New-York tribune., 1866-12-05

oh Is ordered and Is found thet one has precedence BY
reason Of PRIOR actual settlement and substantial
% AZ 10 ~ noticed the gronnd 20 competior the award
Of entry viii lie made accordingly bat nehef has uoh sub
stanB interests tie tract must be conceded TO the highest
m reference 10 settlements on oddnumbered sections within
Of Withdrawals under railroad grants the Department
ia June last ruled homestead settlers right attaches
only nom date of entry the preemptors FROM the date o.
communicated by m compliance with the terms and oondiions
imposed by The grant in aid Of the railroad not
homesead or preeempon had previously attached such
right abandoned forfeited the grant immediately
20 homestead entry 80 az 70 defeat the right which may
Injured the railroad before the individual entry was
made n preempon settlement had been commeced upon
surveyed lands might homestead before the
Ish Of the company attached but NOT at suose1nens
This ruling has been duly communicated m the government OF
the district land officers.
nlIoRTAEcE OF PBoMoTEEeITHE PLANTING AND GROWTH
OF TREES
The earliest settlements began in the timber region and
where the eng Of the forest was necessity to MAKE way io
We have reached period when the demand for timber
is rapidly on the increase and the supply diminishing See
By what agency the Western pares the country beyond
been denuded IL Is useless speculate Experience has
and proper care may be covered with growth equal to the
wants o. settlers and may be continually renewed ip su me
In fact II is known in places in Ohio and Illinois tha where
he land protected nom FIRE and causes destructive Of
culture there is spontaneous growth Of timber. .
abundance higher laudes being those bordering on LAKE
Superior and Lake Ee comprising the northern parts o Mich
gan Wisconsin and Minnesota yet even there the supply Is
so diminishing as to be matter Of serious concern Gov
Projects been suggested for planting anu rearing o
ess yet while ali descriptions of timber are becoming
seaTce IN settled res % sd % be essened inv
efforts in all the States east Of the great plains ana even IN
those plains the grand forests OF the cascade region VIII e
supplies until the science aboclture may cothe snoh tree
less localities not appropriated 70 cereal eaon
modern writer Of emnenee ventures the assertion the
wish nrner oare and protection innrnbe territory aud
sandy deserts in Arabia and Aee might IN pieces De GOV
experience or deductions OF science In fact many acres
IN the and Miami valleys in Ohio to-day covered
which thirty ago entirely destitute ii is stated that
timber becoming sufficiently abundSn, IT iS domestic use a n
without and in the ordinary parlanee OF the times wn
known az the barens the process of timber cultivation
being now fact silently going in the States Of the Wet
as well those in middle latitudes
and by amending the Homestead Law TO require
localities where theTeis secretly Of timber to
plant homestead rnet few hundred trees az part oi
system of cultivation necessary complete the settlers title
TO be shown in proving up the claim at the end o. the he
years settlement exacted by law ana lithei S lnne
Il obligatory upon United States surveyors TO plant midway
each pit and trench the seeds Of trees adapted 10 %
climate the fact of planting and KIND OF seed 70 appear ~ ih
e notes OF survey duty be enforced under penalty o
forfeiture Of part the uoney agreed 10 be paid under the
veyng contract In our lnscuohs 10 surveyors g,nclm
deputies this proceeding recommended hut could not b
enforced in the absence c legal spaaons and has accord
TRe system might further be extended by ordering the ezper-
iment military posts aud Indian agencies requiring NUN
Der Of acres TO be ncosed aud paRed least by sTna
that limited at such places shall be SO protected A.
in this way be accumulated which might ultimately develop
general system cnd advantageous results Ia connection
The method planting aud rearing Is reduced 20 sci
ence The peenaries OF localities beat adapted 70 different
species having asceaned II kROwn that the pine and
fr tribe generally grown on sandy shallow surface soil
other trees natives 0f swamps while the OAK hickO!
chestnut others OF harder aud solid growth exist
in natural and better soils suited 70 heT several peeu
ari,es.
such IL the case with wild fruit trees which have been
changed into improved fut bearing orchaus through The
teachings Of vegetable anatomy and physiology The home
stead settlers other parties upon whom the legislative de
parnen may lay It's njunoons select seed or young
growth adapted the soil IN hand he labor being
qufed ornamental trees which naturally IN
Wild and ncnvated territory The variety Of sails existing
in the public afford ample opportunities for encouraging
this culture and requirements O law in the interests
contemplated may lead valuable results in causing the
dnc Of the cultivated forest to make good the decsney ere
aed by the rapid advance Of settlements and
destruction Of tie forests Of the vdeTDess also supply ing
timber wants IN Ieeless territories