1902. 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



311 



Mr. T. C. Nye, of lyaredo, raised this 

 season on seven acres of irrigated land 

 241,425 pounds of onions, which he sold 

 to one firm in Kansas City at two cents 

 per pound. Compare these statements, 

 which are facts, with the net earnings 

 of farms anywhere in the United States 

 cultiv^ated without irrigation, and then 

 join me in wondering why more fields 

 are not irrigated, both in this and other 

 portions of the country. 

 Yours very truly, 



F. F. Collins. 



Dendro- The articles on ' ' Progress 



Chemistry, in Dendro - Chemistry," 

 by Mr. Wm. H. Krug, 

 which have been appearing in For- 

 estry AND Irrigation, are to be con- 

 tinued from month to month. They 

 will include a review of the most im- 

 portant articles on dendro-chemical sub- 

 jects appearing in the leading chemical 

 journals. 



Mr. Krug, who is in charge of the re- 

 cently established dendro-chemical lab- 

 oratory, will gladly furnish further in- 

 formation on all subjects in connection 

 with his work to readers who desire it. 

 He may be addressed in care of the 

 Bureau of Forestry. 



Forest Planting; The Metropolitan 

 and Reservoirs. Water Board of Mas- 

 sachusetts began for- 

 est planting this year, according to 

 plans prepared by the Bureau of For- 

 estry, on the watershed of their large 

 reservoir situated near Clinton. This 

 reservoir when completed will furnish 

 the water supply for Boston and a num- 

 ber of other nearby cities and towns. 

 The planting has been completed on 

 175 acres, and a large quantity of nur- 

 sery stock is now on hand for the con- 

 tinuation of planting in the fall and next 

 spring. 



K planting plan is in course of prep- 

 aration for the water department of the 

 city of Woonsocket, R. I., for the pro- 

 tection of certain portions of the water- 

 shed of their large storage reservoir 

 located six miles south of Woonsocket. 

 Planting along the lines laid down in 



this plan will begin the last of Septem- 

 ber, under the personal direction of an 

 agent from the Bureau of Forestry. 



The State of North Dakota has made 

 application through Governor Frank 

 White for planting plans for woodlots 

 on the groundi of a number of state in- 

 stitutions, and these plans will be pre- 

 pared during August and September of 

 this season. An examination of the 

 grounds of the following institutions has 

 been requested: The state capitol at 

 Bismarck, the School for the Deaf at 

 Devil's Eake, the University of North 

 Dakota at Grand Forks, the Normal 

 School at Maysville, the Normal School 

 at Valley City, and the Manual Train- 

 ing School at Ellendale. 



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Meeting" of the The summer meeting 

 Tennessee Forest of the Tennessee For- 

 Association. est Association was 



held at Monteagle, 

 Tenn., on July 21. The opening ad- 

 dress was made by Col. J. B. Killebrew, 

 President of the Association. The pro- 

 gram included the following papers : 



" Forests as an Inspiration to Cult- 

 ure," Miss S. Gentry ; " Our Inherited 

 Disparagement of Forestry," Dr. F. W. 

 Moore; "Relations Between Geolog}^ 

 and Forests," Prof. P. H. Manning ; 

 ' ' Need of Organization and Legislation 

 on Forestry in the vSouth," Dr. B. J. 

 Ramage ; ' ' The Preservation of the Ap- 

 palachian Forests in a National Park," 

 Dr. R. H. Battle. 



At the evening session Dr. C. A. 

 Schenck delivered an illustrated lecture 

 on the ' ' Management and Utilization 

 of German P'orests." 



The Executive Council announced 

 that the annual meeting of the Associa- 

 tion will be held at Knoxville in No- 

 vember. 



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Forest Reserve A matter of decided im- 

 at Head of the portance in the future 

 Mississippi. welfare of the forests of 



Minnesota is a provision 

 contained in the recent act passed by 

 Congress, which amends the bill for the 

 relief of the Chippewa Indians. This 

 act, which provides a new wa}^ for the 

 disposal of the timber and agricultural 



