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Show (len Alger's plan to reclaim tho deserts by raising forests nn them has goni" inlnts, no doubt, and Is worth put-tin put-tin into effect so far n practicable Ihu It would bo tho old question over "gain, ' Whether la first, the egg or tho hen?" in most of tho mid nrea, It would he Impossible to ralso trees with-"Ut with-"Ut piovldlng lirlgitlon facilities to water them, whllo tho nrei nn which trees could be inlsed without irrigation Is too small to have any appreciable effect upon the climatic conditions nf he great nrld belt. Tho forest icicrves in tho mountnlns nt the bends of the streams nro In lino with Hen. Alger's suggestion, but they dor. t have, nor could they iin expected to have, 'ny fuithcr effect than to protect the snows from melting too fast In tho early summer sum-mer sun. To get much of a forest nrea, I such as might Induce rainfall, there must first bo lirluutloni but when we have that, we don t need the trees, nor the rainfall, i |