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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



June, 



Forest Neighbors. Life Stories of Wild Animals. 



By William Davenport Hulbert. 



Pp. 240. Illustrated. Cloth, I1.50 net. 



McClure, Phillips & Co., New York. 

 "Forest Neighbors" is a delightful book, 

 made up of sketches of well-known inhabit- 

 ants of the forest. The habits of the beaver, 

 deer, brook trout, loon, porcupine, and lynx 

 have often been described, but it is doubtful if 

 in a more entertaining manner than in this 

 volume The daily life and habits of the above- 

 named creatures are set forth in a clear, truth- 

 ful way. 



The opening sketch, entitled "The Biogra- 

 phy of a Beaver, " is a most intimate descrip- 

 tion of that wonderful little animal, unfortu- 

 nately now so nearlj- extinct. The life of the 

 beaver from its birth to its tragic end in the 

 usual hunter's trap is described in a thorough 

 manner. The following sketches are also ' ' bi- 

 ographies," and Mr. Hulbert shows himself to 

 have been an unusual!}^ keen observer of ani- 

 mal life. As the author states in his preface, 

 the material for these stories was collected at 

 his home, on the shores of a lonely little lake 

 in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. 



This volume gives a most intimate and sym- 

 pathetic view into animal life and nature in 

 general. The beaver and his forest brethren 

 have been most fortunate in their ' ' biogra- 

 pher. " "Forest Neighbors" is a book that 

 deserves a wide sale 



Irrigation Practice Among Fruit Growers on the 

 Pacific Coast, By E. J. Wickson, M. A., 

 University of California. Bulletin No. 

 108, Office of Experiment Stations, U. S. 

 Dept. of Agriculture. Pp. 54, plates x. 

 This is an interesting report on the practice 

 of irrigation by fruit-growers on the Pacific 

 coast. A lot of valuable information is con- 

 tained in this bulletin, showing the methods 

 and extent of irrigation in the fruit-raising 

 regions of the far western states 



Wonderland, 1902. By Olin D. Wheeler. 

 Published by Chas. vS. Fee, General Pas- 

 senger Agent Northern Pacific Railroad. 

 Pp. III. Illustrated. Price, 6 cents in 

 stamps. 



"Wonderland" for 1902 is an unusually 

 handsome publication, descriptive of that part 

 of the Northwest tributary to the Northern 

 Pacific Railway. The leading chapter of this 

 number is a well written and illustrated ac- 

 count of ' ' Mining in Montana ' ' from the early 

 days to the present time. 



There are other interesting chapters on the 

 " Northern Chej'enne Indians, ' " Yellowstone 

 Park , ' ' and the ' ' Puget Sound Country. ' ' 

 The book is splendidl}- illustrated throughout 

 and is one of the best publications of the^kind 

 that has come to our notice. Readers who de- 

 sire to know more about the business oppor- 

 tunities, the natural resources, or scenic won- 

 ders of the great Northwest will find this little 

 A^olunie of interest and value. 



During the month there have appeared in 

 the leading magazines the following articles 

 on forestry and irrigation and kindred topics: 



The New Agriculture. W. S. Harwood. 

 Scribner's, June. 



The Great Southwest. R. S. Baker. Cen- 

 tury, June. 



The New Tide of Northwestern Immigra- 

 tion. Cond6 Hamlin. Review of Reviews, 

 June. 



Arizona. Harriet Monroe. Atlantic Monthly, 

 June. 



Save the Forests and Store the Floods. Geo. 

 H. Maxwell. Su7iset, May. 



A New Era in the Southwest. C. M. Harger. 

 Review 0/ Reviews, June. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Transactions of the Royal Scottish Arbori- 

 cultural Society, vol. xvi, part iii. Pp. 339- 

 530. Illustrated. Edinburgh. 



Transactions of the English Arboricultural 

 Society, vol. v, part i. Compiled b}- John 

 Davidson. Pp. 187. Illustrated. 



Fort3"-fourth Annual Report of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of Missouri, 1901. Pp. 408. 

 Illustrated. 



Annual Report of the Director of Forestry 

 for the Province of Ontario, 1900-1901. To- 

 ronto. 



The Great W'oods and Other Public Reser- 

 vations of Lynn, Being the 13th Annual Re- 

 port of the Park Commissioners of Lynn, 

 Mass. Illustrated. 



In.sect Enemies of the Pine in the Black 

 Hills Forest Reserve, by A. D. Hopkins, Ph. D. 

 Bulletin 32, new series, Div. of Entomology, 

 LT. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Pp. 24, plates vii. 



Forage Conditions on the Northern Border 

 of the Great Basin, by David Griffiths. Bull- 

 etin No. 15, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. 

 Dept. of Agriculture. Pp. 60, plates sx'i. 



Arid Farming or Dry Farming. Bulletin 

 No. 75, Experiment Station of the Agricultural 

 College of Utah. Logan, Utah. Pp. 116. 

 Illustrated. 



Forest Endowment of the Pacific Slope, by 

 J. G. Lemmon. Oakland, Cal. Pp. 15. 



Provisional Methods for the Analysis of 

 Foods. Bulletin No. 65, Bureau of Chemistry, 

 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Pp. 169. 



Mexico as a Market for Pure-bred Beef Cattle 

 from the United States, bj' D. E. Salmon. Bul- 

 letin No. 41, Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S. 

 Dept. of Agriculture. 



Kentucky Bluegrass Seed, by A. J. Pieters 

 and Edgar Brown. Bulletin No. 19, I5ureau of 

 Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 

 Pp. 19, plates vi. 



Review of Legislation, 1901. Bulletin No. 

 72, New York vState Librarv. Edited by Rob- 

 ert H. Whitten, Ph. D. Pp. 248. 



The Agricultural Gazette of New South 

 Wales, vol. xiii, part 3, pp. 279-373. Illus- 

 trated. 



( To be reviewed later.') 



