Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-10-02
Trees aud their urscs.

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physical but economical point of view.
and each new treatise serving TO show
the necessity which exists for preserving
and cultivating trees, is to be welcomed
as a contribution to the public wea,-
An article on this subject in the July
number of,hc North American R.r;e,c
is calculated to disseminate much whole.
some truth bearing on the subject
Already the rapid destruction Of the
forest has becn in measure arrested
partly IN consideration ofthe prospective
wants OF the railroad and shipbuilde,
and the process of restoration has been
cpuGoencrl. by re.plan,ing many acres
alta young trees. After speaking of
trees as an ornament and the many elias.
sioal memories which they serve 10 per.
pe,uate, as the rugged yew trees" where
Gray lies buried--to" Milton mulberry"
and the "Avon willow s''-the reviewer
speaks OF tees as productive property,
as follows:
1t can be demonstrated that the hos.
use for the larger part of the cleared
land OF New England would be to nl,n.
forcs. upon il. There is, cxccp, in the
rich gardens close around the cities no
land so profitable, no land which pays
50 good an interest On its cost. as woo,,
land. In some parts Of Massachusetts, Il
man who owns a hundred acres of mas
,arc is little beticr than bankru,.
while he who owns hundred acre. ,f
forest ia indspend n;ly rich. The 6rst
mus. pay taxes on what does not pay for the
culture, while the second caa Gu: of enon,h
to NEE. the annual interest. We, have
more ut the end than at tie hs,fnnf,,
We once heard an eccentric .cni1. main.
tain ,ha. his woodland. ahou, ff,y acres
in all. though he hal bought it, AMI
paid for i, good round sum some thirty
years before. had IN rcii,y never cos,
him q cent. 'icr, said he, L hayc eut O f.
wood enough to paf not o1ly the osig.u,,
outlay, bu. l. ms; all tn worth # th
money at compound iater s:. az! To-
cover all charges, aad now nav. IN 5r.
wood than fogai taers Al tae .l.
nu., 1t VAS ar4tsun i .o..- es.s-..
We are coahiert thtt. a, ~, r#.a,
rr:ces of timber and fuel. tHe rsH5t=f@ as
W..1tl nj to our NV tnsIsn. s5Ta-,.
@re a, .eas' three t5fa.s a,-sf. al a. n.
rfoats OF tt.e land w1ich t4sy e44tfya.r
@. u 20 masa mae ia5 z. The e<per.i
aisn, OF p.ant,nS l5ees;s On lrn. Island
hls proven that lands. before c nj Ier.,.,
yaiueIess, may become tae NOS; pfce.ou,
possession of their owners. Thousands
oi acres now lying waste might With a
very small outlay, be made to yield yer,
grea. returns. The length of time ,ha,
mus, pass before the prof; ef the arti6.
ci4l forests II be tested, undoubtedly
dsiers many from plan:in, them. Very
lew mon like TO make an investment of
which the returns begin to come only
after twenty or thirty years. But every
man knows tha, whatever raises the value
oi bis land is as sure prof: as that which
actually puts cash into his pocket
There seems to be less promise in an acre
u young locus;s than in an acre Of ,hriy.
'ng turnips; but in twenty years the
alae OF al the annual turnips viii not.
'csin 10 reach the value Of tnc tfsos-'
The longer the plan'e. is willing 10 wait.
the greater " i'll be his ratio Of sain."
Il is recommended that on every farr,
OF :cspcctable size there should be s.a !
s1n tos the annual planning Of trees
ta''ke other crops. they enrich rather
than iaiP1ssrish the soil Moreos r.
ie preserve the snow ttae poor man.
mtaurc, and by breaking the wind,
secure aore even covering Of snow to
the ground. The sudden alterations of
ireshet and drought are also prevented
The French government which has
done mere than any other in the culti-
ranon OF forests, rather favors this the
o'y, and encourages the separation of
kinds, where large returns are expected. !
In the Department Of Landes it has chief |
ly replanted pines i; on the slope, Of the
Pyrenn ess the boz is the favorite variety
while in Brittany and Normandy the
linden abounds.
In Scotland tine iareA has been most
extensively cultivated, and more than
ten thousand acres, with more than four
teen million OF trees, were planted in less
than century, by the single family of
Aihol. This example has been copied
in other parts OF Europe, and one is often
surpassed to find, in secluded places, like
the region of the Tegernsee. in Southern
Bavaria, beautiful artificial forests of
larches. In Gree,e. the prepossesson
seems TO have to have been for plain
trees. and on the hills ofLaconia a recent
traveller, N. About, has remarked the
wanton and wasteful destruction of these
noble monuments of the Turkish domin-
ion.'
The writer says: III the rate of dis
appearance goes on for the next half
century as it has for the last, the child is
now living who will see the soll of New
England everywhere as bare as the soil
OF Attica, and its noble rivers >hrunkan
In summer, like Achelous and Ce,hissus,
to shallow brooks
A good conscience is better than two
witnesses 1t will consume your grief
as the san dissoives ice. It's spring
when oya