THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



gotten rid of in a healthful manner and 

 water to irrigate the growing crops is pro- 

 vided. It is estimated that fully a thou- 

 sand bushels of sweet potatoes will be 

 raised this year in addition to the Irish 

 potatoes. This would seem to be a good 

 method of disposing of the sewage of all 

 public institutions, such as prisons, reform 

 schools, etc. 



Study 



Of 



Forestry. 



"The exhibit at the Paris 

 Exposition will be largely pic- 

 torial because we are so limit- 

 ed in s pace, says Dr. Bean, the Director 

 in charge of the United States Dipslay. 

 The display will include illustrations of 

 the relation of forestry to agriculture, 

 specimens of the commercial woods in the 

 form of lumber, their sections showing the 

 cell structure, and articles of woodenware. 

 There are three divisions of forestry as it 

 is practiced in America First the growth 

 of the timber for its own value; second for 

 purposes of shelter, and third, as a help to 

 irrigation. 



"The National Paper Co., the largest hold- 

 ers of forest lands in the United States, is 

 the only company that has taken up the 

 study and application of forestry on a large 

 scale. This company has employed skilled 

 foresters with a view to making its lands 

 produce the most timber in a given time, 

 and its cutting of timber is governed by 

 this principle. Special attention is being 

 paid to spruce, as it is the pulp from this 

 tree which is used largely in the manu- 

 facture of paper. 



Irrigation is largely dependent upon 

 forest preservations. The mammoth forests 

 cause the snow to melt slowly and supply 

 the water in such manner that it can be 

 stored. Their destruction would result in 

 a rapid melting of the snow, producing 

 great floods. 



This is harvest time in more 

 senses than one. The farmer 

 reaps the results of his spring 

 planting results more abundant than 

 usual and everywhere throughout the 

 land is a harvest time for workinemen. 

 Not for years has there been such a de- 

 mand for labor of all descriptions. In the 

 Northwest farmers complain that they can- 

 not get help enough to harvest their boun- 

 tiful crops. Truly the "harvest is white 



Harvest 

 Time. 



The 

 Great 

 Salt Lake. 



but the laborers ar-e few." In the south, 

 in Alabama and other iron districts found- 

 ries are taking orders for pig iron to be 

 delivered the latter part of 1900, and find 

 it almost impossible to keep up with pres" 

 ent orders due in a great measure to the 

 fact that help is so hard to secure. Struc- 

 tural steel is also in great demand and 

 within the past three months building ma- 

 terials of all kinds, labor, etc., has so ad- 

 vanced in price as to increase the build- 

 ings cost at least one-third. Not only in 

 foundries, factories and in the country dis- 

 tricts is the demand for the workmen so 

 noticeable, but also in the city. A year 

 ago the "situations wanted" in the daily 

 papers far exceeded the " help wanted." 

 If you advertised for printers, stenograph- 

 ers, clerks, book keepers a year ago. you 

 found an army waiting in answer to the 

 advertisement. Now, if you have five or 

 tea applicants to choose from you are in 

 luck. 



It is prophesied that before 

 another century passes away 

 the Great Salt Lake will be a 

 thing of the past. In a year,it is claimed the 

 lake has receded a mile. The cause for 

 this is said to be the excessive drain made 

 upon it by the irrigation enterprises of 

 the Mormons. Contrary to the theory 

 which was accepted for a time, this great 

 lake is not fed by underground springs 

 but by the Jordan, Weber, Ogden and 

 Bear rivers, and when the water of these 

 streams is intercepted for irrigation pur- 

 poses, it necessarily decreases the water 

 supply of Salt Lake, leaving it more to 

 the mercy of the sun and the attendant 

 evaporation which is constantly going on 

 and which is slowly but surely drawing 

 the water away until in time only a bed of 

 dry salt will remain. The cause of the 

 saltness of the water of this mysterious 

 body of water has been a matter of con- 

 jecture to scientists for years, the most 

 plausible theory is that the saltness is due 

 to the high altitude which causes exces- 

 sive evaporation, while there is practi- 

 cally no outlet to the lake. A scientist, 

 after a number of experiments, has ex- 

 pressed the conviction that if all the salt 

 supply in the entire world were cut off 

 except that found in the bed of the Great 

 Salt Lake there would still be enough to 



