New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-16
yALCE OF FORESTS. IL.

The value OF trees themselves and ne increased and
constantly ircress-g vslue which they give to 81 es-
...e or farm render al jldicious expenditures upon
the m investments .ns. psy well. ST. AFTER sco'. mas
.-s,sS the increased value given 70 lands by plant
i,s in an article n The Qlsitery Review, on Planting
Waste Lsnds-s review of Men.esihs Profitable
Planter" Sir Water had &C acquaintance woo .st d
arm Of 100 acres at : sn acre. lie discharged MS
tenant 81 tie end Of tie term SID deyo'ec onensi o.
tie erouI 20 timber. Five or elk years aSe-wsEd ne
VISA offered by the came teLan. The same rent l@va
GEAR or the remaining sx,y acres which he formerly
paid FOX tae whole property lconsiie' SAL lie,
." the benef. OF iLclosng the ard and tne complete
shelter afforded TO the fields &c an sdvantsSe when
fairly ertsaroes the loss OF one-haf % the land
Scott quotes fcm Mertea,h st.enent respecting the
farm of C,osscaple in Dlnb.sne. Pe-;hshife, which
was let IN E7s for 80 Yeas at so ye.r Ac ssEss-
ment wss nsds With the tenGnt that ne Should have
the privilege Of plsn.iDg such waste, Vet or o,ner
lanes G. be chose FOR wood, and OF Usns wnst apef
ard fuel ne needed ne erdholde- his heils sgree-
nc 70 psy to the tenant ia iI SUN taa; he remsn'
;,r wood nigh: be considered wor h. Io 1877 the
swsri was made Mr.. Msntesth beng one OF the Two
referees. Though the wood was vailed e, over
Il eco. there WISE difference of opinion as to the
precise value between the -.:ereer ani third party
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pay 70 Dawson, he tenant fl,o29, being t II more
than the entire 80 years rent. Tnis SUN Was stpaly
paid FOR these trees, grown principally on wet and
waste lands cost little IN money or soor had confer
red substantial benef. the cultivated land, and
had furnished the tenant al the timber thSt lie re-
quired. There cAses have an sppicshon to tbs coun-
ty in mspy parts OF which wood AM timer are even
row worth as mach as IN Great Bnisin, and every
yesr they are becoming more and more valuable.
The grea. novelist who became a. we'll known si:er
HE purcn of AbbOtsord, enthusiastic and sue
cessrul farne-, says Mseel Works, vol 81 page 81,
Thousands OF acres have been inside worth from nve
70 ter shlings acre, that ostore were worth al
most from sixpeI to two shilDgs, blythe isihziDg
properties OF the fallen leaves. We all know the
prevailing prs;ti:e Throughout. the Sou,h AID S'uth-
Wett Of leaving Ands s;e- they have been exhausted
by successive crops o: tobacco cotton, whe,t and
corn, 10 cover themselves with weeds, bushes, and
such trees sc may spring up OF ;beir Owe a:cords
Tuning 20 The Influence OF trees snd ioress on Gu
mste, we a.e to bea- n mind two general rules
and principles. The greater the extremes OF heat ani
cold the greater will be the effect produced BY o'-
.s.s. An abe writer makes the folosng statement,
much OF which we know 70 be true icom direct per-
so,,l obse,vations made il several o: tie countries
mentioned.
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! the culture OF grain which has now wholly ceased;
The birch in earlier periods forming dense woods, 10
Low sturted to low bIsh. The essential alteration
of the climate which, beginning WIN the tweth CEN
| tn,v has converted Greenland into an almost unn-
babed waste CT ice is well known Strongly as these
processes the mass seem to refuse oosdlence 20 tne
will of man, yet is this by no means The case ana
| his continued activity, applied to one deternnete
p6int q. length brings about results which surprise
even himself because he does no. ut tee moment MAX
the gradually sccumulatng consequences OF ms ID,
BORE nor s by necessary foresee tne nnAi
results In the characters in which nature WHITES
her chronicles In f)sslzed woods layers OF peat and
the bke and the recordsof The Old Testament occur
proofs. CT az esst Indications that those countries when
now tr.ele-s and ard desers psit gi Esyp,
Persia and 90 fJrth, were formerly thicky woooeu,
:raVeIsed by streams cow dried up or sfrunK wtLnn
rsnov bounds; while now the burning gov 81 tne
sun, snoipsrticulsrly the want OF water, aow ous
q this mighty change, we directed 70 tho dssP-
peararce of the forests. With the careless desuus-
ton tf the growth Of trees, man in,ereree 70 sssl
| greatly the natural conditions OF couotry. inoso
| ards where the dense population OF tne Jews va
nour;st ed by fruitful culture in tae present DAY
half deserts The cultivation OF clover, requiring
nois. atmosphere, has passed rom Greece W ..ay,
| thsuce TO southern Gernsny. and sreooy y oossA5
10 fiy from tie continually drieY Samners tnere ~ pe
confined 10 the mois,er North. Rivers when )rnefy
scattered their bic, sings with equal funes .nIoush
cut tie whole year, Row leave the cry enu J
to spht and cape IN Summer, While IN op'ios aIeJ
denly pour ont the mssses q snow eecuhuisteo 10
Winter over the dwelling places OF sn'sh'eu nien'
Pouqaeyille gives smils: :est cory resp sc'lcg me
alteration Of the climate Of Greece:
Tho woods, 90 Necessary &c invite rsint py winch
the mountains we're formerly covafei' AZ MN we're
he'd sscrei by the religion q tie 40 en- eA'' no
logger or if 10 some spots still TO BE- iIuno more re-
mans are daily destroyed By the shepoerus. Msoy
valleys have been rendered barren oy .un ossi In9se
CT Argolis in particular, where tie .n Gus, ue
priyed q their c.o,hiDS no lonee: sena I'm uu'ne
sumIe- ;rcm their hessed sidss shIs oo-
! sIhAls.ons.
Opinions msy be ssid 20 10 worth ia ~iao-' ,Ass
founded upor d.ect testimony. BIZ. mere : Nd lax
| Of .ns,. The City Of verics wss buzz upon plss
driven into he NASTY alan is vrch were 1sed .s n;h
ing stations by tie settlers a. the ne1i OF ne i'sc.
Tie quantity o: timber required ras so enormous 'ha'
al he forests Of he Ks-s: Mountains were cut co~n,
AID TIE and entirely shipped Of Is co's'i0g lac con-
,.ouer,e his bxsn the. .-on ;hst line 70 'n's, mAny
Aund,ei years, 70. only re Eo1n;.H ranges 'aeu-
si7ss, bu re valleys al! the 81 'iang ''uady ha'e
Suffered f,,- hea,, co.i, i-'r:a I'D 0a':snlsss y
,ur.s J. F. Schol. P::fsss,- q b2'sny IL me I IL
veH.:y of Copertsgsr, 50 int-stn'-s s'-.s'' Las
given az s,,oan: Of he sypss-sncs Of "a AKA 20 and
s5-ut TIE Kan. He ssys: TIE a''shes OF 'an
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