520 



CONSERVATION 



reaus concerned have, therefore, wel- 

 comed this demand, as a reason for do- 

 ing these things. 



All this information is asked for by 

 October 16. Some of it is already in 

 the hands of the Commission, and it is 



believed that practically all of it will 

 be in hand by that date. It will then be 

 abstracted and from it a brief report 

 will be prepared for submission to the 

 Commission at its meeting on Decem- 

 ber 7. 



A 'STUDY IN EROSION 



Before these Ik-Ids were shorn and tilled 



Full to the brim our rivers flowed; 



The melody of waters filled 



The fresh and boundless woods ; 



And torrents dashed, and rivulets play M, 



And fountains spouted in the shade. 



William Citllcn Bryant 



