Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
LECTURE ON FORESTRY.

The Art and Literature department
of the Ladies' Literary club has sue
ceeded in securing E. M Griffith, of
Madison, to deliver a lecture in this
city Feb. 9th. Mr.. Griffith is state
forester and of course his lecture will
deal with the subject of forestry. Mr..
Griffith lectured before the annual
meeting of the Federation of Women's
clubs, held during the fall in Racine,
and his lecture at that time was largely
copied by state papers and proved very
interesting Mr. Griffith was here
some months ago for the purpose of
looking over the country surrounding
Rib hill and ascertaining its value as
state forest reserve. The state has
already established several of these
preserves and will buy more lands for
like purposes in the years to come.
There is two fold object in view by
the department of forestry: First, to
reserve the forests of the state; second
to select lands naturally adapted to
park purposes. The first will be ac-
complished through outstanding the
natural growth and in planting adj
ditional trees. The subject of forestry
is practically new one in this country
and should have been takeu up long
years ago, before our forests were
depleted. In several counties of Europe
a system of forestry has been in ex-
istence for years, with the result that
while an annual supply of timber pro-
ducts is cut, the forests are not becom-
ing less. The English government has
practiced the system in the teak forests
of India for several generations.
Thousands of teak trees are cut annu-
ally for the ship building interests of
England, and still the forests are
larger today than they were 100 years
ago The lecture next Tuesday even
ing ought to prove very interesting to a
Wausau audience. 1t will be illustrated
with stereopticon lantern slides and no
admission will be charged
This lecture will be open to the public
and is especially intended for lumber
men and owners of CUMBERLAND. The
federal government, many states, lumber
and paper companies, timberland
owners and railroads are adopting
forestry methods and the state of Wis
consin has lately entered upon definite
forest policy and is establishing forest
reserves on the headwaters of the most
important rivers. In this way an even
flow of water will be assured the water
powers protected and in time a large
amount of timber will be available for
the industries which are dependent
upon the forests for their raw material.
Most people do not understand what
forestry is, they think it is landscape
gardening on large scale, but as /.
matter of fact it is a thoroughly practi-
cal business proposition by which the
forests are preserved through wise
use.
The best utilization of the millions of
acres of cut-over lands in North. Wiscon-
sin is. a most important question, not
only for the state but for the counties,
towns and individual owners. Mr..
Griffith will have from 90 to 25 slides,
showing among other. things the actual
work in the woods ard how forestry
| differs from numbering.
1t is hoped that large number will
| avail themselves of this opportunity to
hear an address upon a subject that is
| SO intimately related to the progress
and prosperity of Northern Wiscon
sin.