Indiana State Board of Forestry Concerning the Relation of Forestry to Factory, Railroad and Mine

The Passing of the Forest

As long as the forest shall live,

The streams shall flow onward, still singing
Sweet songs of the woodland, and bringing
The bright living waters that give

New life to all mortals who thirst.
But the races of men shall be cursed.

Yea, the hour of destruction shall come
To the children of men in that day
When the forest shall pass away;
When the low woodland voices are dumb;
And death's devastation and dearth
Shall be spread o'er the face of the earth.

Avenging the death of the wood,

The turbulent streams shall outpour
Their vials of wrath, and no more

Shall their banks hold back the high flood,
Which shall rush o'er the harvests of men;
As swiftly receding again.

Lo! after the flood shall be dearth,

And the rain no longer shall fall
On the parching fields; and a pall,
As of ashes, shall cover the earth;

And dust-clouds shall darken the sky;
And the deep water wells shall be dry.

And the rivers shall sink in the ground,
And every man cover his mouth
From the thickening dust, in that drought;
Fierce famine shall come; and no sound

Shall be borne on the desolate air

But a murmur of death and despair.

-ALEXANDER BLAIR THAW, in the June Century.

STATE OF INDIANA

SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

State Board of Forestry

1907

W. H. FREEMAN, Secretary

To the Governor of Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS:

WM. B. BURFORD, CONTRACTOR FOR STATE PRINTING AND BINDING.

1907

THE STATE OF INDIANA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
December 9, 1907.

Received by the Governor, examined and referred to the Auditor of State for verification of the financial statement.

OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF STATE,

INDIANAPOLIS, December 27, 1907.

The within report, so far as the same relates to moneys drawn from the State Treasury, has been examined and found correct.

J. C. BILLHEIMER,

Auditor of State.

DECEMBER 27, 1907.

Returned by the Auditor of State, with above certificate, and transmitted to Secretary of State for publication, upon the order of the Board of Commissioners of Public Printing and Binding.

FRED L. GEMMER,
Secretary to the Governor.

Filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana, December 27, 1907.

1907.

FRED A. SIMS,
Secretary of State.

Received the within report and delivered to the printer December 28,

HARRY SLOUGH,
Clerk Printing Bureau.

The Table of Contents

The Passing of the Forest-Poem....

Arbor Day

Financial Statement

Letter of Transmittal to the Governor.

Miscellaneous Bulletins and Circulars by U. S. Department..