Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1857-03-26
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TWIAsssnfor the Nehzsia AavsrtissE-
PLANTING FuREsT EKRES.

NIR- EDTT0R.
HavingrseentlyeOme to your county
and for the first time settled upon the
prairie, the idea naturally suggested
itself to NV mind, How can sufhci-
ency Of timber be oBtafnedby persons
settling on the prairie I? The import
ance Of the succession must be ap-
parent to every thinking mind. Timber
We must have; # not for fuel there
are numbeTless other purposes, such as
building dwellings, out-houses, fences,
&e-s &c, for which It is (under present
circumstanee9 absolutely necessary.
This fact then being established, It be-
hoOTes US next to look around and
deavor toascertsIn from whence = suf-
fcient supply can be obtained Iwrite IN
regard to those holding prairie claims
exclusively. To be dependent on our
neighbor ~ the timber, or 70 obtain
supply from distance by the aid Of
commerce, is incompatible with thelIfe
of a farmer to saynothins about the
policy Of So doing.
The farm should Be a little world Of
its own. Producing, By the aid of an
intelligent pOssessOr, as far as capable
everything necessary for the comfort
convenience and happiness q It's m
habitants. This no one can snccess-
fully deny. HfOIl0Es then, the above
assertion being correct, that We have
but one right course to pursue In this
matter, If we would make farming,
what I presume every one engaged IN
it wishes to do, pleasant, lucrative
and intelligent employment; and that
is grOE ear OucR timber. The next
question is, can this Be dOne9 If SO,
what IS the best method to obtain this
Iimportant desidgrat1n, and which the
most profitable varieties, circumstances
considered, to cultivated 1t is With
the hope Of obtaining satisfactory ans
wers to these Ito m4ny'like myself
interesting queries, that I am induced
ssa 3. 3
to write the present article, knowing
that there are many who have spent
years on. the prairie, whose experience
is no doub+ ample and probably salts
factory, snd who would be willing to
communicate to others tlsss isforrna-
ton which is 50 desirable; and knew
ing Of no means Of communication
more appropriate to the subject than
through the medium Of your valuable
paper, I Isldopted this means. Should
I be successful in eliciting eommu-
nicatiOn On the subject from those ex-
perieneed therein, II may prove satis-
factory to many.
Thsre are many reasons Why It
would be desirable to cultivate or
own timber; few Of which it might
not be aniiss to cnumeTate. The most
important Of these is the inevitable
decrease IN the value Of the inheritance
which the present generation win
transmit to the future. The object
undoubtedly, Of every man Of a
family It least, settled upon the prairie
lis to provide a home for his family, and
the more valuable the better. PrOba-
bly, the most impoTtant item IN sum
ming up the value Of any article is its
durability. The question then arises
can re consider a home on the prairie
with the present rate at wlEich timber
!; Is consumed, ealculated to satisfy the
! future occupant Nest 5ertai1iy we
cannot. There undoubtedly VII Be
8 want In proof Of this assertion it
might BE vel to take q glance at the
ss0ld States, where, as > general tkfTrg,
wood HIS been abundant, and see their
present situation the price Of wood
has Annually increased. beIur governed
By thesupply. The same may be said
! Of lumber the finer kinds Of which
even NOW, are hard to obtain IN small
quantiitIes. The owners Of forest lands
seeming to think that ''the chief end
OF manis to make money. find BY
carefully Comparing tables prepared
by cHftial authority, that the producs
i OF Hc0a vhiel cane TO The Hudson
) rifer b esnallsT IN the ysafs 5s-;5I, was
: sl7I 4s'slas HhiIa ths piE.
dfnce Of anInsEs vas ORR valued a
SO 4sz I47s and vegetable food, m.