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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



January 



shade trees, and are encouraging the 

 school children to become familiar 

 with the names and characteristics of 

 the trees in their own towns. 



One club of only fifteen members 

 has furnished material for a forestry 

 column in its weekly local paper. 



The letter addressed by Mrs. P. S. 

 Peterson, chairman of forestry in the 

 General Federation, to the club women, 

 was given publication throughout the 

 State, and practical work has been un- 

 dertaken for the present year. 



What Timber The appreciation of tim- 

 Land Sales |-,gj. properties in recent 

 years, and perhaps more 

 pronounced within the last two years, 

 is strikingly illustrated, says the Man- 

 tel, Tile and Grate Monthly, by the 

 transfers of large tracts which are de- 

 tailed every month in the columns of 

 the lumber trade press, and each suc- 

 ceeding year must witness a still 

 greater value attached to our forests 

 from a commercial viewpoint alone. 

 The buying of timber to-day is large- 

 ly for the sake of investment. The 

 speculative feature is minimized in a 

 measure by the absolute certainty that 

 each year the property so held must 

 increase in value. 



Georgia The Georgia Forest As- 



Shows sociation met at Athens 



on October 25th. The 

 meeting was small as regards numbers, 

 but boundless as regards enthusiasm 

 and determination to do something to- 

 wards the perpetuation of Georgia's 

 forests. Dr. H. C. White presided. 

 After considerable discussion of plans 

 the following officers for the coming 

 year were elected : President, Judge 

 E. H. Callaway, of Augusta ; first 

 vice-president, Mr. E. M. Mallette. of 

 Thomasville ; second vice president. 

 Hon. James M. Smith, of Smithsonia : 

 secretary, Alfred Akerman, of Athens ; 

 treasurer. Prof. Andrew H. Patterson, 

 of Athens. 



On November 8th the Georgia Fed- 



eration of Women's Clubs, in a pub- 

 lic meeting at Tifton, considered the 

 forest problem. Air. Enos A. Mills, of 

 the United States Forest Service, ad- 

 dressed the meeting. Mr. Mills was 

 introduced by Prof. Alfred Akerman, 

 of the State University. 



On November 29th the Atlanta sec- 

 tion of the American Institute of Elec- 

 trical engineers, in open meeting, dis- 

 cussed the relation of forest cover to 

 water flow, as affecting electrical pow- 

 er plants. Mr. R. S. Kellogg of the 

 Forest Service, Prof. Akerman, and 

 Mr. Lee of Charlotte, N. C, addressed 

 the meeting. Former Governor Par- 

 dee, of California, who happened to 

 be visiting Atlanta, was present; and 

 when called upon for a few remarks 

 made a short but stirring talk. 



Electrical 

 Engineers 

 Resolve 



ed: 



Following a compre- 

 hensive preamble these 

 resolutions were adopt- 



Resohed, That it is the opinion of 

 •the Southern Section of the Institute 

 of Electrical Engineers : 



"That where forest reserves already 

 exist, whether State or National, their 

 area should not be reduced unless the 

 land therein included is more valu- 

 able for agriculture than for forestry. 



"That additional forest reserves 

 should be promptly created on regions 

 adapted by nature for the growth of 

 hardwoods. 



"That the headwaters of important 

 streams should be protected by forest 

 reserves : and 



"That where, as in the case of New 

 England and the southern Appa- 

 lachians, the rivers are of an interstate 

 character, it is most desirable that the 

 Federal Government establish National 

 Forests without delay; and be it 

 further 



"Resolved, That the chairman and 

 secretary of the Southern section be 

 instructed to communicate these reso- 

 lutions to all members of Congress 



