1908 



NEWS AND NOTES 



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irrigation investigations in the State : 

 "The eadier ditches, and, in fact, most 

 of the now existing ones, have been 

 more or less carelessly built, while as 

 a rule the methods employed in the 

 distribution and application of the 

 water have been such as to lead to 

 needless extravagance and waste. As 

 a result of the practices which have 

 obtained, thousands of acres of land 

 have been ruined by over-irrigation, 

 while thousands more that might have 

 been providing homes and producing 

 wealth have been lying idle and worth- 

 less for lack of water." 



Manufac- On May 15th will occur 



turers Take in New York the conven- 



Forlstry ^^°" °^ ^^^ National 



Association of Manufac- 

 turers. Forestry will be one of the 

 chief subjects considered at this meet- 

 ing. Preparatory to the meeting the 

 organ of the association, American In- 

 dustries, published in St. Louis, is 

 making a special feature in each issue 

 of one or other of the topics that are 

 to be most discussed at the meeting. 

 One such issue will be devoted to 

 forestry. 



Mrs, Williams Mrs. P. S. Peterson, 



BosSf^^* of Chicago, Chairman 



of the Forestry Commit- 

 tee, General Federation of Women's 

 Clubs, has invited Mrs. Lydia Adams- 

 Williams to speak on the topic "Waste 

 of Natural Resources and Need for 

 Conservation" at the biennial meeting 

 of the Federation to be held in Boston 

 in June. 



A Labor Col. Jos. H. Acklen, 



of Love °f Nashville, T e n n . , 



serves his State as war- 

 den of the Department of Fish, Game 

 and Forestry without compensation. 

 The Department was created by the 

 Legislature in 1905. Col. Acklen was 

 appointed for eight years. He is one 

 of the very few state officials in Amer- 

 ica who work without compensation! 

 An exchange says : "All of our present 

 admirable laws for the protection of 

 the game, fish and forests of Tennes- 



see were drafted by him. The bene- 

 ficial effects of these laws which his 

 wisdom, ability and energy have placed 

 on our statute books are already felt, 

 and the people owe him a debt of grat- 

 itude for his work which some day 

 they will undoubtedly pay." 



South America is begin- 

 Argentine Re- i^g ^q ghow the world 

 public to Pro- .1°. , . ^1 



tect Forests ^"^^ ^"^ recognizes the 



value of her natural re- 

 sources. The Republic of Colombia 

 has already outlined a forest policy, 

 and now the people of the Argentine 

 Republic have taken up the discussion 

 of forestry and its application to the 

 country's rich hardwood timber areas. 

 So far the destruction of valuable 

 fruit trees has received more atten- 

 tion than that of forest trees. The fol- 

 lowing is from an article which recent- 

 ly appeared in La Nacion, and was 

 translated by the Buenos Aires Her- 

 ald: 



"It is not only in the province of 

 Buenos Aires that the ancient tree 

 plantations are being destroyed ; the 

 evil has spread to the remotest inhab- 

 ited corners of the republic. In a re- 

 cent journey to and through the prov- 

 inces of the interior, I have found on 

 every hand the effects of the savagely 

 reckless felling of timber and the cen- 

 surable carelessness of the authorities 

 who allow it. The destruction is gen- 

 eral, the finest speciments of our indi- 

 genous trees have been ruthlessly sacri- 

 ficed ; not only those of spontaneous 

 growth, but also those planted by our 

 ancestors on behalf of their posterity. 

 "As for Tucuman, the Tucuman of 

 poetic legends mentioned by Avellan- 

 eda, it is today almost unrecognizable. 

 It would no longer be true to repeat 

 his words where he says : 'The orange 

 and lemon tree which produce in rich 

 abundance flowers and fruit, perfum- 

 ing the ambient air, feeding the in- 

 habitants and affording them a house 

 and a home, are most beloved by them 

 as the emblem of the felicitous union 

 of the useful and the beautiful.' No ; 

 even the famous and magnificent or- 



