FORESTRY and IRRIGATION 



THOMAS ELMER WILL 

 WM. CANFIELD LEE 



Editor 

 Associate Editor 



CONTENTS FOR APRIL, 1908 



CITY PARK 

 ARBOR 



EDITORIAL 



AT MANHATTAN, 

 DAY ACCOMPLISH 



Our June Issue and the Conservation 

 Conference 



Status of the Appalachian Bill 



• Who is Blocking the Appalachian Bill 



Pessimism vs. "Optimism" 



Demand Immediate Resurrection of 

 the Bill 



Political Platforms on Forestry, etc... 



The Conference of Governors 



First the Inland Waterways 



All Sections and Interests 



Meeting to Be Famous in History.... 



For a Practical Working Basis 



Some Vicious Bills 



Designations of the Bills 



Perpetual Privileges 



Flooding 



Competing with Government 



The Secretary "Shall" 



Petty Payments 



The Danger 



.\ Concession 



Another Message from the President. . 



NEWS AND NOTES 



Forest Planting on the Prairies 



A Few Acres of Trees 



Census of Water Transportation 



Large Usefulness of Canals 



More than 500 Miles Square 



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KANSAS— AN EXAMPLE OF 



ME NT . . . Frontispiece 



Profits from Irrigated Land 188 



Improvements in Methods of Irrigation 188 



Drainage of Irrigated Lands 189 



Irrigation of Australia 189 



Reclaimed from Land Thief 189 



Turks of the Ohio Valley 189 



Silent Obstruction 190 



The Political Advantage -. 190 



Unanimity of Engineers' Opinion 191 



Directors of Investing Corporations.. 191 



State Attention Needed 191 



Will Not Break Up Farms 191 



Los Angeles Resolutions 191 



Help from Hawaii 191 



Kansas Farmers' Institutes 192 



Colorado Short Course in Forestry... 192 



University Lectures 192 



Forestry at Winona Lake 192 



Davis Industrial School Bill 192 



Mrs. Voris Succeeds Mr. Bleecker. . . 193 



Game Privileges Pay the Taxes 193 



A State Association's Organ 193 



Interesting the Lumbermen 193 



Down with All the Trees 194 



Forestry Association in Missouri 194 



New York Purchases Mount Ivtarcy... 194 



Illinois State Tree and Flower 194 



Pay Railroad for Good Work 194 



Lecture on Appalachians 194 



To Insure a Navigable Ohio 194 



Kentucky Headed Right 195 



Deforestation and Floods in Michigan 195 



Uses of Excelsior 195 



THE NAMES OF MAHOGANY. By Dr. John Gifford. (Illustrated) 

 TREASURER'S REPORT, AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 

 ARBOR DAY— THE AMERICAN SPRING FESTIVAL. 



By Wm. C. Lee. {Illustrated) 



SHALL UNCLE SAM DRAIN THE SWAMPS? {Illustrated) . 

 TREE PLANTING IN SCHOOL YARDS. By Louise Klein Miller 



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CALIFORNIA IRRIGATION NEEDS FORESTS. By Lewis E. 



Aubury. (Illustrated) 

 CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION MEETING 

 THE MOUNTAINS. (Poem). By Haven Charles Hurst 

 PROTECTION FOR AMERICAN INDUSTRY By Hon. A. F. Lever 

 THE KNELL OF THE FORESTS. (Poem). By George Klingle 

 THE WHOLESALE LUMBER DEALERS' CONVENTION. 



Reported bv Mrs. Lydia Adams-Williams 



U. S. FOREST SERVICE 



THE GOVERNMENT'S HANDY MAN. (Poem). 



V. S. RECLAMATION SERVICE .... 



ONIONS AS IRRIGATORS 



WITH MEMBERS AND CORRESPONDENTS 

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Forestry and Irrigation is the official organ of the American Forestry Association. Price, $2.00 

 per year, including Annual Membership in the Association. Copyright, 1908, by The American 

 Forestry Association. Entered at the Postoffice at Washington, D. C. as second-class mail matter. 



Published Monthly at 



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