Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1856-02-28

Heal SCdSULl W LII ull OTUCTS
We are. glad to learn that the Docto
lis a Yankee I'VE know another uI
here. The seeds sent are acceptable
and the Gourd Seed is to us ne w am
singulartvarie.y
/ WOOD LOTS AND THEIR MAN.
1 AGEMENT.
i Where our lumber, fences and fue
are TO be obtained when few, mors
years have gone BY, is an interestin.
question, but one we do here propose 4
| iscuss--desiring rather 70 offer q fen
hints on the management ofonr remain
| ing wood lots, whichare becoming more
and more precious ~ they decrease II
number and IN quality. Wood for n
purposes conmand high prices, hencs
| the sources and permanence of the sup:
ply, and the best means ofits Increase
and preservation are subjects ofgeneral
iniersest. ls sssss
# The season of the year when forests
are 'cut of, has long been known to ilane
an influence upon their future growth;
and ii almost every wood lot III may be
seen that the trees cut at ascertain time
ofmost varieties Of timber sproutsup
again very freely, while the stumps aof
the same kinds cut another time, Iater
or earlier, send out few or no shoots.
and soon decay. Carefully sconducted
experiments made purposely to testlt
matter, shows that trees Cut early iii The
spring when the sap flows freely !. almost
always sproat again, Generally sendifinfgg
forth most fourishing growth. And,
where this growth is desirable, it 10
found that the best plan to cut the trees
as near the ground as possible, as the
shoots then sfaftimore lhriftily. are less
liable to be broken off, and will more
readily take rod for themselves. I'hsI
saving in wocd iis also asnoticeable con-
siJeration. From these facts ii would
appear that from land which il III desir-lII
able to clear, the trees should be cnt.
when the sap will not fow !; and where
their growth again is desired, when the
sap flows most freely The influence of
the season; of cutting upon the durability.
and value .of The u Der. Is nut ken To-
to account ID these conclusions.
The matter of cutting whether Il Isl
best to select out only the fuil-grown11
and the decaying trees, leaving the
young and thrifty standing or to make
i clean sweep Of the whole, has not been
positively set1led. The latter course s, Il
sery generally advised. vi the ground
I lIhat " va the new trees start np, all win
have an equal chance, Md make Y hand
somer md thrifier gerowth. 'he num-
ber oftrees win De much than
when the plan Of seiscting u followed
lor when the young And sigour6us are
left, the forestEi Is comp aratively thin, and
.ke most thrifty trees spread thsirl
srancHes tkick and vide, couragine |
m aal.sr grose II " essn eood III
but howeyerslse qosstion anayI
u decided BY those Who are ID make al al |
.nnual draft on their wood lots, tl,ey]
ayst rsans ssnbar that cattle and sheep,
md ne -fifss .must~ Be- kept from The
yeodsss snd multitbdes Of young trees
Up il evssy spo, thus protect
IA the older settled p4rts ofthe coun-
WI planning trees IA the openings ofthe \
Drastx and on broken ground difficult I
Il caltivation, u Y proper al well as
ofitable course ~ manag Cement The
Gssp mi biop haye been anshink- /,
u lll sl,s q MA ~ sa,la ior wAni sofh
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