The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1845-05-03

walk through the village, that lady
was close behind us at the time, and
my friend, who saw her face, thought
she must be an angel. She turned out
to be one!
My horse was sent back to the sta
ble, and the next morning was leaving
the beautiful village, and the beautiful
Ellen, and my fifteenth cousin, and his
happy family, as fast as steam would
carry me-"
THE CARE OF YOUR WOOD
Dr. 80 LANUS. ou s. naa
There are very few things in which
farmers in general exhibit such gross
waste and want of forethought as in
their treatment OF their Woodlands :
Dependent as the great majority must
always be on these for fuel; diminish
ing rapidly as they must be in our eli
mate annually; large proportion tim.
bered with trees that do not readily
shoot up, and will not grow again with
out some protection,-.-we still see the
noble trees of our original forests as
carelessly and as useless Y felled as
though they were not the growth Of
centuries, and, like Jonah's gourd,
would spring up again in night. In
the management of our woodlands,
some things are deserving of notice
that are too generally entirel y over
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The first thing (and it is an indispen-
sable one)is that the woodlands should
he we'll fenced. We can never have
growth OF young timber, particularly
on lands originally covered with beech
and maple and their kindred trees, un-
less this is done. Ii is true, thousands
of young trees will germinate, but so
fond are cattle and sheep of their young
foliage, that none to which these ami
mails can have access will be permitted
to grow. 1t is only after thick growth
OF underwood sufficiently tall to be be-
yond the reach of cattle, has been Sc
cured, that any animal should be admit
ted to the wood lots. We have seen a
beautiful wood lot on which many thou
sands OF thrifty young trees from three
to five feet in height were growing, re
duced in year or two to the condi-
ton Of an open wood, and the young
growth entirely destroyed, by being
carelessy thrown into cattle range;
and there is scarcely any wood lot,how-
ever destitute ofyoungtrees itmay now
be, that will not be covered with them
in short time if kept safe from the in
trusions of animals.
The second thing to be remembered
is, never to cut Il tree needlessl "
There are many who, when they want
a piece of timber, no matter how small
it may be, instead of first seeing whe-
ther the want cannot be supplied from
some already fallen, or timber already
on hand, take their axe and improvi-
dently PROSTATE any tree they can
make subserve their present purpose,
without reference to future value or
use. Never fell true until you have
ascertained itsvalue for general purpo-
ses, for fuel ,and not until you have found
it as absolutely necessary.
Another thing not to be forgotten in
the treatment OF woodlands is, always
select those trees which have arrived
al maturity, are the slowest in their
growth, or have begun to decay. In
a thrifty woodland, the greatest amount
Of growth is usually with the younger
timber; for though there vii! be some
lal &C trees that will increase as fast as
smaller ones, (and consequently give a
much greater annual increase of wood
from their greater dlameter} yet there
will also be many with no perceptibe
growth, or on which the process Of de-
cay has actually commenced. Such
are the trees that should be selected for
timber or fuel; and double advantage
will result from this course-thrifty |
timber will be saved, and the younger
growth benefited by more ample expo
sure to the sun and air. s.a-l., s.4
1t will be found of essential service
in The preservation Of woodlands, and
in increasing their value, to keep all
vacancies that may occur, either natu-
rally or by the falling of trees, filed by
transplanting. We know Of some far
mers who keep nursery Of locust for
the express purpose of increasing the
yalue of their wood lots by TRANSPLANT
ting this excellent timber tree wherev-
er an opening offers. Others use those
kind Of young trees which are readiest
at command, or to which the soil seems
most congenial. The kind Of tree trans
planted is of comparatively con-
sequence, provided il is Of sure and
quick growth, and is fit when grown
for either timber or for fuel. BY at.
tentionto the points we have here indi-
Gated, the value of our wood lots might
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