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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATK >N 



April 



unless given unusual care. The State 

 Superintendent urges that Arbor Day 

 should be changed to the fall, as trees 

 planted then are more apt to survive. 



In addition to the tree planting there 

 is a notable effect in many States in 

 the embellishment of school grounds 

 in other ways, as by planting shrub- 

 bery, cleaning up the yards, fixing 

 fences, and the like. In .Nebraska the 

 boys have fenced the school yards. In 

 ^>me places the law require- the -chool 

 board to fence the yard. In other 

 places the school work has been the 

 means by which the idea of tree plant- 

 in^ and land-scape gardening was in- 

 troduced to the general public, and so 

 not only the schools, but the village- 

 and the country surrounding have been 

 beautified. 



In Hath, Pennsylvania, for many 

 years it has been the custom to plant a 

 tree each year and name it in h<>n<>r 

 of some eminent man or woman. I.. 

 year "the Carnegie oak" was planud. 



Many State-, one-third or more, 

 have Arbor Day manuals i-siicd by the 

 State Superintendent, the State For- 

 ester, or the Federation of \Vi>nun'- 

 Clubs. Iu Ohio monthly bulletin- < n 

 fore-try and arboriculture are -ent out 

 by the extension department of the 

 State I niver-ity. In other State- ele- 

 mentary agriculture is taught to the 

 children, by legal requirement : and 

 this -hoiild. and often doe-, include 

 the primary elements of forestry. In 

 West Virginia the day was not much 

 observed for several years, but in 1^07 

 the State Superintendent of School - 

 issued a good-sized manual and suc- 

 ceeded in obtaining general recogni- 

 tion of the day. 



An Arbor Day manual, which espe- 

 cially carried out the intent of the 

 author- of Arbor Day. was issued in 

 1902 by Arthur Le F'evre, then State 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, 

 in Texas. This took account of the 

 forest resources of Texas, and of the 

 organizations for forest work in the 

 States, in the Nation, and in foreign 

 nations; and discussed the practical 

 value of woodlots and of forests as a 

 protection to many industries. 



In Hawaii Arbor Day was first ob- 

 served on November 3. 1005. when the 

 ''.overnor generously contributed half 



of a fund for a prize of $5 in each of 

 the 154 public sell ols, to be given to 

 the grade whose planting on Arbor 

 Day secured most successful results. 

 The other half of the fund was raised 

 by -ub-cription. Most of the tree- 

 were furnished by the Territorial nur- 

 -er\ . at 1 loiiolulu. 



In FOKKSTKY AND IRRIGATION for 

 May. 1007. was given an illustrated ac- 

 count of the notable work done by the 

 schools and citizens of Winnchago 

 Comity. Illinois, under County Su- 

 perintendent Kern. 



In the same iue was given Presi- 

 dent Ronseveh's proclamation to the 

 school children of the I'nited State-. 

 In this the Pre-ident -aid: "It i- well 

 that you should celebrate Arbor Day 

 thoughtfully, for within your lifetime 

 the Nation'- need i.f trees will become 

 seriou-. A people without 



children would face a hopeless future; 

 a country without trees is alm<>-t as 

 hi ipeless." 



i >;K of the be-t examples of Arbor 

 Day accomplishment in village im- 

 provement outside of school w.rk i- in 

 the park at Manhattan. Kansas. When 

 this town was laid out in 1X54. a large 

 -i|uare tract of forty-live acre- was 

 set a-idc a- a city park, but the land 

 wa- bare prairie, and the pioneer citi- 

 zen- had no time to turn it into a park; 

 for many year- it was used as a coun- 

 ty fair ground. In iX<)4 a fountain 

 wa- placed in the park, and in n>O4 

 an obelisk was erected to the memory 

 of the Indian Chief, Tatarrax, who, 

 legend says, befriended Conmado when 

 on his trip of exploration. Kim. box- 

 elder, sycamore, and hackberry have 

 grown rapidly. Norway and Austrian 

 pine- and red cedar have done fairly 

 well. White pine and arborvitse have 

 been a failure. A tY\v oaks of differ- 

 ent species are thriving. 



This experience further shows the 

 value of providing for things of pub- 

 lic benefit, even though they cannot 

 be realized at once. The founders of 

 Manhattan placed this park on their 

 plat, and though for thirty-four year- 

 no real park was there, yet when the 

 time came the ground was public prop- 

 erty, and only needed to be improved. 

 A view of this park is shown in the 

 frontispiece nf this magazine. 



