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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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FALL CREEK THREE MILES EAST OF ITHACA. THE PROPOSED DAM WILL BE CON- 

 STRUCTED AT THE LOCATION INDICATED BY THE TWO ARROWS. YOUNG WHITE 

 PINES IN FOREGROUND ARE THE RESULT OF NATURAL SEEDING FROM NEIGH- 

 BORING TREES. 



FOREST PLANTING AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY 



By John Bentlev, Jr. 



(Assistatit Professor, Department of Forestry, Ah'zu York State College of 



Agriculture at Cornell University.) 



GHE needs of a big University are 

 many and far-reaching; and when 

 that University is still growing 

 and enlarging its sphere of usefulness 

 year by year, it becomes necessary to 

 look far into the future and anticipate 

 future needs by wise and prompt action 

 in the present. Cornell University has 

 developed so rapidly in the last few 

 years, and in particular, the work of 

 the Agricultural College has increased 

 and broadened so much, that it is al- 

 most impossible to keep the equipment 

 up to the demands forced upon it. 

 Among the projects which the Univer- 

 sity has in mind to meet the increasing 

 demands is the building of a large 

 reservoir, on Fall Creek, for the pur- 

 pose of storing up water enough to 

 supply the needs for power, light, and 

 domestic uses. Dependence is now 

 placed on Fall Creek, which carries 



enough water at certain times of the 

 year; but there are times in the sum- 

 mer, and especially in dry seasons, 

 when the amount of water in the creek 

 is inadequate. It has therefore become 

 necessary to make provision for an in- 

 creased supply. This, it was found 

 upon investigation, could be done to 

 best advantage by impounding suffi- 

 cient water at a convenient place to 

 make possible an increased flow in the 

 stream at times of low water, or at any 

 other time when the need might arise. 

 Fortunately, a good natural reser- 

 voir site existed on Fall Creek about 

 three miles east of the University. At 

 this point in its course, the stream has 

 cut through one of the numerous ridges 

 which are a common topographical 

 feature of this part of the country; a 

 dam placed at this cut would flood a 

 large area up stream, and impound a 



