Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1857-03-26


forest The imports TO Galeua Of forest
prpduce in 1850, amOunted to 81, ,675,-
80, while the exports Of agricultural
products only amounted to $685.
44s. By the report Of the collector
at Lower Black Rock, On the Eriel
Canal, It appears that the produce Of
wood first cleared at that point, amount
ed to s1S4, ,ss2, while the produce Of
animals was SCI, ,s64. Fr0mthese facts,
We must infer that there VII ineyita-
bly, be a scarcity Of timber in places
faTOrably situated How, can Bs ex-
pect to fare, who now experience q
want Of 1t even at this early day IN
the settlement Of this Country.
Another reason Why We should grow
our own timber, as already limited at
above, is, that It would enable the
farmer to supply his demands in that
line from bis own resources and not
subject himself to an annual outlay
for which he derives no immediate re-
turn Again, it would add much to
the beauty Of the farm, and
~That fond aEtachmenEt0thsWe wen known placs,
Where first they started into Iifes long race,
which keeps It's hold With such uufaiiliingsvay
We feel It cen IN age, at cur last day"
That the Peeuni.ry value Of the
premises would be greatly enhanced Is
wen known. 1t should be considered
absolutsl9 necessary n nrakiing any
improvement on the farm to have an
eye to Bsauty as wen az utility. Its
generally conceded that the grandeur
Of the forest cannot be exceIled. One
very disagreeable feature Of prairie
Life, particularly during the winter
and spring months, Is the strong winds
which sweep over the wide expanse Of
the prairie; at these times meeting With
no resistance scarcely, in its onward
coarse, until it IS agreviO1s to be
borne" and indeed constitutes one Of
the best founded objections to prairie
Life. That plantations Of forest trees
could be SO arranged as to, m great
measure, Obviate the pernieious effects
Of these mereiless winds is WsIl known.
There are un5oubtsdEJ good grounds
to justify the assertion. that the clear
ing of Of the forests IN the eastern
Suites huvs h=1 much to do with the
changing Of the climate and the crops
That the winters are colder nov
than 20 or so years ag0 is generally
Econcesaea. And it isa ven known
fact that mary Of our crops are not
so sure now as they we're in former
days
Il VIII not coming generations lament,
and cry out against us, charging Us
with thesin Of omission in this natter
Hasing established thesfact that if not
at present, there viii be at some future
time a want Of timber in or county.
II contend II Is ours to supply that
want, If in or power to do 50, BY pro-
yiitIiRs ghe uea=s. The 1ash X Piain
the duty Urgent. Time IS everything.
All that IS wanting is the requisite
knOxledge, the wH, and the wOzk Is
partly accomplished. While on the
subject Of tree culture it might be vel
to REMEMBER that the species of trees
from which we can make selections are
ample. In che range Of selection No
aora Of either hemisphere TiI com
pare with the number, @zrTstF, and
neiaEty q our NORTH American f0resi
trees 90 the Oak ne have hfty
species, while all Europe has but thirty
Europe has fourteen species Of pines
and FRS Asia nineteen; Africa, SOutE
America and Polynesia each tFo
austria one, while North America ha'
|, forty, and tie United States aIOn'
Over twenty.
Il o. afBrek.
/ hermitage, March; 1857.