Forestry ^ Irrigation 



H. M. SUTER, Editor and Publisher 



CONTENTS FOR JULY. 1903 



FALLS ON THE UPPER CATAWBA RIVER 



NEWS AND NOTES 



Summer Meeting of American 



Forestry A ssociation . . . 319 

 College of Forestry to be Discon- 

 tinued 319 



Western Irrigation Interests in the 



East 320 



Irrigation Works to be Built . . 320 



Forestry at Harvard 320 



To Irrigate Ancient Babylon and 



Chaldea .... . . 320 



For an Appalachian Forest Reserve 321 



Water Users to Buy Plant ... 321 



The Passing of the Three Sisters 322 



Irrigation Wells in Australia . . 322 



White Pine in New England . 322 

 Personnel Changes in Bureau of 



Forestry 323 



Public Funds for Irrigation . . 324 



New Forest Reserves .... 324 

 Steps Taken to Secure Reservoir . 324 



To Conserve the Water Supply . 324 



Frontispiece 



Studies of Commercial Trees . 



Tree Planting 



To Map Alaskan Forests . . . 

 Addition to Pennsylvania Forest 



Reserves 



Forestry and Irrigation in YearBook 

 Maine Forest Fire Law Defective 

 Forest Building at St. Louis . . 

 Louisiana Forestry at St. Louis 



Dams Give Way 



To Solve Water Problems 

 Remove Dead Wood .... 

 Harvested His Own Planting 

 Government Investigations 

 Racing for Redwoods .... 

 Largest Dam in the World 

 Uses for Wood Waste . . 

 Artesian Basins inldahoand Oregon 

 Other Woods Wanted .... 

 New Wells for Irrigation . . . 

 To Prolong Life of Wood . . . 



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CAPTAIN GEORGE P. AHERN (with portrait) 



THE PROPOSED SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN FOREST RESERVE 



Hon. James Wilson 



CULTIVATION OF RICE IN UNITED STATES (Illustrated) Leslie Harrison 

 THE EVOLUTION OF THE AXE (Illustrated) . . Dr. John Gifford 



PRACTICAL IRRIGATION IN HUMID AREAS (Illustrated) Bristow Adams 

 ECONOMIC VALUE OF FORESTS . . Prof. Ernest Bruncken 



FLOODS AND IRRIGATION .... Guy Elliott Mitchell 



PROBLEMS OF THE YAZOO DELTA (Illustrated) 

 JUNE FOREST FIRES .... 



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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION is the official organ of the American Forestry Association and The 

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