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Potatoes on Irrigated Land at Corvallis, Ore. Water is Pumped from a Creek with an 18-Foot Lift by a 

 Gasoline Pumping Plant. The Result is a Very Profitable and Sure Crop. 



Their experience will doubtless be repeated in many 

 regions in the United States as increasing population and 

 more complete utilization of our agricultural lands raise the 

 price of land and extend the market for high-priced crops 

 until the cost of installing and running irrigation plants will 

 be amply repaid by the increased yields per acre which 

 irrigation is sure to bring. In response to considerable 

 present demand for information along this line, and in 

 preparation for the great future of irrigation in the humid 

 region, the irrigation service of the Office of Experiment 

 Stations of the Department of Agriculture is making a broad 

 study of the irrigation requirements and possibilities of 

 different regions and is seeking to discover the most econom- 

 ical and effective methods 

 for the utilization of avail- 

 able water supplies for this 

 purpose. 



A large, share of the 

 future agricultural prosper- 

 ity of the United States 

 will depend on the reclam- 

 ation through utilization 

 of land through drainage 

 and irrigation. Develop- 

 ment in both these lines 

 should go hand in hand. 



debris to be disposed of. 

 This is being done in all 

 construction work and the 

 Elwell roads which will go 

 through this section will 

 give the forest service ef- 

 fective tire lines." 



It is the hope of the for- 

 est service that several great 

 trunk roads be built in the 

 Northern part of the state 

 with laterals running to 

 them. Several roads are 

 suggested by Mr. Cox as be- 

 ing of great value to the 

 forest service. 



Announcement has been 

 made by the State Board of 

 Forestry that there will be 

 sixty-five men appointed in 

 Oregon under the $10,000 

 appropriation received from 

 tne government through the 

 Weeks law, these men to 

 work in Oregon in pa- 

 trolling the headwaters of 

 the navigable streams of the 

 state. 



The State Board of For- 

 estry also made announce- 

 ment of completion of its 

 manual and handbook for 

 fire wardens in which the 

 general policy of the Board 

 for this year is largely an- 

 nounced. 



In the appointment of the 



men under the Weeks law there will be about fifty-seven of 

 tie men stationed west of the Cascade Mountains and the 

 other eight will be placed east of the mountains. It was the 

 intent of the law to protect the headwaters of navigable 

 ftrcams and the main navigable streams are west of the 

 Cascades. The men west of the mountains will be appor- 

 tioned from one to seven in various counties, according to 

 the size of the counties, the quantity of the timber involved 

 and the nature of t'ae streams arising in the respective coun- 

 ties. 



The work of reforestation is being carried on at a good 

 rate in the state of New York. 



FORESTRY TOPICS. 



"Good roads have an im- 

 portant bearing on forest 

 fire protection," says State 

 Forester Cox of Minnesota. 

 "They not only give the 

 stale force a way to get in 

 the forests but make it 

 easier to get help in fighting 

 the fires. The proposed In- 

 ternational Falls Twin 

 City road will divide the 

 northern part of the state 

 into two forest regions, and 

 can be used as a fire break 

 to protect either one of the 

 sections in case the other 

 one is fired. The forest law 

 of 1911 makes it necessary 

 for all slashings and other 



Alfalfa, Clover, Corn and Potatoes on Irrigated Land at Corvallis, Ore. Excellent Results Were- Secured 

 on all Except Corn. The Annual Kainfall at Ccrvallis is 45 Inches, but It is Dry in Summer. 



