Contents. 



PAOE 



Introduction, .... 5 



Picture of Governors, . Face page 7 



Programme, . . ... ... 7 



FIRST SESSION. 



Address of Welcome, by Governor Curtis Guild, Jr., of Massachusetts, . 9 



The Cultivation of Forest Trees, by Gifford Pinchot, National Forester, 



"Washington, D. C 11 



New England's Opportunity in Orchards, by John Craig, Professor of Horti- 

 culture, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., .... 13 



Suggestions and Discussions by the Delegates: — 



Herbert Myrick of Springfield, Editor "New England Homestead," 31 



Prof. Frank W. Rane, State Forester of Massachusetts, . 32 



J. H. Hale, Fruit Grower, South Glastonbury, Conn., 34 



E. Cyrus Miller, Apple Grower, Haydenville, Mass., 35 



Philip H. Ayres, State Forester of New Hampshire, . . 37 



A. W. Elson, Treasurer Massachusetts Forestry Association, . 38 



Governor Curtis Guild, Jr., of Massachusetts, 39 



John Craig, . . ... 39 



SECOND SESSION. 



The Preservation and Propagation of the Lobster, by Francis H. Herrick, 



Special Investigator, United States Bureau of Fisheries, . . 41 



The Preservation and Propagation of MoUusks, by Dr. George W. Field, 



Chairman Massachusetts Commission on Fisheries and Game, 61 



Suggestions and Discussions by the Delegates: — 



Hon. Wallace Hackett, Mayor of Portsmouth, N. H., . . . .75 



James Donahue, Commissioner of Sea and Shore Fisheries, Rockland, Me., 77 

 A. W. Mead, Providence, R. I., Commissioner on Inland Fisheries, 80 



THIRD SESSION. 



The Construction of Highways, by Harold Parker, C.E., Chairman Massachu- 

 setts Highway Commission, ........ 83 



Trunk Lines of Highways for New England, by James H. Macdonald, State 



Highway Conmiissioner, Connecticut, ...... 96 



