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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



September 



The United States Sugar and Land 

 company owns 31,000 acres of land 

 on both sides of the Arkansas River, 

 in addition to 150 miles of main ditches 

 and minor laterals. It will have spent 

 upwards of $2,000,000 when the reser- 

 voir is completed. All improvements 

 have been made since the organization 

 of the company in August of last year. 



Haw iian Mn CharleS S " J udd f 



Forest Work Honolulu, a student of 

 the class of 1907 in the 

 Yale Forest School has received an ap- 

 pointment as special forest agent in 

 the Division of Forestry for a tem- 

 porary period during the summer. 



Mr. Judd was given charge of an 

 investigation of the planted forest on 

 the lands of the Lihue Plantation 

 Company and of Grove Farm at 

 Lihue, Kauai. Careful measurements 

 were to be made of the trees on sample 

 areas in stands of varying age to se- 

 cure data as to the growth in size and 

 height of the trees growing thereon. 

 The figures obtained will serve as the 

 basis for a report on forest planting 

 in the Territory, which it is expected 

 will be issued during the coming year 

 as a bulletin of the Division of For- 

 estry. The data obtained at Lihue 

 will permit the preparation of yield 

 and volume tables showing what own- 

 ers of land generally similar in situa- 

 tion, soil and aspect to that at Lihue 

 may expect from forest plantations. 



The employment of Mr. Judd to 

 take charge of this investigation is in 



line with the usage of the United 

 States Forest Service in taking on for- 

 est school students to assist in certain 

 of its field work. 



Black 



Walnut 



Interesting facts about 

 the black walnut are 

 found in the last issue 

 of Southwest. Black walnut is pro- 

 duced in this country at an annual rate 

 of about 33,000,000 feet. The larger 

 portion of it now comes from south- 

 western Missouri, Arkansas, Okla- 

 homa, and Indian Territory, although 

 there is some scattering growth still 

 picked up in Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee 

 and West Virginia. The most con- 

 siderable stand of the wood remaining 

 east of the Mississippi River is on the 

 upper waters of the Guyandotte River, 

 in West Virginia, where C. C. Crane 

 & Comnay of Cincinnati own about 

 20,000 trees. The home demand for 

 black walnut lumber is only for com- 

 paratively small quantities. Its use 

 is largely confined to gun stocks, 

 novelties, electrical work, etc. The 

 chief demand for walnut comes from 

 Germany, and Hamburg is the com- 

 mercial center of the market. The 

 larger portion of the choice logs are 

 faced on four sides and shipped to this 

 market in that form. Specific prices 

 cannot be supplied, because black wal- 

 nut varies much in quality. The gen- 

 eral range is from $125 to $150 for 

 firsts and seconds, and about $75 for 

 rejects, and $30 to $50 for shipping 

 culls. 



