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Proceedings of the American Forestry Association Author:American Forestry Association Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Tenth Annual Meeting. 1891. The tenth annual meeting of the association was held at Washington, D. C., December 29, 1891. In the absence of President Alvor... more »d, Hon. Edwin Willits, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture and one of the vice-presidents, took the chair as presiding officer and called the association to order. After the reading of the minutes of the last meeting by the recording secretary, the corresponding secretary read his report. From this it appeared that three members of the association had died during the last year and that 43 new members had been added to the roll of membership. The report also announced a very marked and encouraging degree of interest in forestry in several of the Western States. The report of the treasurer showed the receipt of $589.53 during the year, applicable to current expenses, and a payment of $409.69, leaving a balance in the treasury of $179.84 for current expenses. The permanent fund was also increased by $250, making the fund now $812.87. The report of the committee on Arbor Day showed evidence of a growing interest in the observance of this day all over the country. It is established now in distant Oregon and North Dakota. In New York, which has been tardy in establishing Arbor Day, it has been adopted with great enthusiasm, and important results are already manifest in connection with the public schools. It has become an important co-efficient in village improvement. The observance of the day has become a patriotic feature, especially in those Southern States which have fixed its date on Washington's birthday. The custom of planting memorial trees in honor of Washington, Lincoln, Grant, and other patriots has become general. The results of Arbor-Day tree-planting in an economic point of view are even marvellous. In th...« less