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[Jan. 27 igi2. 
from a nursery man a few sapling sticks to con¬ 
tinue the stupidity. It looks more citified, and 
that is what he wants. 
The city people of wealth who go into the 
country are no better. They build the house so 
that it can be seen from the road. It is an ex¬ 
hibition rather than a home. They clear up 
every nook and corner until there is no cover 
for song birds or game instead of planting covers 
and making seclusion, as is done in Europe. 
Then they wonder why country life is so stupid. 
They tire of sitting on their piazza because it 
is so glaring and conspicuous, and there is no 
seclusion ; they tire of driving, for there is noth¬ 
ing to do or see. Driving and sitting are all 
there is, because everything else has been de¬ 
stroyed, and the little left to do the coachman 
attends to. They wonder why people are said to 
enjoy country life in Great Britain. 
PRACTICAL FORESTRY. 
Continued from page 113. 
of maintenance, but would also provide model 
forests in various sections of the State which 
would furnish practical examples of the benefits 
of scientific forestry. 
One of the prominent examples of the possi¬ 
bilities of practical forestry is furnished at the 
Craig Colony, Sonyea. The institution has i 045 
acres of woodland with a stand so dense as to 
require radical thinning to prevent stagnation of 
tree growth. At the same time the necessary 
cuttings would furnish good cash returns and 
cut down the institution’s coal bids for the 
brick-making plant, and furnish healthful winter 
work for the inmates. Another similar example 
occurs at Letchworth village where there are 
1.200 acres of rough mountain land, best adapted 
to forest growth, where the present stand con¬ 
sists of worthless scrub sprouts, weakened by 
repeated cuttings and fires. The whole area is 
producing nothing of value and should be re¬ 
planted to valuable trees. 
At the Elmira Reformatory the woods are in 
bad condition, and much of the agricultural land 
is of such poor quality that it could be more 
profitably employed in forestry. 
At the Eastern New York Reformatory at 
Napanoch, fire protection and tree planting are 
urgently needed. The woods afford protection 
to the institution’s water supply. 
Shade tree improvement and utilization of 
waste land is recommended for the House of 
Refuge grounds on Randall’s Island. 
At the State Agricultural and Industrial School 
there are scattered woodlots which the forester 
declares need cutting and planting, as well as 
protection from grazing. There is opportunity 
for the cultivation of the basket willow. 
At the New York Training School for Boys at 
IMohansic the woods need much attention. The 
chestnut is- dying. Some woodland would be 
better cleared and some open land better planted. 
The gravel hills at the New York State Re¬ 
formatory, Bedford, are now waste and need 
forest planting. 
Recommendations for forestry improvements 
are made also for the Western Blouse of Refuge 
of Albion, the Training School for Girls at Hud¬ 
son, the Thomas Indian School at Iroquois, the 
Rome Custodial Asylum, the Custodial Asy'um 
for Feeble Minded Women at Newark, and the 
Syracuse State Institute. 
Keiffiini®! DeparitmaiiiiiL 
Southern Ohio Field Trial Association. 
A MEETING was held on the evening of Jan. 
18 for the purpose of perfecting the organization 
of the field trial club formed on Dec. 12, in Cin¬ 
cinnati, Ohio. In spite of the bad weather over 
thirty enthusiastic amateurs assembled, and at 
nine o’clock the meeting was called to order by 
George R. Harris, who was elected temporary 
president at the first meeting. The first busi¬ 
ness brought before the meeting was the elec¬ 
tion of permanent officers, and a motion was 
made that the president appoint a committee 
of three to prepare a list of nominations. The 
committee consisted of Messrs. George Walker, 
Dr, P. K. Phillips and B. H. Delvin. In due 
course of time the committee reported the fol¬ 
lowing list of names: President, J. W. Utter; 
First Vice-President, Frank Wood; Second 
Vice-President, C. C. Acton; Treasurer, A. F. 
Zimmerman; Secretary, George R. Harris; for 
Directors, the officers and U. T. Schaefer, B. 
H. Delvin, T. O. Dunlap, F. M. Oxley, G. E. 
Morlidge. The report of the committee was ac¬ 
cepted, and the gentlemen named were unani¬ 
mously elected to serve for the ensuing year, or 
until their successore are elected. Mr. Harris 
then resigned the chair to the new president. 
Mr. Wood made a motion, which was sec¬ 
onded, that the club incorporate under the name 
of the Southern Ohio Field Trial Association. 
There was_ some discussion of this motion. Dr. 
Phillips thinking that it might be well to adcqit 
the name of Ohio Valley instead of Southern 
Ohio, and thus avoid the possibility of being 
considered a purely local club. The original 
motion was finally carried. Mr. Wood then 
moved that the association adopt the constitu¬ 
tion and by-laws of the Continental Field Trial 
Club, but with such changes as the needs of this 
club called for, and that a committee of three 
be appointed to make any needed changes and 
to report at the next meeting of the club. The 
committee consisted of Frank E. Wood. J. O. 
Oliver and H. F. Schaefer. The committee also 
to attend to procuring the incorporation papers. 
The question of grounds for the trials next 
fall was brought up, and Mr. Robinson stated 
that there were some 2.000 or 3,000 acres of farm 
land about three miles north of Hamersville, 
consisting of fairly large fields, available. The 
country is level, and there is a variety of cover. 
Birds are plentiful. Good accommodations for 
men and dogs. Mr. Walker also spoke very 
favorably of the locality, which is familiar to 
him as an old hunting grounds, where he used 
to get the limit (100) of birds every day that he 
went out, but he quickly added that that was 
before the law regulated the number of birds 
to be killed per day. Others present were also 
familiar with the locality in recent years, and 
never failed to find abundance of birds during 
the season. The trials will be held on these 
grounds without doubt. 
_Mr. Flora raised the question of making the 
trials strictly amateur affairs, but this was not 
iJew'ed with much favor by many of the mem¬ 
bers present. Mr. Harris was in favor of mak¬ 
ing the trials open to all, and to make an effort 
to induce the presence of the professional hand¬ 
lers by offering purses sufficiently large to be 
worth conmeting for. Mr. Walker advocated a 
members’ derby and all-age stake, which would 
be for amateurs, the prizes to be cups, and the 
open stakes for money prizes. There was much 
general discussion, but no further business done. 
The following are the charter members: G. 
R. Harris. J. O. Oliver, Dr. P. K. Phillips, 
Gordon Oskamp. G. C. Walker, J. W. Utter, 
G. E. Morlidge. F E. Wood. P. J. Mollov, B. 
H. Devlin. A. F. Zini'v'erman. Herman Schuer- 
man, Terrv Kern, Dr. F. M. Oxley. C. L. Robin¬ 
son. C. Faulhaber, C. C. Acton. T. O. Dunlap, 
IT. F. Schaefer. G. E. Flora, D. Ferris and C. 
H. Cord. 
The next meeting of the club will be held 
about Feb 18. when the committee on constitu¬ 
tion w'ill report. 
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