New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-22

indicate that shall need less wood IN the future Thus lar
whenever mankind has exhausted tic natural supply OF any
necessary article which he ccnd not bnse! reproduce Ma
trre has kindly opened him her stores OF some new com
modify supply the deficiency. When whale fisheries
fell of n and this article iBconyenielt ior
transportation the rural districts and as Barnum dd nor
hnd profitable 10 breed whales Kerosene oppofuney came
light We do think the less OF the good old Morgan
stock because the iron horse settled INTO harness to do al
heavy jobs neither prove that Tod designs Us 70 some
day timber unless you first show that he has
made provision for the growth and preseryao o. timber
on the earth Figures are going the rounds OF the press
showing howsoon England will exhaust her supply to coal
aud that our deposits viii last bit lew generations ongea
What is TO take their place WOOD rood GOD mas seau
1t all the face of the earth and nan alone prevents us
growth every hand and he Ia his blindness neseets
lesson so plainly taught him. be unto him IN the coming
generations we do less timber we advance in the
The Of railroads is spiked to wooden ties when
rest wooden eepers and although the IRON NAV De retoeu
when battered, the wood must be replaced from the
forest every few years. What PROOF Is there tnai
when Uncle sam wakes np one OF these me aLa
finds ell his timber gone he WILL at the same hour become
happily that he don't want any that he never a
want any, that boys being too stupid to md out the
correct things in the air and under The ground nave
been amusing themselves BY destroying the things on the aee
OF the earth Out upon such nonsense we have he power
10 raise timber and neglect shall suffer tor It, even
ia our eshiraon The drift Of what has now been sad
is inevitable II we would make the neeed preparation iot
the demand which will soon arise for timber we must at once
planting trees on large scale Ihcie Is no, QUO
tree now growing east the Mississippi than will be
for oca improyemens within the lifetime OF
now present What be done for the regions cast O. le
naSi ndTe trees AZ this point the objection will reach Us
That while be grown IN most localities TO aemp
the Plains must end in disastrous failure TINS Is a
gcvou mistake The soil is deep and rich and only lacks
moure but of this there is abundance below the surface
Professor g. T. Marsh gives As his settled conviction la
would spontaneously spring on the deserts OF Africa
animals and hres could DO excluded How much more then
Plains which yield large annual crop OF grass Inc
average fall OF rain In Eastern Kansas Is az great az IN
Illinois Minnesota In order TO satisfy myself
upon this point. IN 1850 the dry year OF Kansas.
obtained Smithsonian Institute record of the rain
fall which will give The average annual fall Of RAIN at Fort
and two mOnhswas 80 9lOO inches The average az Fort
Smelling MINI from ls5 to is5l being nearly Gs same
from lei3 to ls3l0 yearthe average & IL 100 inches
this included very wet seasons During the same 10
IL 76IOO inches Now in both these the average IN
Kansas greater than the States to tue east Of us No
observations have made the plains proper but they are
ranles Rains not broken into showers IN that region
but in storms and Immediately run OF OIL are eVapoated
by unceasBg wind. Even it shown that little rain falls
there il will but the necessity for trees have now
adduced all the facts time will Of TO show that trees
must be planted to grow timber Tor mechanical purposes Ih
does however necessarily include the idea that trees must
grown oil the regon first described because lumber
NAV be transported although at irghiu cost Bu now
the proposition that forests must be planted all over the
treecss portions OF our public domain All WA, mas Dee s9
shows that this Is important for the purposes oil timber bn
desire to show In addition that II necessary by brienv Nus
tTniing four practical results which will follow
First Forests will regulate the climate and seasons
SgcoHd' Forests improve barren soils
Third Forests shelter crops. herds and fruits
FOrrA Forests furnish abode for lnsectdevourng BIRDS
Fira. Forests will regulate the climate and seasons The
most readily accepted because apparent TACT IN tbs connect
ion is that in and around forests the weather is in
Winter than on open lands Last Winter having occasion to
make examination exposed eminence i0und the
ornd folen solid FOR more than foot depth The weather
lad and examining the soil near small
found frozen but few inches Now II belts OF tim
Der planted around farm and on all ridges tins pIoc
ton from severe freezing be important item Trees
asserted to act IN important degree a. conductors OF
heat and eauaer between earth about their roots and
the atmosphere about their branches and they also act as alb
Sorbonts of heat both by the dead leaves At their feet and by
their living foliage Trees also cqulzers by their vital
heat Ne number persons affect the temperature In room
The OF said to be - degrees The foliage arrests
dews portion Of every shower and return the moist
rc TO the atmosphere Evaporation while decayng leaves
and fungi retain moisture for long tine when IL
severe given atmosphere II is known that
a c proportion OF the taken from the soil
through it, roo and that the most OF this exhaed ny the
leaves Forests, by retsrdng winds diminish thc edPoe
from the earth aud growing crops gsres upon th
subject unreliable non the nature OF things but every
child that wet garment exposed 70 tue WIND VIII afy
much more RAPIDLY II kept IN sheltered position During
the Summer months very dry South wind sometimes prevails
Tor plains These viEis can BE- broken and IN
effect occasional belts Of timber and the effect
upon vegetation would be marvellous Prom 81 these causes
complex IN their action leave their discus
zion 10 more learned efforts than my Scientific writers
agreed that forests do regulate or equaz the seasons ana
especially that the atmosphere Is by them made more huu
rains oener countries Astounding IN woods and where
they have been cut rain only falls at long intervals and
the Cape Verde Islands where the inhabitants cut away
al the forests and drouths have followed 80 severe as 70
famine ana thousands have ded In EUROPE Tue
mcnt been made many places and more than once IN
place FORESTS were cut away for the use OF me t
Der aud dfouths followed While renewed growth Always
brought relief
Forests improve barren soils Upon TN. subject
Amcrics as HE language is right Ia point Forests. he
say the fertility OF tie soil a. u evident RON me
pr0duciycness Of newly cleared nnds and womb De sth
more apparent Tho vegetable materials constituting the or
could be- combined with the sod m proper manner Tor
the great OF oil plants consists OF caribou when ily
absorb chiefly from the The decomposition OF vegetable
matter doubtless the cause OF the assistance 70 growing
crops afforded by manure am confident there are no con
siderable Of soils in our country so sterile As 10 pre-
clude tho growth Of and when once he growth Is com
menccd good soil i ultimately rendered certain Ipeo
Marsh remarks that even the eruplye matter OF volcanoes
does refuse nutmen 10 the woods dismiss tns head
tree growing Let have sheerns groves and belts and
crops raised almost any where on our public lands m
Third Forests shelter crops bends and rglI Trees Lus
crops that are wholly partially DESTROYED the cattle tha
SIRE killed survive only with serious injury aud me
rrt crons that are nippcd IN the bad, aud orchards
that arr ruined by the furious winds OF the
praries would in the aggregate count staggering sum
IL would be enough every year To pay lot Pig M, &
square miles Of forest. Groves viii protect WIN Mosl en-
tire certainty young crops from storms au tc ,oot
herd Of cattle OF sheep can ONLY De apPfeeia.eu Wv M
grower II Is not hills and mountains a. sono sulPo, .nne
protect from winds but forests AMI Des OF irees o., away
the Ia New jersey ana the whd "oIs soon ullu hot
people Westward SEEK better country IL the protection
of groves in wiz grow all the year rouhd
cattle iaiten on during Winter Even on via gas,
cattle do very well they can range IN grove anu
have supply Of Thousands Of cattle were kept IN
Ibis way last winter while farmers on eNpo,eu Pa !, ~
feed hay and and even then their cattle ar, poor ~ e
Spring unless projected from the winds b sheds or Wna
breaks ~ well understood Is this that no Western stock
grower Will attempt the business on large scale unless ne can
&C. s,t ,r ~ tnown 10 all Wall and such ike have been
used from the earliest IN gardening anu orchhus a
quite useless % expect permanent uniform success III lIu
culture m the West excepting a. sheltered from te @
n simple condition To iulhh' ir forest uees cun pe
planted with the orchard and VIII grow more riPdy
Vet because Of neglect IN this particular thousands o
dollars annually thrown awas II one doubts tal sOou
specimens Washington and see how as he GENES 70 tue
cases Western States they grow larger ana airr cih
drive iy miles home into Missouri that Is, can no"
that bushwhackers driven out and buy Tor wenhe
per bushel 1c fruit apples and peaches lot '
more As are ever sold In your market Let groves and belts
be planted Oh the prare and fruit which ~ better than an
the medicines doctors pill bag for preventing disease WIN
plenty that the poorest can De supeu
This matter raising simply aud cattle and living yOn
will pardon proyncasm. on hog and hominy az De'
low and unpoefc and can have htte re-
hued OF eunobnC attached H. Breeding Tine horses Is sep
in advance aud the watchul soieude OF sheepRfo"ihs
arrienral eyeopment in higher sphere bat the nobes
ana most grateful OF all the farmers abors iruigrowing
,ybe 10 hls family flowers and music and painting follow s
alv a. de,s.rf succeeds a substantial dinner But, rs
hy c or twice ntmned have these other good
thag the prairie you want iofes' "eeh
furu, Qbodes insect -Ley