New-York daily tribune., 1844-11-09
TAKE CARE OF youn woopLANps.-There a1e

TAKE CARE OF YOUR WoopLAHps.-There are
very few things in which farmers IN general e1-
hlbit such gross waste and want of forethought,
as in the treatment Of their woodlands. De-
pendent as the great majority must always be on
these for fuel Diminishing rapidly as they must
be in our climate annually; large proportion
timbered with trees that do not readily shoo! up,
and will not grow again without some protection
we stiIl see the noble trees Of our ore na forests
as carelessly icled as i!iou gh they were not the
growth of centuries, and like Jlnah's gourd wouid
spring up again in a night. In the m ana cement
of ouc woodlands some things are deserving of
notice, that tee genereiiy entirely overo, k. d
The first thing, and it is an Indispensable one,
is, that the woodlands should be well fenced. We
can never have growth of young timber, parii-
cu'arlv or lards originally cove'ed with beech
aud maple and their kindred trees, uuless this is
cone. II is true thousands Of young tres will
gernlna,e, cut SO iond arc cattle and sheep of
their youug foliage, that none 10 which these
animals can have access will be permitted To
grow, II is only st er thick growth of onder-
WoOo, sufficiently tall to be beyond the reacn of
cattle, has been secured, that any animal should
re admitted d 10 the Woo1 lots We have sfen
| osautiol wond lot on which many thousands Of
tarfty young trees rom three to five feet IN hight
we,e growing, reduced IN a year or two t. the
condition of an open wood, and The young growth
entirely destroyed, by being careessIy thrown into
a cattle range; and there is scarcely any wood
lot, however destitute of young trees itmay now
oe, that will not be covered with them in short
time if kept safe from the intsusons OF animals
The second thing 10 be remembered is, never
to cut Tree ncedltssly. There are many who
when they want piece of timber, no matter how
small it may be, instead of first seeing whether
the want cannot be supplied from some already
fallen. OF timber already on hand, take their axe
and improviden'ly PROSTATE any tree they can
make subserye their present purpose, without re-
ference to future value or use. Never fell tree
until you have ascertained its value for general
Purposes for fuel, and not till you have found it
is absolutely necessary.
Another thing not to be forgotten in The treat
ment of woodlands is, always to select those
trees which have arrived at maturity, are the
sowest in their growth, or have begun to decay.
In thrifty woodland, the greatest amount of
growth is usually with the younger timber; for
though there will be some large trees that will
increase as fast as smaller ones, (and conse-
quently give much greater annual increase Of
WO00 from lnelr gredteI uidnhe|eI,j yel tele VIII
also be many with no percep'ible growth, or on
which the process Of decay has actually COM
menced. Such are the trees that should be se-
lected for timber or fue and double advan-
tage will result from this course thrifty timber
will be saved, and the younger growth benefited
by more ample exposure to the sun and air.
1t will be found of essential service in the pre-
servation of woodlands, and in increasing their
value to keep all vacancies that may occur either
naturally, or by the falling of trees, filled by
transplanting. We know of some farmers who
keep nursery of locust for the express purpose
of increasing the value of their wood lots by
transplanting this excellent timber tree wherever
an opening offers. Others use ,huse kinds Of
young trees which are readiest at command, or to
which the soil seems most congenial The kind
of tree transpanted is Of comparatively little con-
sequence, provided it is fsure and quick growth,
and is fiji when grown for either timbcr or for fuel
By attention to the points we have here indicated,
the value of our wood lots might not only be
greatly increased, but the scarcity of wood with
which SO many of cur farmers are already severe
ly threatened, be avcrtcd. [Culuvator.