The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-15

nections between Shanghai and Tient-
sin and Pekin were soon cut by the
Anhwei floods caused when the Hung
tie lake and it's tributaries overflowed
about sixty miles to the north of Nan.
kin The deforested condition of
China are the causes not only of the
floods but of most of her famines in
that country"
Qua Yang Lin, a graduate of the
Yale Forestry School is one of the
leaders in the forestry work in China.
He got into Tientsin after one Of the
floods.
while in Tientsin," Mr.. Lin re-
ported, 81 had the opportunity of 60
ing through the flooded sections. 1t
was a terrible sight. The boatmen
pointed out the high water marks,
told us of the millions rendered home
less and the thousands that had per-
ished. Collins could be seen float
ing in the streets. The country was
under crop when the flood came and
the loss can not be imagined"
1.-The newest provincial develop
ment,' says Dean Reisner's report,
has been in, Shantung Province,
which has come into the world promi-
nence through the 'Shangtung
award of the Paris peace conference.
| This work was organized by Mr.. Lin.
"A Provincial Forest Service has
been established, with a chief for
ester and eleven assistants. Work
was prosecuted so vigorously that the
| first planting season saw the organi-
/ cation of three forestry stations, the
establishment of three nurseries with
plans for two more for the following
season, over $4,000 trees planted on
1000 NOW of land and an additional
5000 NOW seeded.
Three government railways are
engaged in reforestation work looking
forward to supplying their own ties
and other timbers used in railroad
maintenance. Several other railways
are contemplating similar develop
ments The budgets are voted by the
various railway administrations in
| terested. The forestry work of the
Lung-Hai railway, which is financed
by Belgian interests, is under the di-
rection of j. Hers. The reforesting
has been mostly along both sides of
the railway where 100000 trees
have been set out.
THE Tietsin-Pukow railway fores.
try work is in charge of a graduate OF
Harvard Forestry School. About
$4,000 trees have been planted The
Picking Hankow railways forestry
work is under the direction of Ngan
Han, a graduate of the Forestry De-
partment of Michigan State Univer.
sity.
1.-The outstanding forestry develop
70 he hot 90 @l,'r
Kiangsu Provincial forestry station
started in 1916, located near the fam.
Gus Ming Tombs in Nankin, at the
head of which is Mr.. Song Sing Moo
a graduate of the Philippine School
of Forestry
"Thirty-four thousand NOW of land
|, Ga NOW being about one-sixth of an
acre. have been replanted to date
with two and a half million trees
planted on 1000 NOW last spring
Three nurseries were maintained
with an area of 81 NOW, carrying
12,765.0OO transplants and about
100000 seedlings divided among sew.
enty-three different species. Trees
and seeds for nursuries and over
10000 trees for transplanting and for
use in the observance of Arbor Day
were distributed to 1856 district of
ficials, agricultural societies, agricul
ture and forestry stations and com
panies or individuals.
"Anhwei Province is now teaching
forestry in four of her five agricultur-
al schools. Chekiang Province has a
secondary Forestry school with a
large enrolment. Arbor Day in Chi
ma is national holiday now and il
is observed in schools and by high
officials"