PROGRAMME OF THE FIRST NEW ENGLAND 

 CONFERENCE 



Called by the Governors of the new England States 

 AT Tremont Theatre, Boston, November 23, 24, 1908. 



OPEN FREE TO THE PUBLIC. 



THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE. 



Chairman-, CURTIS GUILD, Jr. Secretary, FRANK L. DEAN. 



FIRST SESSION. 



Monday, November 23, 2 p.m. 

 Topic: Tree Planting. 







1. Prayer. 



Rev. George A. Gordon, Pastor New Old South Church, Boston. 



2. The Cultivation of Forest Trees. 



GiFFORD PiNCHOT, Esq., President National Conservation Commission and 

 National Forester, Washington, D. C. 



3. New Sngland's Opportunity in Orchards. 



John Craig, Esq., Professor of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, 



N. Y. 



4. Suggestions and Discussion by the Delegates. 



SECOND SESSION. 



Tuesday, November 24, 10 a.m. 



Topic : Protection and Promotion of Supplies of Sea Food. 



1. Prayer. 



Very Reverend George J. Patterson, Vicar-General of the Archdiocese 

 of Boston. 



2. The Preservation and Propagation of the Lobster. 



Francis H. Hebrick, Esq., Special Investigator on the Lobster for United 

 States Bureau of Fisheries; Professor-in-chief of the Department of 

 Biology, Adelbert College (Western Reserve University), Cleveland, O. 



