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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



December 



When placed to the credit of the re- now under construction should be 



clamation fund it will be used to pro- completed and justify themselves to 



vide the greatest number of favorable the great jury of the American people 



opportunities for home-makers, sub- before they are asked to give further 



ject to the restrictions of the reclama- 

 tion law. 



(b) Each project undertaken must 

 justify itself as an engineering and 

 business proposition, and come within 

 the requirements of the reclamation 

 law. 



(c) The funds available and to be- 

 come available in the next few years 

 will be too limited to provide for more 



aid to the reclamation of the arid and 

 semi-arid lands of the West. 



(d) The lands in private ownership 

 which may be reclaimed must be sub- 

 divided and put into the hands of 

 home-makers who will cultivate the 

 soil in small tracts of 160 acres or less. 

 Large land holdings must be subdi- 

 vided or an agreement entered into to 

 subdivide the tracts when water is 



than a portion of the projects that will available, in accordance with the terms 

 ultimately be developed. The projects of the Reclamation Act. 



THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WHITE 

 MOUNTAINS AND OTHER FOREST 

 RESERVES FROM THE TEACHER'S 

 STANDPOINT 



BY 



F. WILLIAM RANE 



Professor of Horticulture and Forestry at the New Hampshire College. 



\Y/E shall take pride in our nation 

 ^ as a people in the future in pro- 

 portion to our well-done deeds and ac- 

 complishments of the present day. We 

 shall never have it to regret if at the 

 coming Congress a law is enacted to 

 set aside the proposed White Moun- 

 tain Forest Reserve. 



We of the old Granite State have al- 

 ready shown our interest to be unself- 

 ish by voting money for the prelimi- 

 nary survey, thereby placing the matter 

 before the country as a business privi- 

 lege. 



This proposed White Mountain Re- 

 serve is beautiful almost beyond de- 

 scription. This scenic bit of country 

 belongs to the nation, although it is 

 located within the bounds of New 

 Hampshire, as truly as though we had 

 it enclosed in a beautiful glass case and 

 on exhibition in one of the government 

 buildings at Washington. Not only is 



this rare tract of our nation's pride 

 beautiful, but our forest experts clear- 

 ly demonstrate that by proper handling 

 this territory cannot only always be 

 kept thus, but be made self-sustaining 

 and ultimately yield an actual income 

 to the government. The whole ques- 

 tion resolves itself down to whether it 

 is more economical for us to acquire 

 the property now, when it can be re- 

 tained in its more or less normal con- 

 dition, or wait until these conditions 

 are far less desirable. The old adage 

 that "a stitch in time saves nine" has 

 its application in national affairs as 

 well as in other and lesser walks of 

 life. Were New Hampshire, which 

 happens to be a small state, entertaining 

 the nation at her own expense, she 

 would likely find it burdensome, and 

 be compelled to charge an admittance 

 to meet expenses. Not having any re- 

 strictions, however, every other state 







