FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



THOMAS ELMER WILL 

 WM. CANFIELD LEE 



Editor 

 Associate Editor 



CONTENTS FOR APRIL, 1908 



CITY PARK AT MANHATTAN, KANSAS AX EXAMPLE OF 



ARL'.OR DAY ACCOMPL1S! 1 M K XT . Front 



EDITORIAL 



Our June Issue and the Conservation 

 Conference 



Matus of the Appalachian Bill 



Who is Blocking the Appalachian Bill 



Pessimism vs. "Optimism" 



Demand Immediate Resurrection of 

 the Bill 



Political Platforms on Forestry, etc... 



The Conference of Governors 



First the Inland Waterways 



All Sections and Interests 



.Meeting to Be Famous in History.... 



For a Practical Working Basis 



Some Vicious Hills 



Designations of the Bills 



Perpetual Privileges 



Flooding 



Competing with Government 



The Secretary "Shall" 



Petty Payments 



The Danger 



A Concession 



Another Message from the President. . 



NEWS AND NOTES 



Profits from Irrigated Land ' 188 



Improvements in Methods of Irrigation 

 Drainage of Irrigated Lands 



,- 7 Irrigation of Australia 



aimed from Land Thief 



I7 S Turks of the Ohio Valley 



!-<j Silent Obstruction 190 



The Political Advantage 190 



jgo Unanimity of Engineers' Opinion 191 



180 Directors of Investing Corporations.. 191 



i go State Attention Needed 191 



t8i Will Not Break Up Farms 191 



181 Los Angeles Resolutions 191 



!8a Help from Hawaii 191 



182 ^ s Farmers' Institutes 19.' 



1 S2 Colorado Short Course in Forestry... 192 



583 University Lectures 19; 



183 Forestry at Winona Lake 19 j 



183 Davis Industrial School Bill 



184 Mrs. Voris Succeeds Mr. Bleecker... 193 

 jg^ Game Privileges Pay the Taxes 193 



184 A State Association's Organ 193 



185 Interesting the Lumbermen 193 



!g 5 Down with All the Trees 194 



j85 Forestry Association in Missouri 194 



New York Purchases Mount Aiarcy... 194 



Illinois State Tree and Flower 194 



Pay Railroad for Good Work 194 



187 Lecture on Appalachians 



187 To Insure a Navigable Ohio 194 



187 Kentucky Headed Right 195 



[88 Deforestation and Floods in Michigan 195 



188 - of Excelsior 195 



THE NAMES OF MAHOGANY. By Dr. John Gifford. (IUustrtit.,1, 196 



TREASURER'S REPORT, AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION [98 

 ARBOR DAY THE AMERICAN SPRING FESTIVAL. 



By \Ym. C. Lee. < lUustrati <l i 201 

 SHALL UNCLE SAM DRAIN THE SWAMPS' (Illustrated} . 

 TREE PLANTING IX SCHOOL YARDS. By Louise Kl.-in Miller 



(Illustnitt ,/ 1 . . . . . . . . . _>i i 



CALIFORNIA IRRIGATION NEEDS FORESTS. By Lewis F. 



\ubtiry I III"*! niti t7) _ u 



CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION MEETING 



THE MOUNTAINS. (Poem). By Haven Charles Hurst 216 



PROTECTION FOR AMERICAN fXDUSTRY By Hon. A. F. Lever 217 



THE KNELL OF THE FORESTS. (/'<<>. By G Klm-K- 



THE WHOLESALE LUMBER DEALERS' CONVENTION 



Reported by Mr>. Lydia Adams- Williams . --i 



U. S. FOKF.ST SERVICE 224 



THE GOVERNMENT'S HANDY MAX. (Poem). 26 

 u s. RECLAMATK >N SERVICE 

 ONIONS AS IRKIGAT< >KS 



WITH MKMI'.KRS AND CORRESPONDENTS > 

 RECEXT PUBLIC \TI INS 



Forest Planting on the Prairies. 



A Few Acres of Trees 



Census of Water Transportation. 



Large Usefulness of Canals 



than 500 Miles Square.... 



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