1906 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



489 



association is evidently greatly inter- 

 ested in the work of the Forest Ser- 

 vice in collecting statistics relative to 

 the lumber industry, and particularly 

 regarding the cooperage trade. The 

 committee is appoitned with the spe- 

 cific idea of cooperating in every way 

 possible with the Forest Service in its 

 effort to compute statistics on the sup- 

 ply and demand of forest products 

 particularly as regards the cooperage 

 industry. Mr. W. R. Anderson read 

 a paper on the collection of cooperage 

 statistics by Mr. Hale, of the Statistics 

 Committee, in which the lack of in- 

 terest and cooperation of the trade in 

 the work of the Forest Service was 

 deplored. Mr. Hale's paper explained 

 in detail the importance of accurate 

 figures on the production of manu- 

 facturers and asked for hearty coop- 

 eration by manufacturers. 



The Colorado State For- 

 Forest Policy est ry Association will 



present to the Sixteenth 

 General Assembly of the State a mem- 

 orial praying for the enactment of a 

 general measure looking to the adop- 

 tion of a definite forest policv for Col- 

 orado. The memorial cites the vital 

 importance of forest conservation in 

 the State, and advocates the appoint- 

 ment of a State forester. Provision 

 is requested for the institution of a 

 district department of forestry at the 

 State Agricultural College, and the es- 

 tablishment of a state forest nursery, 

 from which farmers and landowners 

 of the State may secure, free of charge, 

 trees for forest planting. The peti- 

 tion also prays for the establishment 

 of an experimental plantation, where 

 tests may be made of trees to deter- 

 mine their economic value and cli- 

 matic adaptibility, for the permanent 

 educational benefit of tree planters. 

 The petitioners also pray * * * 

 "that it be made a law that no lands 

 nor plantations within the State con- 

 taining trees planted by farmers or 

 landowners, for use or profit, shall be 

 assessed for taxation at a higher value 

 by reason of the trees thereon than 

 other lands adjacent thereto which are 



used for purely agricultural purposes." 

 Protest is made against the practice 

 of cutting Christmas trees, and re- 

 commendation made that such be 

 made an offense. 



It is to be hoped that the Legisla- 

 ture of Colorado will act upon the pe- 

 tition and enact a general measure 

 such as is desired. 



On behalf of the State 



Vermont -,-v ^ . - r 



Forests rorestry Commission of 



Vermont, Ernest Hitch- 

 cock, commissioner, has submitted to 

 the governor a report showing that 

 4,000,000 acres of land in the State 

 are of a character suitable only for 

 timber growth. At present this acre- 

 age is nonproductive, but Mr. Hitch- 

 cock claims that if handled properly 

 a revenue of $1 to $2 an acre could 

 be realized annually. Cooperation 

 with the Forest Service is recom- 

 mended. 



nc T On November 1 t,, Misses 



Of Interest ^ ^ _, . ' . . > 



to Women E. G. Cummmgs, of 16 

 Kennard Road, Brook- 

 line, Mass., and Harriet E. Freeman, 

 of 37 Union Park, Boston, Mass., 

 called at the offices of the Forest Ser- 

 vice and the American Forestry As- 

 sociation, in the interest of the White 

 Mountain and Southern Appalachian 

 bill. It is hoped, among other things, 

 they may be able to enlist the women's 

 clubs in this important measure. 



An important confer- 

 Important r L . , t , 



Conterence ence * members of the 

 Reclamation Service will 

 be held in Oklahoma City, Okla., De- 

 cember ^th, 6th, and 7th. Chief En- 

 gineer F. H. Newell, Assistant Chief 

 Engineer A. P. Davis, and C. J. 

 Blanchard, statistician, will probably 

 be present from Washington, and will 

 meet a number of supervising and pro- 

 ject engineers from the Southwest. 



As the conference occurs during the 

 first anmial session of the National 

 Drainage Congress, the subject of na- 

 tional drainage will undoubtedly re- 

 ceive careful attention. Tn the four 

 years which have elapsed since it was 



