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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



May 



to report to the Government their 

 holdings in order that the property 

 may be Hsted and cared for. Failure 

 to report within a year subjects the 

 forest to forfeiture. 



The forested area of Korea is about 

 2,500,000 acres, which is only one-tenth 

 of the land on which forests ought to 

 be growing. Extensive timbered 

 tracts remain in the Northern part of 

 the country on the waters of the Yalu 

 and Tumen Rivers, and lumber oper- 

 ations are carried on in the mountain 

 districts. But in the agricultural sec- 

 tions of the country wood is very 

 scarce and the fuel problem is serious. 

 Coal and other mines have been opened 

 by Americans, and one of the most 

 pressing needs is timber for use in and 

 about the mines. In that country, as 

 elsewhere, large quantities of timber 

 are necessary in developing mining 

 property, and it is noteworthy that a 

 country as backward industrially as 

 Korea can put into practice the prin- 

 ciple that the only sure way of get- 

 ting timber is to grow it. 



be indefinitely enlarged. Let each 

 member faithfully use this form and 

 send in the names of all, whether few 

 or many, whom he may believe would 

 be willing to join the Association. 

 And wherever possible let him use 

 his personal influence with these to 

 encourage, or even urge them to join. 

 A few earnest, aggressive, working 

 members, soliciting memberships can 

 ^ery materially aid the progress of 

 the organization. The existence of the 

 present industrial stringency necessi- 

 tates increased activity on the part of 

 our friends. Let the nominations 

 pour in. 



Trust to 

 be Probed 



Nominate 

 Members 



A study of the statistics 

 of the membership cam- 

 paign of the American 

 Forestry Association shows that few, 

 if any, lists are better for solicitation 

 purposes than the list of nominees sent 

 in by members of the Association. 

 These names are evidently carefully 

 collected and yield, on the whole, ex- 

 cellent results. We again earnestly 

 urge our membership to aid the work 

 of the Association by sending in names 

 of possible members for the use of this 

 office. A large and growing member- 

 ship adds greatly to the prestige and 

 power of this organization. It fur- 

 nishes funds with which to prosecute 

 the work, and it raises up a body of 

 friends everywhere to sow the seed 

 from which the ultimate harvest may 

 be reaped. 



On the advertising page opposite 

 the table of contents will be found a 

 form entitled "Nominations for 

 Membership." Post-office regulations 

 curtail the blank space; nevertheless, 

 by pasting on a sheet of paper it may 



The announcement is 

 made that the Bureau of 

 Corporations intends to 

 devote much attention during the com- 

 ing year to the "Lumber Trust;" and 

 the further statement is given out that 

 the fireworks may be looked for at 

 almost any time now. For more than 

 a year past the Bureau has been con- 

 ducting preliminary investigations and 

 searching into all the conditions of the 

 lumber business, and now active work, 

 it is said, is ready to be put under way. 



Within the next few weeks the Bu- 

 reau will put a large force of men into 

 the field, to reach all the lumber re- 

 gions and the important trading cen- 

 ters of the country, and these men, 

 specially trained for the work they 

 will have to do, are to investigate 

 right on the ground the conditions of 

 the lumbering industry and the various 

 and multitudinous correlated indus- 

 tries. 



In the preliminary inquiry the Bu- 

 reau has already given a liberal lum- 

 bering education to the men who will 

 act as special agents, and these men 

 have been for a year or more trained 

 into the essentials, so that they will 

 be able to go about their task in an 

 intelligent manner. 



The coming report, which may re- 

 quire two or three years in compiling, 

 will, it is believed, be the most volum- 

 inous and the most important contri- 

 bution to the literature of forestry — 



