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ARBORICULTURE 



this he received the lieartv indorsement of 

 the convention of delegates of Agricul- 

 tural Colleges and Experiment Stations 

 that recently met in Washington, as well 

 as of the American Forestry Congress, 

 which met in Washington one vear ago. 

 The bill provides that the money used 

 for this purpose shall come from the sale 

 of timber in the forest reserves. It would 

 seem as though no better use could be 

 made of money derived from such source 

 than to use it for the purpose of show- 

 ing how forests may be perpetuated and 

 made a continual source of wealth for the 

 nation. 



State Legislature are taking any adequate 

 steps to prevent it. 



The immigration should be checked 

 speedily. It is true we have no public 

 lands left which are available for settle- 

 ment, while the cities are growing beyond 

 the ability of the country to support 

 them. 



STRENGTH OF CATALPA. 



EXTRAVAGANCE OF AMERI- 

 CANS. 



In a speech before the St. Paul 

 (Minn.) Commercial Club James J. Hill 

 said : "The nation at large is prosperous. 

 We are cutting a wide swath ; there is no 

 doubt of that. If we get down, however, 

 to a closer examination, we will readily 

 see that the nation is living profligately. 

 We are selling out our natural resources 

 — exploiting them as fast as we can, with- 

 out building u]) industries and trade re- 

 lations to take their place when ex- 

 hausted. Where are the immigrants rush- 

 ing to our shores to end up ? Not on the 

 land. We have no more to ofifer them. 

 They must crowd into the cities." 



Mr. James J. Hill is a competent au- 

 thority to speak upon this subject. 



Every article which nature has be- 

 stowed upon this country with such lavish 

 lands is being wasted Especially is this 

 true with reference to the forests, which 

 are being reduced at a rate which will 

 leave America, or at least the United 

 States, bankrupt on timber in two de- 

 cades, while neither Congress nor anv 



An eingineer writes, "What is the 

 strength of Catalpa wood ? Is it hard or 

 soft?" 



We made several efforts at the World's 

 Fair to have a test of strength made by 

 the United States Forestry Bureau, but 

 was emphatically refused. 



We then took a round post, 3^ inches 

 diameter, to Machinery Hall, where it 

 was given a practical test more severe 

 than any other wood has ever withstood. 



With a power ec]ua]ing 20,000 pounds 

 this stick was bent at right angles six suc- 

 cessive times without breaking. Next, 

 bending in opposite direction, it partly 

 broke. Not until it had been bent quar- 

 tering both ways, that is, it was bent at 

 right angles in four directions, when it 

 pulled apart like two paint brushes, so 

 completely did the fibers, four inches 

 long, separate, proving its extreme tough- 

 ness. 



In regard to hardness, which term is 

 always comparative, it is not so hard as 

 white oak, but much harder than white 

 pine. 



Old wood from forest which has made 

 a suppressed growth is somewhat soft ; 

 but young, second growth, or rapid 

 growth wood, is very hard. 



Think of friends when you are happy; 



Keep for them one little spot ; 

 In the garden of affection 



Plant a sweet forget-me-not. 



