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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



February 



of which or 7 inches was made this 

 summer past. For the next twenty 

 years they will average about 18 inches 

 a year. 



PARK FEATURES. 



The Hartford tract contains noth- 

 ing grand in the way of scenery. But 

 a turn in the road sometimes brings 

 one upon a scene of exquisite beauty. 

 One of the accompanying illustrations 

 is reproduced from a photograph of 

 one of the reservoirs. On the after- 

 noon of an Indian summer's day in 

 late October, the quiet surface of this 

 tiny lake reflects in charming manner 

 the gorgeous autumnal foliage of the 



Maltby Park, the principal water- 

 shed of the New Haven Water Com- 

 pany, has been leased to the Yale 

 Forest School for a term of years. It 

 is used as a demonstration forest for 

 the forestry students. Under the di- 

 rection of their instructors they have 

 mapped the different kinds of growth, 

 estimated the standing wood, and pre- 

 scribed treatment for the areas that 

 needed treatment. They have not only 

 drawn up the working plan ; but they 

 have marked the trees which should be 

 removed, and they have planted a con- 

 siderable area of the open lands. It 



Seedlings of Sugar Maple, White Ash, and White Pine in the Nursery on the 



Hartford Watershed. 



hardwoods and the deep green of the 

 hemlocks on the wooded slope above it. 

 The people of Hartford are finding 

 out the attractions of the place ; and 

 on fair days in spring and fall they 

 come out to drive along the quiet 

 woodland roads, or to ramble over the 

 hills. 



NEW HAVEN, ANSONIA, AND MIDDI.E- 

 TOWN. 



The writer has dwelt at some length 

 on the Hartford project, because it is 

 typical. The conditions and problems 

 are very much the same in New Hav- 

 en, Ansonia, and Middletown. 



is the policy of the Forest School to 

 make the instruction as practical as 

 possible ; and during term-time the 

 students may often be seen at work 

 with axe or mattock. It is a hopeful 

 sign of the times one that augurs 

 well for the future of our wasted for- 

 ests when these bachelors that are, 

 masters that would be, are willing to 

 do manual labor in fair weather arfd 

 foul in order to train themselves for 

 the battle that is now waged for forest 

 perpetuation in this country. 



The working plan for the Ansonia 

 watershed was also prepared by the 

 Yale forestry students. 



