FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



THOMAS ELMER WILL Editor 



FRANK GLOVER HEATON Associate Editor 



CONTENTS FOR MAY, 1908 



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EAST ROOM OF WHITE HOUSE 



THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE. (Illustnu. 



"THE GOVERNORS SAY" 



THE HILL MAN'S LAMENT. (Poem.) By Arthur Chapman 



WORK IN A NATIONAL FOREST. By CharK-s Hmvard Shinn J 4 J 



EDITORIAL: Some Criticisms Considered 



sts "f Korea to be Protected.... 



A Notable Conference 248 Trust to be Piobed 



The Woods We Have 249 Government to Try Siberian Legumes 



Interrelation of Phases 250 Startling Words of Timbr.- Expert... 



The Appalachian Kill 250 Engineering Experiment Stations .... 257 



AMERICA'S GREATEST IRRIGATION SCHEME. (Illustrated) 

 By Agnes Dean Cameron . . . 



\\ ASTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND NEED FOR CONSER- 

 VATION. By Mrs. Lydia Adams-\Villiams ... .266 



THE SPENDTHRIFT. (Poem.) By Robert M. Reese 



NEWS AND NOTES: Reports Successful Initial Year 



Colorado Farmers Want Forests 



Widening Interest in Conservation... 270 How Can Irrigation be Improved?.... 



Upholding the Government 270 Manufacturers Take Note of Forestry 



Floods 273 Mrs. Williams to Speak at Boston. . . 



Disastrous Flood in China 274 A Labor of Love 



Peat Briquettes for Mexico's Fuel... 274 Argentine Republic to Protect For- 



Better Figures on Tree Growth Soon ests 277 



. \vailable 275 Lumber Losses from Fire 



THE CRY OF THE PINES. (Poem.) By Anne McQueen 

 WITH MEMBERS AND CORRESPONDENTS: 



Southern Timber is Almost Gone.... 279 Range of Topics Treated 280 



! Much Appreciated 279 Kentuckians Becoming Interested.... 



Prevention of Forest Fires 279 Recognize Value of i 



THE BRAVE OLD OAK. (Poem.) 



AN INLAND WATERWAYS SYSTEM. By Dr. Clarence B. Edwords 



TREES. (Poem.) By Marion Elza Dodd 



IN THE DEPARTMENTS: Change in Boundaries 



Forests 



Irrigation in Republican River Valley, Cheap Cement Production 



Nebraska 284 V. M. C. A. and Reclamation Service. . 



The Los Angeles Aqueduct 284 Diversion of Bowl Creek 28* 



Survey Work in Luquillo National Co-operative Construction 



Forest 286 Interest in Reclamation W..:k 288 



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