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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



February 



added strength to the organization, 

 but create much new interest in Cana- 

 adian forestry. 



Forest Reserves 

 for New Jersey. 



In his inaugural ad- 

 dress, delivered on 

 January i/th, the 

 Governor of New Jersey expresses his 

 strong advocacy in the plan to estab- 

 lish State forest reservations in New 

 Jersey, on the waste lands of that 

 State. Governor Stokes says : "Every 

 year the Government is spending thou- 

 sands upon thousands of dollars in 



cessity for the river and harbor ap- 

 propriations." 



\Ye are glad to note the apprecia- 

 tion of forestry by the chief executive 

 of Xew Jersey. His plan for the re- 

 generation of Xew Jersey is founded 

 on sound, common-sense principles, 

 and the revenue which the State 

 should derive from forest products 

 a point which Governor Stokes illus- 

 trates with statistics showing the in- 

 come of the State forests abroad is 

 a convincing argument. There are 

 thousands of acres of land in Xew 



The Celebrated Military Road which Crosses the Island of Porto Rico. 



deepening the channels of our streams 

 that are again promptly filled with soil 

 carried by the rainfall from the tree- 

 less plains along the river banks. The 

 same money expended in developing 

 the forests along the streams and 

 around the sources of their supply, 

 \\ould check the rush of water, save 

 the soil that is now carried and de- 

 posited in the river channels, and re- 

 duce to a considerable extent the ne- 



Jersey, part of it mere brush land, 

 part of it abandoned and waste, all of 

 it unsightly, and all capable of grow- 

 ing trees, that would beautify the 

 landscape, afford attractive driveways, 

 furnish places of recreation for the 

 well and health resorts for the sick, 

 and be a source of income to the com- 

 monwealth. Much of this land can be 

 purchased for $i an acre, and in some 

 cases can be obtained for taxes. 



