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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



October, 



have received a bachelor's degree from 

 the University of Michigan or from 

 other colleges or universities, and cover 

 two years' work. 



At the Michigan Agricultural College 

 the forest work will be under the direc- 

 tion of Mr. C. C. Bogue, who was re- 

 cently appointed professor of forestry. 



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Utah Irrig-a- The Utah Irrigation 

 tion Congress. Congress held a meet- 

 ing at Salt Lake Citj' on 

 October 2 and 3. The matter of most 

 importance taken up by the congress was 

 the consideration of irrigation projects 

 in Utah in which the aid of the federal 

 government might be secured. It was 

 decided to recommend the Utah Lake 

 project as being the one which would 

 result in the greatest good to the people 

 of the state. 



Mr. F. H. Newell was present and 

 addressed the congress on the irriga- 

 tion work being done by the federal 

 government under the recently passed 

 reclamation act. 



Banquet in To show their apprecia- 



Honor of tion of Mr. George H. 



Mr. Maxwell. Maxwell's efforts in be- 

 half of national irriga- 

 tion, the California section of the Na- 

 tional Irrigation Association recently 

 tendered him a complimentary banquet 

 at Los Angeles. 



Eighty-five men were present at the 

 banquet, among them being two United 

 States Senators, several Members of the 

 House of Representatives, and leading 

 citizens of California. Addresses were 

 made by Senator Bard and Representa- 

 tive McLachlan, of California, and Sen- 

 ator Quarles, of WivSConsin. 



Administration The Department of the 

 of the Forest Interior has just issued 

 Reserves. a new circular outlin- 



ing the organization, 

 direction, and control of the patrol serv- 

 ice in the forest reserves. The weak 

 points of the former loose system of 

 patrol, and its evil effects on rangers and 

 people alike are fully set forth. Under 

 the new plan the ranger of Class I is 



termed assistajit supervisor, the ranger 

 of Class II retains the term ra?igcr, 

 while the temporary men of Class III 

 are called guards. Each grade carries 

 with it a particular rate of salary, and 

 also well-defined authority and respon- 

 sibility. 



Each reserve is now divided into a 

 number of districts, and each district 

 is placed under a ranger of Class II 

 (^ranger), with a variable number of 

 guards, the ranger being held respon- 

 sible for conditions in his district and 

 the proper performance of duties by his 

 guards. Similarly the assistant super- 

 visor (ranger of Class I) is the super- 

 visor's general field man, who looks 

 after all important work in the field a 

 thing which the supervisors of the larger 

 and more inaccesible reserves are not 

 able to do alone. 



Collecting- and The Bureau of Forestry 

 Planting For- has men in the field col- 

 est-Trec Seed, lecting forest-tree seed 

 in view of extensive 

 planting to be done in several localities 

 this winter and next spring. The For- 

 est and Water Association of Los An- 

 geles County, California, has collected 

 over one hundred pounds of the Pinus 

 attenuata seed, and Mr.T. P. Lukens, an 

 agent of the Bureau of Forestry, has col- 

 lected a large quantity of Sugar Pine 

 and Incense Cedar seed, all of which 

 will be planted during the coming winter 

 on the denuded portions of the San Ga- 

 briel and San Bernardino Mountains. 



A deep interest exists throughout 

 southern California in this forest plant- 

 ing. Arrangements will probably be 

 completed soon for cooperation between 

 the Bureau of Forestry and the boards 

 of trade of Santa Barbara and San Luis 

 Obispo for planting on the mountains 

 near those cities. Much interest has 

 been awakened near the town of Visalia 

 in the same work. 



A quantity of pine and cedar seed 

 will be furnished to Mr. F. S. Breen, 

 forest supervisor, for experimental plant- 

 ing in the open parks of the San Fran- 

 cisco Forest Reserve, Arizona. 



A large amount of Pinus ponderosa 

 seed is being collected in the Black Hills 



