Forestry and Irrigation 



H. M. SUTER, Editor 



CONTENTS FOR. AUGUST. 1904 



A NEVADA VALLEY TO BE RECLAIMED BY THE FEDERAL 



GOVERNMENT 

 NEWS AND NOTES 



Irrigation Congress 339 



Frontispiece 



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To Test Seeds 

 Forest Fires 



Stream Measurements 344 



Hydrographic Aids . . 



In the Dakotas ^44 



Tree Planting in Illinois 

 Geographic Congress . . . 



San Francisco Reserve 



Hydrology in Western States 

 Hydrographic Work in East 



State Forestry in Massachusetts 

 Constructing Engineer Examination 

 Ontario Guards Against Fire . . 

 Irrigated Farms in Nevada . . 

 Public Land Commission . 

 Classification of Foresters .... 



Promotions of Rangers 341 



Underground Waters of Louisiana . . 341 

 Forester for Ontario 342 



THOMAS H. MEANS (with portrait} . 



USE OF ALKALINE AND SALINE WATERS FOR IRRIGATION 



Thomas H. Means 



AN OBJECT LESSON IN REFORESTATION (Illustrated) Albion W. Tourgee 

 FORESTS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS (Illustrated) 

 THE NEW MONTANA (Illustrated') . 

 WORK OF BUREAU OF FORESTRY 

 FLOODS OF 1903 . 



THE ROSWELL ARTESIAN BASIN (Illustrated) 

 FOREST FIRES IN MAINE . 



THE BILTMORE MEASURING STICK (with diagram) 

 IRRIGATION FOR THE INDIANS . 



EXPERIMENTAL FOREST IN MINNESOTA . . General C. C. Andrews 

 TWELFTH NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS 

 A VALUABLE PHILIPPINE CABINET WOOD 

 RECLAMATION SURVEY IN NEBRASKA (Illustrated) 

 THE WATER ELM 

 THE RECLAMATION OF ARIZONA 

 RECENT PUBLICATIONS 



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Guy E. Mitchell 



T. F. Pevear 



Eber C. Smith 



Jens Jensen 



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