Smyrna times., 1868-01-08
Written for the Smyrna Times"
A Word to Farmers Sons.
SHORT EPIsTLE ON THE CONSUMPTION AM
GROWTH OF TIMBER.


1t has been said that a word to the wise is
suinclent but some are wise, and some other
Wise; consequently, it may require more than
word to some. We are not, however. given
TO long speeches, and will promise, in the be-
ginning, that this epistle will be bref-though
the subject would furnish matter for lengthy
essay.
1t is evident, to the most casual observer.
that, throughout the Middle, and most of the
Eastern and Northern States, the encroach
ments on the timber tracts are such as to make
Ihe renectlng man ponder on the consequences.
1t is evident that the axe of the woodsmon i
annually diminishing the supply. There are ~ -
class OF men who seem to have had the hmm
OF destructlVenesS largely developed: they
seem never SO well pleased as when the giants
VI Ihe forest are falling PROSTATE before them.
"lthout, perhaps, single thought as to where
posterlty are to find any giants to fall for them
even Tor their most pressing necessities. They
perhaps go upon the principle that posterity
never dld anything for them; consequently
'.cy are uhder no obligation to make any pro-
vision for poSterlty. But this is not the cor
Iect view pid you ever think, young man,
the world, so far as you are concerned as oood
as you found 1t? Did you ever think of how
inucn m more timber you found here than will
De lkely to be here when you leave? Did vnu
ever thlnR, While setting around the beartstOne |
ny the genial warmth of a cheerful fire from
WOOD grown to your hand, that every cord
burned was reducing the stock, and that Won
were uolng nothing to replenish it? Will Won
oI noI IeaVe much less than you found here? Did i
YOU ever thlnk OF that? You have built your
grown to your hand. The stock is diminisb;"a ]
rapidly. When this is gone what is posterit1
10 do tor fencing, building, and fuel? Did Won
EYER think OF that? Perhaps YOU will saw. let
neHh go TO the lumber yard for the one, and
he coal yard for the other. Well, the latter
night not be so Objectionable. provided Won
improve the land from which the timber is
dheh' SO as to provide the means for purcbas- {
NJ coal; but not so with the lumber ward
-nl93ugh the great coal field may be inexRans. !
ISIoe II Is not so with the great lumber region.
hirty dollars per thousand or fencing boards = !
means that the supply is not equal to the Il, =
eilahd sixty and eighty dollars per thous. d
hu ior "hlte pine boards means that lumber y
NOT as abundant as 1t once was. When tha l.
lppiy OF 1cncing board fails entirely. what u
leh Wen, what then? We would renjv y
llse timber for yourself and your chiIjran e
eiofe the supply fails entirely But, saw Won O.
llo 10 $40" process 50 it is; but older men
iah i you perhaps, planted, and have been ,,te
ears. i'' 'o' cldl u
We know man that lives not far fran, boro II
lat bought poor farm, some twenty vnarI "
'o' ana there being then no such tarilitias n. II
no" nave Tor improving land, he found -
Iat ne had more poor land than he kne,y pL,t 70
u" Milh' but he made a venture by invest is
lew collars III pine seed and chestnuts Of
lG See99 We're sOwn and nuts planted on one W
q ul the farm, near the banks Of the creek =, a..
ay,, ra; .me ianq u was cut III gulleys by the an
"lty rains; lie soon found that he had
~ 'oG "a snou investment that it would pay" sa
oo, cost Ior seed, nuts and planting ,r' to
"oC amount to twenty dollars and for tbi. i ~,
mas hundreds OF cords Of wood. and iotS nr ''tI
logs to make board for temporarv usny ~, I8
larll' lie built an Out-buildng. some siv
S9Eeh years ago from board cur from tbo
DuuctS or these seed He has recently cnt
m single tree between three and four hnn. l,y
~ Ieet OF square edge boards, nearly an inrb WI
en- en-, II Is true, the lumber i, not considered
laoie nevertheless, there are on the farm
ny ufeS ~ y, winch 1t may be applied to adyan- or
C y ~ VIII answer just as well for chicken The
Psi ~ Pedch boxes, temporary shelterinr. and ny
hhAe uses as the more costly article purrhas DIRE
at thG lumber yard, at 80 or 60 dollars nor ben
uSahGf L.. But Of the chestnut; what Of Try
III Wen, some grew finely: Others not ""u
"el' out upon the whole, success ~,
iesTets that he did not plant ten times AZ -
n.y. Little nuts, put in the ground in IS4n
{ produced trees, some Of which rirt 6yn
at the stump, and sixty feet binh or gTo'
e. In few years more this will cut . Er" a."
lSand rails, and the stump, if protested rIea i,a
make timber much faster than the narent by a
h lie planted few nuts last snrinr far
generation that is to follow. If every one - -
III 90 this, posterity would have no cauSe Oh
1mplaln OF those that preceded them. :,
ne farm alluded to in this article who, pvH a
'hased, had no timber on it, not even a do at ar
stack pole unless there was such in tbo irom
en-. en- 1t now has wood enough for three %, or BRU>
farms. NV vi pets
conclusion, we would say to young men DOW W.
men that are not young, that tride in ceria
anu money, spent in this way. will nav
~ IN more ways than one. It will he = mr.
ncatlon to you to see trees growing from
own planting There are but few. If anv =
on which piece of waste land NAV nor
'und Tor this purpose What has been Th
can De done again. Will you do it? Ph'a
u r n it int
ring Mills, Jan. 4th, 1868. " sing ,
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