, 1869-08-23
EXHAUSTION OF AMERICAN
FORESTS.

ASAA"o Avail ~ AN04
EXHAUSTION OF AMERICAN |
FORESTS. |
Immense Consumption Of Wood In
tho Cuited Satisfactorily for
PTeSeKyiuE Our EoftBtz n11d Woods
Art of Preserving Wood.
The Immense ara uf land On tbs American eon-
unent which Il, o. has becn, coFered by dense for.
estA II Ealusbie trees, has led our people to sup
pose That tho supply VII, In eject, tnexn1uSubla.
The tncrca1ed coss Of wood for fual and for build
ing purposes Is opening the cyez Of the pablo to
The fAcs TINT ttnc rnaJ CONE wtea Il raJ tall
altogether, unles1 aonn meau1 xre t9od to plant
nes lcreats, cconur1tze lsS oso and prevent III de-
Cay.
writer 10 the Agricultural Bureau saya:
.Theze are te1 subjects 20 ciossiy connected
tho people, the Ranb1tJ Of thu climate, the pro-
duesavenezs Of the sol and the increase Of oar
Il Of our county nas rsoeysd - oH is IL IL astentoa
u INC aaada OF the people sod enjoJed 10 nite Of
1oS Rz0tso1n tsI 9 sae Il
tenton Of our and-holders, farmers and me-
ehanica 70 IN Impending dAngar. beyond the
power Of figures to eaunasie and beyond the prov
cIsins but = i1ttle, aad slsnt erost b
put tora bI ever ons, the aggregate Of Interest,
inteligsnce and acslon saus obtained, Will be In"
There are nov In the Cnited States 4hout
900 farns under cultivation. II on every
farm IN average Of hall an acte Of trees cou!d be
planted annually, tie aggregate IN one year
Hoa1d be 1so, 900 acres OF treas, which woold, In
mca6nrc, compensate for the wholesale dest1uc-
ton Of our noblo forests now going on
LCN1KR CgxD IN TIKI CN1fED eTLTEl
Ak- tr~A
mated that tho consumption Of s.wed Lumber In
the United States VIII be In value appro1tnarnS
900, or An average OF s15o ooo, ,opo auuu-
ally or 1o,ooo, ,ooo, 900 feet annually 81 tl5 per
II feet. or thla, Chicago was the distributing
point Last year for about 900 0o0 00o feel The
consumption OF the Pacldc coast, and export
tbetefrom, may be estimated 1t tay 500, ,pd0, 40
feet Last year. The number OF saw mills Ia tue
Gtats OF California alone, In 1850, being about 80
cutting ssy so OK, 600 feet Of lumber In the Je2r
4 far Estimate OF the consumption Of sound lur,-
ber In the United States would give 20 feet 10
each person, or On baEl OF 10, ,ooU ,oo1 pop1la-
ton IN 1870, would gtye IL, 600 900 feat ao-
nuAIly.
coSBrsPr1ox FOE ALlRoiD ruRFosRs.
The consumption Of railroad ues and lumber fo<
bridges, puildlngk &c, tn tho United States Is
epoEnpuA Assuming that there are e, ,oo0 miles
OF ra.lrosts IN 1852 md that therc are zoo ties
70 The mile and that each sleeper contains thirty
SUPERFICIAL feet. NC haTo grand total OF 100 ooo,-
an lies cnntaintn9 5000. ooo COO superficial feet
At nny cents each, theye would be a value IN ties
Of $50 00G, 600. These have N average Life OF nye
Stnrs, 70 that We Annually consume 800 900
tles equal to Soo 600 oCo feetloas S1a oo0 900 BY
decay annually. The value In rAlroad fences
nay be set down at 500 PEI nile for 81, 600 nuea
or t14,0oo, COO; the wooden railroad bridges set
down by competel1 aushortty, At about
Tha We1f md
freight statons II about 49, o0o. 900; the engine
and car houses, $4,000, 900, and the passenger
aud freight cars are esumAted At ST. OK, co., CIV
ing grand total Of wood salues In tho railroads
In The United States, In 1859, Of t749 900. 1t
would he dlMcuIt to astimAte the dur11on Of
urapcy IN stations, The lcss BY nrr, &c, but the
aye,nxe ltfa of cxta cannot be uofr than i've
years The renewing Of OLD md boiloluR Of new
Of the wood po.3tous Ql fnIl1oad buildings IN
the United stases viii approximate S1o, 900 900;
for fences e co0oo cur7, &c, SO, ,eOo 600. The
fuel twood> of railroads for the United Stotes will
aoproxtu,ate 10000 per Aanum Sow II these
figures arc correct approximations, and they are
derived nom Intelligent sources, the renewing Of
tho present wood Of the rallroxds Of tbs Uaited
States annually, and tho fuel twood) consumed
will amount to the enofnous SUN OF 3i9T 900 900,
or onn, half the present tota. values Of wood IN
raI,rpada SEQ, 600 ooo being IN fuel twood>, and
se1 ooo 600 In renewals On SXa o0o0 900 OF perna-
ncut vntues
1HK coNBChr11oN FOB dTuHa PuRFosE3-
a rnr.ops u,1,.r h.s Estimated TIA there Are
~+r.,ty f-nhrs tn the rn,,es s,ates. IN wnoIa ar
In nart t,.nendent unon Wood a their M
for MISUNDERSTANDING. In 1850. by Tho Census returns
,se-, Vr,r - ees cabtuet.uasters Fho produced
~, n, nj rnr1h Of warrs. 80 forte N ak.
e-n,d mna,c,] ,n,tnprsnt mixers WIN m.de
=. -o1 or vnrtb nj ins,r,n.u,,- carnenters. .ts-
ssn' ror,,.nxters : nm. rs.,r.m,ker, hs4t.
os,~o =. mn. ni,,rr.rhta Q ar. sh1n carmen,
~ 10. roone7, 4. a.. vhee, wrt-hts RI scos.
nu,s,s 10 zen r. 81 cona7rIrr ra,r
e s<!ie. T.. - ~, ss..a. ,~.T~.
9ua-u. ~ - -. -. - . ~, M, ~
nA'' oe sa...na e.A.. ~ - .1s "
!A"nits ~ lao ot4ll ',s.s.. oAe. Aou 49,.
N.Y. "Hn 'ne !o., - 4
c4otoe aau I@e Aoi 1ue!tA' W. eos ~ ~. ~
tue average sooe " ~" ~ A4auA- ~. e1u "ou4u u
g'se "a oa N sA4st ~,
purposes Of ssp'ovo''uV aana!. :. "n1 uo o.l1.
cnlt 70 oetesulne 'uo teaufo AaouA. y. .uaA ~
"ooo nsea q 1uel; JUL VIC I=s.1e eaat ssos.soo,-
eNo worth o. "ood asc aaauaus conSuioea Aos
! ooncA1sc 1uel Ano io1 manufacturing Potpoae7i
| We 6aa1l be within tae mat8. .....
| II, then. We assume thai sl:9,eo1,@9o IN sa7e1
larnoer Is consumed aohnau5, hs,We.o5' u raA-
fcaa uea ehu sea@"aas' seo'uuoo' .ot 1Anoaa
fael; Sso7'ooo'ooo II oosnesoc tus, Aan "aa4'ae''
| tufing, NC oaVa 'osA u s7''0oVV'o. Ahe r
sEl1s arc 70 w taeleasoa " VIC et~1" Ptc'' tA'A
| tntlHe, clearing Rn1 export. 30 tla+ III csslMate
oy s.sn ts1 col ANIMAL drain Oh or fcreStS would
be the cold arithmetic Of the matter.
lnc axe u ~ tu.4ost nou Aaa lN4..t ~ w..
active; SLASH! cat gown tne5 COME. anu ie"
think OF planting tree IN place OF the oue which
h.. ~ ionv .cpuobered tho croupdL" In SONG
| ,o,,u,,os ~ Pnron4 m one "a at.nne,l tn cu,
locA'at9 - Ietope ~ VIC - a.'o"ea ~ - w.
su1noz1ues, aud thcu another is - b. planted lC
lta place. The magnificent pine fo1ests OF NIeni