FORESTRY MOVEMENT IN UNITED STATES. 

 Arbor-day observance in the United States— Continued. 





States and Territories. 



IJTew Mexico 

 New York . . , 



1890 



Xoo9 



1893 

 1884 

 1882 

 Oklahoma., 1892 



Forth Carolina 

 North Dakota . 

 Ohio 



First observed. 



Date. 



Oregon 



Pennsylvania 



Rhode Island 



South Carolina . . . 



South Dakota 



Tennessee 



Texas..-. 

 Utah .... 

 Vermont. 

 Virginia . 

 "Washington - 



West Virginia. 



"Wisconsin , 

 "Wyoming.. 



1889 

 1887 



1887 



(a) 



1884 



1875 



1890 

 1892 

 1885 

 1892 

 1892 

 1883 



1889 

 1888 



By whose appointment. 



Legislature. 

 do 



do 



Governor 



....do 



Superintendent of public instruction. 



Legislature 



do 



do 



Individual action. 



Governor 



Normal College... 



Legislature 



do 



Governor 



Village Improvement Society 



Agricultural College 



Superintendent of public instruction. 



Legislature. 

 do 



"When 

 legally 

 estab- 

 lished. 



1891 

 1888 

 1893 



1882 



1889 

 1887 

 1886 



1887 



1889 

 1892 



1889 

 1888 



Legal holiday. 



For schools... 



Yes. 



Yes. 



Yes. 



Date of annual observ- 

 ance. 



Second Friday in 



March. 

 First Friday after 



May 1. 



May; 



February 22 



Second Friday in April 

 Variable 



November 



February 22 



First Saturday in April 



Fall and spring. 



Dy whom fixed. 



Legislature. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Governor. 



Do. 

 Superintendent 

 of public in- 

 struction. 

 Legislature. 

 Governor. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 County superin- 

 tendent. 

 Legislature. 



Do. 

 Governor. 



Superintendent 



of schools. 

 Governor. 

 Do. 



a Uncertain. 



Private efforts in the East in the way of fostering and carrying on economic timber planting 

 should not be forgotten, such as the prizes offered by the Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, 

 the planting done by the private landholders at Cape Cod, in Ehode Island, Virginia, and else- 

 where. Altogether, however, these efforts have been sporadic and unsystematic, and not on any 

 scale commensurate with the destruction of virgin forest resources. 



ASSOCIATED PROPAGANDA. 



The first forestry association organized for the purpose of advancing forestry interests was 

 formed on January 12, 1876, in St Paul, Minn., largely through the efforts of Leonard B. Hodges. 

 This association was aided by State appropriations, which enabled it to offer premiums for the 

 setting out of plantations, and also to publish and distribute widely a Tree Planters' Manual. 

 Eevised editions are issued from time to time, and a distribution of plant material is also occasion- 

 ally attempted, the State aiding to the extent of $1,000 to $2,000 annually. 



In 1875 Dr. John A. Warder issued a call for a convention in Chicago to form a national 

 forestry association. This association was completed in 1876 at Philadelphia, but never showed 

 any life or growth. 



In 1882 a number of patriotic citizens at Cincinnati called together a forestry congress, incited 

 thereto by the visit and representations of Baron von Steuben, a Prussian forest official, when 

 visiting this country on the occasion of the centennial celebration of the surrender of Yorktown. 



A very enthusiastic and representative gathering, on April 25, was the result, lasting 

 through the week, which led to the formation of the American Forestry Association. This 

 association, holding yearly and intermediate meetings in different parts of the States, has become 

 the center of all private efforts to advance the forestry movement. Twelve volumes of its pro- 

 ceedings contain not only the history of progress in establishing a forest policy, but also much 

 other information of value on forestry subjects. It now publishes a monthly journal, The Forester. 

 It is unaided by government, its efforts being entirely borne by private means and the annual dues 

 of its membership, its officers doing gratuitous work. It has been especially instrumental in 

 bringing about the establishment of the Federal forest reservation policy, which we will note 

 further on in detail. 



Other local or State forestry associations were formed more or less under the lead of the 

 national association, and exist now in Maine, Massachusetts," Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, 

 Few Jersey, Forth Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakota, Colorado, 

 and Washington, while several other societies, like the Sierra Nevada Club and the Mazamas of 



