St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-04-03
The WOman'S Club.
Interesting Address by Prof. JONES'
The Days Business.

Interesting Address oy FrOl. JONES'
The Days Business.
The April meeting of the Woman's
Club was in charge of the village i'm
provement committee and the speaker Of
the day was Prof L. X. Jones of the
University of Vermont That he might
return home on the afternoon train his
address was given before the business
session, and in the absence of the chair
man of the committee he was gracefully
introduced by the president, Mrs. T. F.
Hazen.
His theme was forestry and he began
by giving a resume of the various stages
| of forest life. He said the first stage
was that of enmity to the great forests.
Our ancestors cut them down and ruth
lessly burned them. The next step was
the destruction of the brush and the
Young trees. This was the weed
stage, when the farmer destroyed every
thing growing. The carloads of Christ
mas trees which the farmer sells for one
and two cents apiece would be worth
dollar apiece in ten years The third
stage had just been reached and trees
are being regarded as an asset. To
show how valuable an asset this might
be, Prof. Jones cited the case of ten acres
of second growth of white pine in East
Barnet, which yielded a crop that sold
for $4,000. This was the stage of hasty
numbering and getting rich quick. We
are just entering upon the last stage and
treating trees as crop. This is simply
the translation of the word forestry, for
this teaches us that trees should be har-
vested when they mature, just like any
other crop.
The speaker said we could not solve
this problem as individuals, because Of
the time element We must look to the
state for wise leadership. The state
must protect against fire; must have
commission; must have nursery; must
have a state forester, and state forest
reserve. We have all but the last two,
and the state forester of New York will
be the consulting forester at the state
nursery in Burlington. The state of
New York has also started our nursery
by giving us $4,000 two-year-old white
pine seedlings. The legislature also ap-
propriated $500 year for five years, to
help support this nursery.
At the close of the talk vote was
taken by the club to join the State
Forestry association for at least one
year Mrs. w. S. letters of Lyndonvile
was present and spoke briefly of the
work done along these lines at Lyndon
vile. Selections were given by the club
chorus, and all appreciated the presence
of this organization, with its leader,
Mrs. ]. H. Moore. Mrs. w. P. Smith as
chairman of the committee appointed to
revise the standing committees reported
as follows: That the committee remain
the same in number; that the history and
travel committee be merged into two
Others, history being considered by the
literature committee, and travel by the
current events committee; that the
name of the domestic science be changed
to home economies that the civics COM
mittee be substituted for the village
improvement committee, thereby enlarg
ing the scope of the latter; that one
entirely new committee be added, that of
forestry, and that the other committees
remain the same 1t was voted by the
club tc accept this report. In the
absence of the chairman of the village
improvement committee the president
spoke of the plan to raise money for the
hospital work, which was familiar to
most of the members. and Mrs. !. c. Clark
will give her report at the May meeting.
Nrs. A. B. Noyes gave report of the
work of the Consumers League the past
year and told of the good influence which
has been spread by this organization.
One new member was admitted to club
membership, Mrs. Robert P. Clark.
The following committee on nomina
tons was appointed by the president;
Mrs. D. D. Patterson, Mrs. S, D.
Atwood, Mrs. ]. H. Brooks. 1t was
voted that action be taken at the May
meeting to change Article of the con-
stitution, regarding standing commit
tees, to allow of the suggested changes;
and Article 10 of the bylaws, regarding
a federation director. The meeting was
closed with a selection BLOW Soft
Winds, by the club chorus.