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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



Januar}', 



Eastern planting, besides for the di- 

 rect object of producing timber, is being 

 prosecuted for two purposes : P'irst, to 

 utilize otherwise valueless lands; sec- 

 ond, for special purposes, such as the 

 protection of water supplies, and in the 

 improvement of game prescribes . 



Where, besides its commercial value, 

 the forest will serve some special pur- 

 pose, there is scarcely any room to ques- 

 tion the practicability of planting on 

 iinforested lands. The question of 



along the beach in Currituck County, 

 N. C. Within the last few years the 

 drifting sand has become a menace to 

 the extensive improvements of the club 

 and threatens to envelop them com- 

 pletely if not checked. To prevent 

 such a disaster the club is compelled to 

 resort to extensive forest planting. 



In the past there has been no general 

 application of economical methods in 

 eastern planting. Both methods and 

 cost have been marked by great varia- 



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SCOTCH AND WHITE PINE PLANTED ON STEEP HII,I.SIDE NEAR RIDGWAY, 



PENNSVI^VAtJIA. THE YOUNG TREES, WHICH HAVE BFCEN PI^ANTED 



BUT ONE YEAR, ARE TO BE SEEN AMONG THE STUMPS. 



keeping pure and regular the water 

 supply of cities is of first importance 

 from the standpoint of health and 

 economy, and very often this can be 

 done by keeping the drainage area from 

 which the reservoirs are supplied well 

 wooded. As far as planting is neces- 

 sary for this purpose it is highly practi- 

 cable. Planting is also essential to pro- 

 tect and improve private parks and 

 game preserves. A good example of 

 this is the work proposed b}' the Curri- 

 tuck Shooting Club on their grounds 



tion. The difficulty has been intensified 

 by the absence of nurseries handling 

 forest stock in wholesale quantities. It 

 has been difficult to obtain such trees as 

 the White Pine, except in sizes of from 

 two to three feet and at prices of from 

 $25 to $100 per thousand. Conse- 

 quently plantations established from 

 nursery-purchased stock have been bur- 

 dened by so great initial expense that 

 profitable return is impossible. Eco- 

 nomical methods have been limited to 

 growing the trees from seed or trans- 



