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These prizes will all be awarded at Forestry at The work of the De- 

 the next session of the Association, in Michigan partment of Forestry at 

 December. Instead of single prizes of Agricultural Michigan Agricultural 

 $25 each in the first three cases, first College. College, which began 

 and second prizes may be given of $15 with the current college 

 and $10 respectively. The prizes may year, has progressed favorably. A four- 

 be paid in cash or in trees ready for year course has been adopted by the fac- 

 planting. ulty, and two seniors and three juniors 



Papers must be submitted to the sec- are taking the special work in forestry 



retary of the Association prior to No- this year, while 31 agricultural students 



vember 30, 1903. took the elementary work during the 



For further particulars address Thos. winter term. 



H. Macbride, President Iowa Park and The equipment of the Department of 



Forestry Association, Iowa City, Iowa ; Forestry is already of such a nature that 



L,. H. Pammel, Secretary, Ames, Iowa. students have decidedly good advantages 



. for making a general study of the 



science of forestry. Special office and 



Reclamation The engineers of the class-rooms have been provided. For 

 Service in United States Geolog- demonstration purposes the Michigan 

 North Dakota, ical Survey are rapidly Agricultural College is fortunate in hav- 

 taking the field in order ing 3,000 acres of virgin forest in Oscoda 

 to continue field work in the various county and nearly 200 acres of wood- 

 irrigation projects authorized by the lots on the college farm. Three acres 

 irrigation law of June 17, 1902. near the campus have been assigned for 



North Dakota is one of the states in- use as a forest nursery. The college 



eluded within the provisions of the law, campus contains over 600 native and in- 



and as it has at present a considerable troduced species of trees and shrubs, 



fund at its disposal for the construction exclusive of an arboretum containing 



of works, plans have been made to take 1,200 trees, mainly of native species, 



up active field work in the immediate It is planned to convert, as fast as 



future. A number of engineers began practicable, one tract of 55.5 acres into 



work in the state on the first of April, an arboretum, 



.studying the general topography and ^ 

 investigating any irrigation projects 



that may come to their attention. If Notes on Mr. Arthur P. Davis, 



the preliminary examination warrants Reclamation principal engineer of 



taking action, field parties will be or- Service. the Government Recla- 



ganized and active survey work prose- mation Service, is mak- 



cuted in order to obtain data for esti- ing a trip through the Pecos Valley, 



mates of cost. If these estimates show N. Mex. , in order to look up possible 



that any particular project is feasible irrigation projects for the consideration 



that is, that the water supply is ade- of the national government. He will 



quate that there is a sufficient area of also visit Arizona. 



land available for irrigation, and that Mr. Morris Bien, of the Geological 



the cost of bringing water to it is rea- Survey, is now on a trip through the 



sonable, recommendations for construe- West, in order to consider the matter 



tion will be submitted to the Secretary of land titles in connection with the ir- 



of the Interior for his approval. rigation projects recently sanctioned by 



The present investigations will be the Secretary of the Interior. Mr. Bien 

 largely confined to the western part of will visit Salt Lake City, Reno, Nev.. 

 the state and will consist of examina- San Francisco,. Portland, and several 

 tions for the diversion of the main Mis- points in Montana, 

 souri River, although they will also in- Mr. Charles H. Fitch, one of the lead- 

 elude examinations of its tributaries in ing engineers of the Reclamation Serv- 

 the northern and southern parts of the ice, has returned from Arizona, where 

 .-state. h e spent six weeks in inspecting the 



