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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



August, 



VIEW SHOWING TENANTS DWEI^LINGS. 



or two and several Americans. This 

 afforded him an opportunity of judging 

 each nationaHty in the matter of thrift 

 and industry, and, while not particu- 

 larly pleased from a sentimental stand- 

 point, he reached the conclusion that 

 the tenants most desirable were those 

 from Belgium and Italy, and at the be- 



ginning of 1902 his entire tenantry w^as 

 made up of thrifty representatives from 

 the two countries mentioned. He found 

 that, while the American did not lack 

 the ability, he usually wanted some one 

 else to do the work while he sat on his 

 front gallery and smoked a pipe. The 

 Mexican was found to be naturally too 



OXE OF THE RESERVOIRS. 



