 and he had made the subject one of thought and study. 

 He thought the subject involved questions which 

 could be very appropriately dealt with from the ros- 

 trum and the pulpit because their solution had so 

 largely to do with the development of character among 

 the people of the commonwealth. 



Prof. D. B. Waldo, of the Western 

 An Michigan Normal School, of Kalama- 



Educator's zoo, Spoke of his interest in the work 



Word of the Association from the educa- 



tor's standpoint, expressing his de- 

 sire to be identified with the movement, and to as far 

 as possible engraft its work into the influences of his 

 own institution. 



Mr. T. F. Borst, of Massachusetts, gave a very ear- 

 nest address upon the practical side of reforestation. 

 He was engaged in growing seedling forest trees and 

 in planting out on a large scale in the 

 Practical Forest East for forestry purposes. He be- 

 Planting . lieved that we were on the right track 



and that it was perfectly practicable 

 to aid nature in reforestation in a very forceful way. 

 From his knowledge of Michigan conditions he be- 

 lieved that the investment in cheap lands for the pur- 

 pose of reforestation would be a very attractive one 

 for capital if men could well understand how rapidly 

 the initial investment would develop into large values. 



The committee entrusted with the duty of formu- 



lating the articles of association and 



Articles of nominating the permanent roster of 



Association officers, made the following report of 



articles of association, which were 



unanimously adopted: 



Article i. The name of this association shall be 

 The Michigan Forestry Association. 



Article 2. The object of this Association shall be 

 the promotion of a rational and practical system of 

 forestry in Michigan, recognizing it as a most impor- 



