The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-04-20

From tie New England Farmer
Forest Tree 8.

Mn CoLE. When ihis country MAS new,
hui liulo regard WINS paid 10 the preHcryl'-eH
of timber; ns tho CHIEF object OF the settlers
was t. clcir the land, oud hHslcD 10 60 q state
OF cultivation. The market prices aito o.
Mpntrenk aud New York, have iuluc hrnHy
drifts upon "a, 20 much go that timber, hoih
snr building and inc is becoming scarce and
dear among W, md now tho railroads are
chilling for a share Of VIVA, Is lcit along on
3hoir Ines have felt aware olthls state ct
things for many yearsNitL Tie exception OF
the railroads, the rapid advances CI which
suyc surprised us ait. More than twenty
.,ears ago my attention was diroctcd~t TO Ilus
jioiht by Fesscudru's y. j.. Farmer thc
rendiug Of which Was worth more 10 ulo'lhhl
ten Iulcs It's cost not only % lhis SUBJECT
itt a thousand others. Thus, "iorcsecing
1hn evil hid mNsolLn II has heen my prac.
sirc tor mnny years to allow tho second
growth of TIMBER Ia come alsag aller t4e axe
AYhorc we get our yearly supply of hrewood,
aud as soon as the young timber ~ OF tuiii-
rient size to prunc,l cut out such n ] plense
50 .doairoy, and trim up the best aud most
Jhrilly troes about six feet from ,he ground
leaving perhaps from eight hundred to a
Gbousaud trees to tbs acre. have now scY-
.en or eight acres of land IN one parcel, pro-
vlncing dense crop of timber aud wood,
from one 10 seventeen years growth; as tins
timber is all in one piece, 1t looks most bean-
lGilly NJ farGs it Lns been trimmed up and
abmncd out
ono part Of il, about two acres, VAS clear
ed in 1914; crop Of wheat mkcn IN lel3,
then pnslurcd Until about lSF}, when dis
covered lillo white pine bushes coming up
very thick all over the lAnd.-IhCEc6yer al.
towcN to stand unmolescd by the axe untl
1880, nj which time We thnECd out the
hlickcsi bushes, aud trimmed up the rest
a al. ult
-.ig' ia iiindrcd trees to the acre, Now on ao'
mg into This forest, il seems hardly possible
that 20 great o quantity timber could have
vrowu there in 50 short n iimc. IL 10 hclicN-
ed that there is more timber now already
grown on This Land, than was originally
grown on IL, setting aside q few large rincs,
NV intention ID toihin out This place SO MS to
fFHve Ht5oHt f5ET HHHJtrUEi- trrrS tn-ttIc- mere
mid trim up at least twenty feet this season.
Thin is what we call upland; timber formerly
was chiefly Of hard wood. Our lowlands or
aaaaapa VIC nauagc in the sumo way, except
We 0my trimming uurt .ut II -t1st- est t'i r.
self wc cut all clean az we 20.
haVl observed where tiUIhCr IN ttIr
zWamp was originally Cedar and Pine, Tie
cccund growth - chiefly Inmanck, tlic \
nlerican Larch, lluckmnlack.-ED.,s omr
Cednr, br no Pine; and on upland, where
hard wood formerly grew, now some Other
varieties occupy their places. Tor instance
one piece, where the hard wood. Beech, Ma
~ple, &c, covered the lnnd now, after The
land y,4s burned aver in dry 1inlc, and hLf
destroyed the whole, crop Of Pigeon Cher
RES came -Hp very thick oil oyer the laut
where Cherry tree was never before d'scov
cred
I'm another instance / observed where tht
land was originally covered by hnrd wood
white pine il ms second growth, and another
IN the place or Pine and llemock, maple hai
come up ia great abundance; | have a lot OF
trees, aboHi three hundred trees on sou1s
less than half an acre, growing most luNurt
-nntly II is proper 10 remark, however, tina
new varieties of timber do not occupy thu
land where tho original Is cul oil. An m
stance Of this kind may I've seen in Cornwall
a few rods distant from my own land, whcrt
the timber was all Cedar, and all taken oil
twenty-five or thirty years ego; this is all &c
dar now, and il so thick that n man cnnno
pnss between the trees in some places 81
account of their neurness TO each other
II II Is believed that fifteen acres of gool
wood land properly managed will be amp
sufficient for timber, hQnrds, &c. 10 keel
buildings iulropar, md firewood for n farm
for ages tu come. Bat may not have udop,
ed the best plant accomplish the object: an,
if you or any Of your readers can suggest nm
Improvement on the above plan, you wi
greatly ohlige constant render and lover o
Improvements. g.
Respectfully yours,
JOHN NJ. WEEKS.
WEsr FARMs. ucnr MiddlchurY, I
VT, February Z, 1850.