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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



Mav 



allowed to roam at large our fires 

 would almost cease ; but the hog own- 

 er is a voter and his name is legion. 

 Unless the National Government can 

 bring some pressure on the State Leg- 

 islature our forests will simply be ash 

 piles. 



"Yours truly. 



"V. P. KELLER." 



Range of 



Topics 



Treated 



A California correspond- 

 ent interested in irriga- 

 tion sends a copy of a. 

 newspaper containing an article on re- 

 forestation, regarding which he says : 



"I took the liberty of quoting the 

 very able and impressive article on re- 

 forestation which appeared in a re- 

 cent number of your magazine. I am 

 very much pleased with the range of 

 topics and the very thorough way in 

 which each one is treated in the maga- 

 zine." 



Kentuckians 



Becoming 



Interested 



The Kentucky State De- 

 partment of Agriculture, 

 Labor and Statistics 

 writes for.certain literature on forestry 

 matters and says that interest in this 

 subject among the citizens of Ken- 

 tucky is increasing greatly. A bill is 

 before the General Assembly at the 

 present time to start forestry work in 

 the State. 



Recognize There was a time when 

 Forest f business men. such as 



lumber manufacturers 

 despised forestry , but they now recog- 

 nize its practical value. One instance 

 of this was at a convention where a 

 prominent southern dealer in lumber 

 and timber publicly stated that had 

 his company and several others known 

 earlier the things which Mr. Pinchot 

 told them at that convention, and if 

 they hail done business according to 

 the ideas advanced at this time by 

 him. they would have saved more than 

 a million dollars. 



The following quotation from a let- 

 ter by Mr. W. O. McGowan, of Way- 

 cross. Ga., dealer in lumber and tim- 

 ber, and general superintendent of the 

 Southern Pine Company, is indicative 

 of this : 



"Yes, MT. while Vice-President and 

 Chairman of the Southern Industrial 

 i 'ngress in Washington. I invited a 

 delegate from Texas to the chair and 

 then made some remarks in support 

 of the resolution relating to the United 

 States Forestry Service using about 

 the expression Mr. Richards refers 

 to : 'There is no doubt that had ours 

 and several companies done business 

 according to the ideas advanced in my 

 talk with Mr. Pinchot they would have 

 saved more than a million dollars.' ' 



THE BRAVE OLD OAK 



From "Our Familiar Songs," by Helen K. John, 

 son. Copied by permission of Henry Holt & Co 



A song for the oak, the brave old oak, 

 Who hath ruled in the greenwood long; 



Here's health and renown to his broad 



green crown, 

 And his fifty arms so strong! 



There is fear in his frown, when the sun 



goes down, 



And the fire in the west fades out; 

 And he showeth his might on a wild 



midnight, 



When the storms through his branches 

 shout. 



Chorus: 



Then sing to the oak, 

 The brave old oak, 



Who stands in his pride alone; 



And still flourish he, 



A hale green tree, 



When a hundred years are gone. 



He saw the rare times when the Christ- 

 mas chimes 



Were a merry sound to hear, 

 And the squire's wide hall, and the cot- 

 tage small. 

 Were full of English cheer. 



And all the day, to the rebeck gay, 

 They caroled with gladsome swains. 



They are gone, they are dead, in the 



church-yard laid, 

 But the brave tree still remains. 



Chorus: Then sing, etc. 



