1902. 



FOREvSTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



HEAVY SPRUCE TIMBER, MAD RIVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE- 



the appointment of a commission for 

 the purpose. Generous appropriations 

 by the state, to be expended in collabo- 

 ration with the federal government in 

 irrigation investigations, are urged. 



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Forest Con- Ex-Governor Frank W. 

 ditfons in New Rollins, President of the 

 Hampshire. Society for the Protec- 

 tion of New Hampshire 

 F'orests, in a recent interview, had the 

 following to sa}' concerning forest con- 

 ditions in the Granite State and the work 

 being done by the Society : 



' ' Our work thus far has been along 

 educational lines. We have had the 

 service of several able speakers, who 

 have gone about the state addressing 

 various audiences, such as the granges, 

 and gatherings of summer visitors at 



our mountain resorts It is the belief 

 of the Society that, by pursuing this 

 course, and by the publication of arti- 

 cles in the newspapers of the state, a 

 health}' sentiment may be built up 

 toward the protection of our trees, and, 

 further, toward the planting of new 

 forests. 



' ' The Society has been bold enough to 

 hire a forester, a man who has had a thor- 

 ough education in forestry, and who has 

 been doing practical forest work at Bilt- 

 more for .some time ; he is now going 

 about the state delivering lectures, and 

 visiting the farmers and lumbermen, and 

 giving them advice as to how to cut 

 their timber, and how to plant new 

 forests. His services are open to all 

 residents of the state free of charge. 



"It is said ( by tho.se who ought to 

 knowj that the best spruce timber re- 



