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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



Ocotber 



growth has started (see illustration). 

 There is a forest reserve rule against 

 camping or building fires within the 

 grove, but owing to the large amount 

 of territory to be covered by the for- 

 est rangers this rule cannot always be 

 enforced, as it would be impossible 

 for them to keep a close watch over 

 the grove. 



"General Washington," the monarch 

 of the grove, has a diameter of 21 

 feet at a point seven feet from the 

 base and has been severely burned by 

 several fires in the remote past. Other 



large specimens in the grove are "Old 

 Defiance," with a diameter of 17 feet, 

 eight feet above the base; "Fresno," 

 with a diameter of 18 feet, eight feet 

 above the base, a clear length of 74 

 feet and a height of 243 feet, (has been 

 injured by fire) ; "The King's Throne," 

 16 feet in diameter at breast height, 

 has clear length of 105 feet and a 

 height of 264 feet. Many of the larg- 

 est trees have placards on their trunks 

 bearing names, such as : "James R. 

 Monroe," "The Lady Laura," "The 

 Lady Bertha," "Ruth Cleveland," etc. 



WORK OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY 



ASSOCIATION 



BY 



THOMAS ELMER WILL 



Secretary of the American Forestry Association. 



IF the American forests are to be 

 A saved, the work must be done by 

 human agencies. Of these, the chief 

 are two in number, the Forest Service 

 and The American Forestry Associa- 

 tion. The first is pubiic, govern- 

 mental ; the second, private and vol- 

 untary. 



That two such forces should exist 

 is well. What is impracticable for 

 government is often entirely within 

 the scope of private initiative ; while 

 tasks before which private efforts fail 

 may be easily attained by an entire 

 people co-operating through the cen- 

 tral organ they, for convenience, 

 designate as their "Government". 



With a new and fitting name, and 

 with field and powers vastly enlarged, 

 the Forest Servicers striding forward 

 in seven-league boots in the perform- 

 ance of a task essential to the Nation's 

 life. Yet "Government" cannot do 

 all. No stream can rise higher than its 

 source ; neither can a government 

 especially a popular government 

 long maintain a policy not favored by 

 the people. For this reason, if the 

 Forest Service is most truly and fully 



to perform its function it must 

 constantly feel that it is standing upon 

 the solid rock of an approving public 

 sentiment. 



The chief agency for developing 

 and educating this sentiment should, 

 naturally, be a voluntary organiza- 

 tion, composed of those in sympathy 

 with the end sought. Such an organi- 

 zation is the American Forestry As- 

 sociation. During its life of twenty- 

 four years it has stood at the fore- 

 front of the Forestry Movement, hold- 

 ing meetings, distributing literature, 

 diffusing intelligence, arousing inter- 

 est and pressing for needed legislation. 



Within recent months a special ef- 

 fort has been made to increase the 

 membership of the Association. Mem- 

 bers include annual or active, sus- 

 taining, and life, and, also, patrons. 

 Active and sustaining members pay. 

 respectively, $2 and $25 per annum. 

 Life members and patrons pay, re- 

 spectively, $100 and $1,000 each, once 

 for all. 



The chief income of the Association 

 is derived from payments by members ; 

 an additional source consists of direct 



