1908 



\K\YS AND N< TES 



-77 



irrigation investigations in the State: 

 "The earlier ditches, and, in fact, most 

 of the now existing ones, have been 

 more or less carelessly built, while as 

 a rule the methods employed in the 

 distribution and application of the 

 water have been such as to lead to 

 needless extravagance and waste. As 

 a result of the practices which have 

 obtained, thousands of acres of land 

 have been ruined by over-irrigation, 

 while thousands more that might have 

 been providing homes and producing 

 wealth have been lying idle and worth- 

 less for lack of water." 



Manufac- On May 1 5th will occur 

 turers Take j n New York the conven- 



''<>" . the National 

 Association of Manufac- 

 turers. Forestry will be one of the 

 chief subjects considered at this meet- 

 ing. Preparatory to the meeting the 

 organ of the association, American In- 

 dustries, published in St. Louis, is 

 making a special feature in each issue 

 of one or other of the topics that are 

 to be most discussed at the meeting. 

 One such issue will be devoted to 

 forestry. 



Mrs. Williams Mrs. P. S. Peterson, 



Boston* 1 * 3t of Chica g- Chairman 

 of the Forestry Commit- 

 tee, General Federation of "Women's 

 Clubs, has invited Mrs. Lydia Adams- 

 Williams to speak on the topic "Waste 

 of Natural Resources and Need for 

 Conservation" at the biennial meeting 

 of the Federation to be held in Boston 

 in June. 



A Labor Col. J os - H. Acklen. 



of Love f Nashville, T e n n . . 



serves his State as war- 

 den of the Department of Fish, Game 

 and Forestry without compensation. 



The Department was created by the 

 Legislature in 1905. Col. Acklen wa? 

 appointed for eight year-, lie is one 

 the very few state officials in Amer- 

 ica who wr>rk without compensation. 



\n exchange says: " \11 of our present 

 admirable law- for the pn>uvtion of 

 the game, fish and f<>ivsts of Tenn 



were drafted by him. Tin- bene- 

 ficial effect- <>f thr-e laws \vhich hi- 

 wbdom, ability and energy have placed 

 on our statute book- are alread) felt. 

 and the people owe him a debt of grat- 

 itude for his work which - 

 they will undoubtedly pay." 



South America is begin- 

 Argentine Re- ing to show the world 

 public to Pro- 

 tect Forests sne recogmxes the 

 value of her natural re- 

 sources. The Republic of Colombia 

 has already outlined a forest policy. 

 and now the people of the Argentine 

 Republic have taken up the di-russion 

 of forestry and its application to the 

 country's rich hardwood timber areas. 

 So far the destruction of valuable 

 fruit trees has received more atten- 

 tion than that of forest trees. The fol- 

 lowing is from an article which recent- 

 ly appeared in La Xacion. and was 

 translated by the Buenos Aires Her- 

 ald: 



"It is not only in the province of 

 Buenos Aires that the ancient tree 

 plantations are being destroyed ; the 

 evil has spread to the remotest inhab- 

 ited corners of the republic. Tn a re- 

 cent journey to and through the prov- 

 inces of the interior, I have found on 

 every hand the effects of the savagely 

 reckless felling of timber and the cen- 

 surable carelessness of the authorities 

 who allow it. The destruction is gen- 

 eral, the finest specinicnts of our indi- 

 genous trees have been ruthlessly sacri- 

 ficed ; not only those of sp< >ntaneous 

 growth, but also those planted by our 

 ancestors on behalf <>f their posteritv. 



" \s for Tucuman, the Tucuman of 

 poetic legend- mentioned by \vellan- 

 cda, it i- today almost im 

 Tt would no longer 1> to rei 



his \\-ords where In 



and lemon tree which produce in rich 

 abundance (lowers and fruit, perfum- 

 in.u' the ambient air. feeding the in- 

 habitants and affording tl 

 and a home, are mpSt beloved by them 

 iblrm of the felicitous ui 

 1 and the beautiful.' 



-n the famous and ma^nifirent or- 



