Proceedings of the Iowa Park and Forestry Association: First Annual Meeting, Des Moines, 1901Press of the Times, 1902 - 80 pages |
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Page 73 - Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness; the trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment, rooted in the ground.
Page 16 - Wise forest protection does not mean the withdrawal of forest resources, whether of wood, water or grass, from contributing their full share to the welfare of the people, but, on the contrary, gives the assurance of larger and more certain supplies. The fundamental idea of forestry is the perpetuation of forests by use. Forest protection is not an end of itself ; it is a means to increase and sustain the resources of our country and the industries which depend upon them.
Page 65 - An Act to Repeal Timber Culture Laws, and for Other Purposes," approved March 3, 1891: Sec. 24. That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any state or territory having public lands bearing forests, any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof.
Page 6 - AMENDMENTS. The Constitution may be amended at any regular meeting of the...
Page 5 - OFFICERS The officers of the association shall be a president, vicepresident, secretary, treasurer, and three additional members who shall constitute the board. The president, secretary and treasurer shall constitute the executive committee. In absence of the board the executive committee shall transact the business. ARTICLE IV MEMBERS Any person may become a member of this association who is interested in park, forestry and cemetery work, by signing the constitution and by-laws, and the payment...
Page 54 - The Department of Agriculture of the United States and John Doe, of Doeville, county of Bell, State of Pennsylvania, mutually agree together as follows: 1. The Department of Agriculture, in pursuance of investigations in forestry, and in order to disseminate a knowledge of improved ways of handling forest lands...
Page 55 - ... 5. The Department of Agriculture shall have the right to publish and distribute the said plan and its results for the information of farmers and others whom it may concern. C. This agreement may be dissolved by either party upon ten days
Page 55 - Norway and Carolina poplars, mulberry, the oak, sugar maple, European larch and other coniferous trees, and all other forest trees introduced into the State for experimental purposes, shall be considered forest trees within the meaning of this act.
Page 26 - Wuz a-gittin' there like me, And June was eternity! Lay out there and try to see Jes' how lazy you kin be! — Tumble round and souse yer head In the clover-bloom, er pull Yer straw hat acrost yer eyes And peek through it at the skies, Thinkin' of old chums 'at's dead, Maybe, smilin' back at you In betwixt the beautiful Clouds o
Page iii - Association are to create an interest in, and to encourage the establishment of parks; the beautifying of our cities; the better care of cemeteries; the planting of trees in country homes for aesthetic purposes as well as for the supply of timber for commerce; the proper utilization of our remaining timber-lands and to assist in the inauguration of rational methods of forestmanagement and thus to help in the protection of our wild game and song birds; the creation of one or more state parks in the...