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from the far West that favored the creation of the 

 forest reserves. It is with sincere regret that I 

 have been forced to the conclusion that their crea- 

 tion and administration have been the greatest pub- 

 lic wrong ever permitted in the history of this coun- 

 try. Like most people, I was ignorant enough to 

 suppose that a forest reserve would have timber 

 upon it. One-third of the entire area of the one 

 hundred and sixty reserves has no forest upon it 

 never had and never will have." 



The arguments used by Mr. Pinchot and his 

 friends in the forest reserve propaganda were 

 charmingly ingenious. In our editorial columns of 

 February, 1904, THE IRRIGATION AGE published a 

 story of Mr. Pinchot and the manipulation of his 

 press bureau through which he created public sen- 

 timent in favor of forest reserves. As one looks 

 back over the field and studies the conduct of that 

 coterie of "high lights" many errors of judgment 

 may be detected in Mr. Pinchot's attitude, and we 

 are forced to classify his subsequent position be- 

 fore the public as the arrogance of ignorance. 



It seems almost a waste of space to discuss a 

 man who is out of the running as is Mr. Pinchot, 

 but one is compelled to pay some attention to each 

 new movement on the part of himself and friends. 

 Those who are familiar with his history are inclined 

 to associate all new moves made by him with the 

 useful and overworked (?). 



be extended to include all kinds of vegetables and 

 fruits as the transplanting, or raising of a second 

 crop on irrigated land undoubtedly improves its 

 quality and germinating power. 



Professional seedsmen in various 

 Growing parts of the country, and especially 



Seed for the those who have a just business 

 Professional pride in the high class of their 

 Seedsmen products, are now largely having their 



seeds grown for them on irrigated 

 lands. The reason for this is that the seed thus 

 raised is plumper, more fertile, and gives better 

 results than that grown by the seedsmen them- 

 selves, or obtained by them from the unirrigated 

 sections. 



Among the large houses which are following 

 this practice are D. M. Ferry & Co., of Detroit, 

 Mich.; August Voegler, Salt Lake City; the Allan 

 Seed Company, of Sheboygan, Wis., and the Alfred 

 J. Brown Company, of Grand Rapids, Mich. These 

 concerns have made extensive contracts for clover 

 seed of all kinds, and garden peas and beans. 

 There is a marked advantage to the grower in the 

 fact that a market is assured for his crop at a good 

 price before it is grown, and he is under no ex- 

 pense for seed, this being furnished by the contract- 

 ing seedsman. 



Thus far the seed-growing contracts have been 

 largely confined to peas, beans, and clover, but it 

 is practically a certainty that the practice will soon 



The receipt of seven subscriptions 

 List during the month of June from 



Growing In farmers and ranchmen around Co- 

 Argentine Ionia Alvear, Argentine Republic, 

 Republic indicates that there is a growing 



interest in that country in the sub- 

 ject of irrigation. This should be of more than 

 ordinary interest to our readers who are advertisers 

 as it opens up a field for the distribution of 

 American-made machinery of all kinds in that 

 country. While seven new subscriptions from any 

 state or specified area is not an unusual addition 

 to our list, the fact that that number of readers 

 has been obtained in this particular section of the 

 Argentine Republic indicates a desire for informa- 

 tion along healthy lines. It offers a suggestion 

 as to the possibilities of a general campaign of the 

 arid sections of South America to build our sub- 

 scription list. We hope to be able to carry out this 

 work at no distant date, and will then be in a posi- 

 tion to offer several thousands of readers of this 

 character to our advertising patrons. Our sub- 

 scription department is at present working on a 

 subscription campaign in Australia in which we are 

 being ably assisted by some of the officials of the 

 various states of that country. Judging from the 

 results obtained so far we should have several 

 thousand readers in the arid states of Australia by 

 the beginning of the year 1914. Some of our ad- 

 vertisers have received very good results in that 

 country, one advertiser in particular has sold over 

 $200,000 worth of machinery to the government of 

 one state in Australia alone as a result of an ad- 

 vertisement carried in the columns of THE IRRIGA- 

 TION AGE. Placing the profits of a sale of this 

 character as low as 10 per cent, which is, no doubt, 

 much lower than the actual profit obtained in 

 selling goods to foreign countries, it may be seen 

 that the manufacturer has done fairly well through 

 his investment in advertising space in these col- 

 umns. These facts are presented with a view to 

 enlighten our advertising readers on the possi- 

 bilities of developing trade among the readers of 

 THE IRRIGATION AGE. THE AGE is, today, the only 

 publication of its class in the world. The present 

 owner has purchased during the past ten years all 

 other journals in this line, the circulation of each 

 having been merged with that of THE AGE. We 

 are, therefore, in a position to offer manufacturers 

 and advertisers a distinct and profitable field for the 

 marketing of their wares. 



