Forestry and Irrigatioa 



Vol. YIII. 



MARCH, 1902. 



No. 3. 



NEWS AND NOTES. 



Irrigation The Senate passed the ir- 



Bill Passed rigation bill Saturday, 

 by Senate. March i . There was not 

 even the formality of a 

 roll-call, the sentiment being unani- 

 mously in favor of the measure. 



When the bill was taken up Mr. 

 Stewart made a speech in its support, 

 as did Mr. Tillman. 



In the course of the debate Mr. Bacon 

 said that he was glad attention was to 

 be turned to the development of our 

 internal resources, because he believed 

 they would yield far greater returns 

 than the will-o'-the-wisps that were be- 

 ing pursued in distant lands. Mr. Gal- 

 linger pointed out that the settlement 

 of the newly irrigated lands would help 

 the manufacturers, while Mr. Teller 

 asserted that the measure was not local, 

 but would benefit people all over the 

 United States, because it would offer 

 them sites for homes. Mr. Clay also 

 supported the measure as a matter of 

 justice. 



The bill now goes to the House for 

 action. 



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Pennsylvania At a recent meeting of 

 Forest the Penns3dvania State 



Reserves. Forestr}^ Commission it 



w^as announced by Dr. 

 Rothrock that the forest property in the 

 South Mountains, acquired by the state, 

 w^ould be turned over about the middle 

 of March. It comprises 40,000 acres in 

 the Mount Alto district, in Franklin and 

 Fulton counties. The Barre lands, in 

 Huntingdon County, comprising 8,000 

 acres, w^ere also reported to have been 

 purchased and now in the state's hands. 

 Negotiations for the purchase of the 



Kulp tract, in Union County, from 

 which the timber has been cut by ex- 

 Congressman Kulp, were announced as 

 concluded, and the state will .soon take 

 possession of the 28,000 acres. 



The state reserves now contain 325,700 

 acres of land, and the Commission ex- 

 pects to acquire 100,000 acres additional 

 during the present year. 



At the tw^enty-fif th annual meeting of 

 the Pennsylvania State Board of Agri- 

 culture, held recentl}' at Harri.sburg, a 

 resolution was adopted which asks the 

 legislature to furnish funds to establish 

 a training school in elementary forestry. 

 The resolution is worded as follows : 



Resolved, That the legislature of Penn- 

 sylvania be requested to furnish funds 

 requisite for the establishment of a train- 

 ing school of elementary forestry at 

 Graeffenburg, Adams County, where, on 

 the state reservation, the pupils may, bj' 

 work done in the state forests, earn what 

 it costs the commonwealth to board, 

 clothe, and educate them, provided said 

 pupils furnish bond to repaj' the state 

 what it costs to educate them if they 

 fail on examination or are discharged 

 for misconduct. 



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Forest Fires. In spite of this being 

 the winter .season, it .seems 

 that the danger from forest fires, in cer- 

 tain sections of the country at least, is 

 considerable. From Gabriella, Fla., 

 comes the news that " forest fires are 

 raging all through this section of coun- 

 tr}' , doing considerable damage. Home 

 & Petteway, the turpentine firm, have 

 lost about 12,000 boxes. The fires will 

 cause heavy loss to the stock-owners, as 

 the gra.ss is all burnt off, and it is so dr\' 



