FORESTRY and IRRIGATION 



THOMAS ELMER WILL . . _ . Editor 



FRANK GLOVER HEATON - - - Associate Editor 



CONTENTS FOR MAY, 1908 



PAGE. 



EAST ROOM OF WHITE HOUSE Frontispiece 



THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE. (Illustrated) ... 235 



"THE GOVERNORS SAY" 240 



THE HILL MAN'S LAMENT. (Poem.) By Arthur Chapman . . 242 



WORK IN A NATIONAL FOREST. By Charle.s Howard Shinn . 243 



EDITORIAL: Some Critici.sms Considered 251 



Forests of Korea to be Protected.... J53 



A Notable Conference 248 Trust to be Piobed 254 



The Woods We Have 249 Government to Try Siberian Legumes 255 



Interrelation of Phases 250 Startling Words of Timbe,- Expert... 255 



The Appalachian Bill 250 Engineering Experiment Stations .... 257 



AMERICA'S GREATEST IRRIGATION SCHEME. (Illustrated) 



By Agnes Dean Cameron . . . . . . . . 258 



WASTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND NEED FOR CONSER- 

 VATION. By Mrs. Lydia Adams-Williams 266 



THE SPENDTHRIFT. (Poem.) By Robert M. Reese ... 269 



NEWS AND NOTES: Reports Successful Initial Year 275 



Colorado Farmers Want Forests 276 



Widening Interest in Conservation... 270 How Can Irrigation be Improved?.... 276 



Upholding the Government 270 Manufacturers Take Note of Forestry 277 



Floods 273 Mrs. Williams to Speak at Boston. . . 277 



Disastrous Flood in China 274 A Labor of Love 277 



Peat Briquettes for Mexico's Fuel... 274 Argentine Republic to Protect For- 



Better Figures on Tree Growth Soon ests 277 



Available 275 Lumber Losses from Fire 278 



THE CRY OF THE PINES. (Poem.) By Anne McQueen ... 278 

 WITH MEMBERS AND CORRESPONDENTS: 



Southern Timber is Almost Gone.... 279 Range of Topics Treated 280 



Is Much Appreciated 279 Kentuckians Becoming Interested. . . . 280 



Prevention of Forest Fires 279 Recognize \'alue of Forestry 280 



THE BRAVE OLD OAK. (Poem.) 280 



AN INLAND WATERWAYS SYSTEM. By Dr. Clarence B. Edwords 281 



TREES. (Poem.) By Marion Elza Dodd 283 



IN THE DEPARTMENTS: Change in Boundaries of National 



Forests 286 



Irrigation in Republican River Valley, Cheap Cement Production 287 



Nebraska 284 Y. M. C. A. and Reclamation Service. . 287 



The Los Angeles Aqueduct 284 Diversion of Bowl Creek 28S 



Survey Work in Luquillo National Co-operative Construction 288 



Forest 286 Interest in Reclamation Work 288 



RECENT PUBLICATIONS 289 



FOEBSTKY AND IRRIGATION is the Official Organ of the American Forestry Association. Price, $2.00 

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