1902. 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



75 



September 2j, i8y^. A Black Walnut 

 planted this date is now g inches in 

 diameter. 



i8j6. A locust lane half a mile long 

 was planted. During the first four 

 years of its life cattle damaged it to a 

 great extent, and by 1880 nearly all the 

 trees had been replanted. After that 

 the cattle were kept off. There are now 

 260 trees, the smallest 7 inches in diam- 

 eter. Two hundred and twenty-five of 

 these trees will measure 10 to 24 inches 

 in diameter. 



T8y8. Three maples were planted; 

 now 12 inches in diameter. 



1882. Two hundred white ash trees 

 from the woods were planted in rows 

 under the chestnuts. The}^ now aver- 



age 3 inches in diameter and are 1 6 feet 

 high. They have been growing in 

 dense shade. 



1882. One hundred and fift>' locusts 

 planted along a fence and cut la.st win- 

 ter, averaged 1 2 inches in diameter and 

 gave five post cuts each. 



188^. Another locust lane one-half 

 mile long was cut off in this year. The 

 second growth was taken care of, and 

 now the trees measure 9 inches in diam- 

 eter and 40 feet in height. 



i8g8. A locust patch came of its 

 own accord, covering a space of 40 b\- 

 100 feet and containing about one hun- 

 dred trees. They have been kept well 

 trimmed; average now 3 inches in di- 

 ameter and 18 to 25 feet high. 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION IN CONGRESS. 



MEASURES INTRODUCED IN THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY 



SEVENTH CONGRESS. 



DECEMBER, 190I. 



December 2. 



Mr. Newlands, of Nevada, introduced 

 a bill in the House of Representatives 

 to authorize and begin the construction 

 of reservoirs, canals, and other works 

 necessary for the irrigation of arid lands 

 in the State of Nevada; which was re- 

 ferred to the Committee on Irrigation 

 of Arid lyands. 



Also, a bill to provide for the disposal 

 of the arid public lands and to authorize 

 the con.struction of reser\'oirs for the 

 storage of water and other necessary irri- 

 gation works for arid-land reclamation. 



Rep. Reeder (Kansas) introduced a 

 bill to authorize the construction of res- 

 ervoirs, diversion canals, artesian wells, 

 and other works necessarj^ for the irri- 

 gation of arid and semi-arid lands of the 

 United States. 



Mr. Shafroth, of Colorado, introduced 

 a bill to provide for the construction of 

 storage reservoirs and other irrigation 

 works for the reclamation of arid lands, 

 and for the disposal of the public lands 

 reclaimed thereby. 



On the same day a bill was introduceed 

 by Mr. Jones, of Washington, to provide 



pay for the improvements of actual set- 

 tlers upon public lands included within 

 forest reservations upon the relinquish- 

 ment of their lands to the United States. 

 Mr. Jones also introduced a bill amend- 

 ing that provi-sion in the sundr}' civil 

 act of June 6, 1900, restricting lieu se- 

 lections for lands within forest reserves 

 to sur\'eyed land. 



December 4. 



Senator Pritchard, of North Carolina, 

 introduced a bill for the purchase of a 

 national forest reserve in the southern 

 Appalachian Mountains ; which was 

 read twice by its title, and referred to 

 the Committee on Forest Resen-ations 

 and the Protection of Game. 



Mr. Hansbrough, of North Dakota, 

 introduced a bill in the Senate reserv- 

 ing, setting aside, and appropriating the 

 receipts from the sales of public lands in 

 the arid and semi-arid regions of the 

 United States as a special fund, to be 

 known as the Arid-land Reclamation 

 Fund, for the construction of reservoirs 

 and other necessary irrigation works for 

 the reclamation of said lands and for 

 other purposes ; which was referred to 

 the Committee on Public I^ands. 



