1905 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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vised at an early date and such changes 

 made in administrative authority and 

 methods as will facilitate the prompt 

 transaction of business upon the forest 

 reserves. Until such revision is made, 

 the present rules and regulations will 

 remain in force, except those relating 

 to the receipt and transmittal of mon- 

 eys, in which case special fiscal agents 

 of the Department of Agriculture will 

 perform the duties rendered by the 

 receiver of the local land offices in 

 accordance with existing laws and 

 regulations. 



The vital importance of forest re- 

 serves to the great industries of the 

 western states will be largely increased 

 in the near future by the continued 

 steady advance in settlement and de- 

 velopment. The permanence of the 

 resources of the reserves is therefore 

 indispensable to the continued pros- 

 perity of the country, and the policy 

 of the Department of Agriculture for 

 their protection and use will be guided 

 by this fact, always bearing in mind 

 that the conservative use of these re- 

 sources m no way conflicts with their 

 permanent value. 



All of the resources of the reserves, 

 including the water, timber, and forage 

 needed for the present and continued 

 prosperity of the agricultural, mining, 

 lumbering, and livestock interests, will 



be used in a businesslike way and with 

 as little restriction as will insure a per- 

 manent supply of these resources. 



The policy of the department in the 

 regulation of grazing will be as liberal 

 as compatible with the objects of the 

 reserves. Every effort will be made 

 to assist the stockmen to a satisfactory 

 distribution of stock on the ranges, for 

 the purpose of securing greater har- 

 mony, reducing the waste of forage, 

 and securing a more judicious and 

 profitable utilization of the range. 



In the local management of each re- 

 serve all questions will be decided with 

 a view to meeting the needs and de- 

 mands of the people of that particular 

 locality. The dominant industry of 

 each district, whether it be agricultu- 

 ral, mining, lumbering, or grazing, 

 will be fully recognized, and granted 

 such privileges as will be consistent 

 with the proper care of the reserves, 

 and cause as little injury as possible to 

 minor industries. The interests of the 

 permanent settler will always be care- 

 fully guarded and every precaution 

 taken to protect him against interests 

 of a more temporary nature, since 

 upon the successful establishment of 

 homes depends the best and most per- 

 manent use of all of the resources of 

 the forest reserves. 



INFLUENCE OF TREE PLANTING UPON 

 THE DUTY OF WATER IN IRRIGATION 



BY 



F. H. KING 



Professor, University of Wisconsin 



I N the effort to discover and establish 

 A underlying principles of agricul- 

 tural science and to direct agricultu- 

 ral practice along lines which shall be 

 in harmony with them, thus leading 

 more directly and certainly to higher 

 economic returns, we stand greatly in 

 need of an increasing body of accu- 



rately determined fundamental facts; 

 and it is very much to be hoped that 

 it will be more and more recognized 

 that the development of these fields 

 falls properly within the purpose of 

 Government aid and work. An ade- 

 quate discussion of the broad prob- 

 lem of how to secure the maximum 



