1905 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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amounts of water ; but when they are 

 planted about reservoirs and along ca- 

 nals, laterals and head ditches, they 

 may draw largely upon water that 

 would otherwise be lost through per- 

 colation or seepage ; moreover, the 

 land which such wind-breaks would 

 occupy is often, in part at least, neces- 



sarily waste land unless used in this 

 manner. But if it shall be found prac- 

 ticable to make the wind-breaks by 

 using fruit or nut-bearing trees so that 

 an annual income will be realized from 

 them, even though it must be small, the 

 promise of a good investment along 

 this line becomes much better. 



THE NEW IRRIGATION 



(An Apostrophe to El Dorado) 



Oh ! golden land of Ophir ! 



Oh, pleasure ground of gain ! 

 Where earth's remotest loafer 



Seeks Paradise in vain ! 

 Where coin is current tender, 



And greenbacks are a drug, 

 And money pays the lender 



A profit mighty snug! 



Whose roseate buds of Sharon 



Develop into bloom 

 Amid vast deserts barren 



And prehistoric gloom, 

 While shares of gold and silver. 



Like waves upon the sea, 

 Take up-and-downward motion 



To be or not to be. 



I fain would sing thy praises 



In all-praiseworthy song ; 

 But better homely phrases 



Than flavored words of wrong. 

 For nowhere in the nation 



This pleasure ground of gain, 

 Effects of irrigation 



So long and fast remain. 



Just ask the jolly rounder 



Who wets his whistle down : 

 Go ask the truth expounder 



Or men of great renown. 

 Oh ! wondrous land of Ophir ! 



And yet so scarce of rain ! 

 The tramp will have to go far 



To find thy like again. 



S HALLOCK. 



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