The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-06-22
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T Forest Tree Pl.-~nch we

~ 4ess free Pla-"fch
iHlP Nave gone on using u
1S".vfng timber. until it is tn
host profitable crop we can raise. Thi
- 10 even in the Eastern States, tina
were orsee denseiy covered with tin,
Der. How much more should we realiz
tho truth of it here on the prairie. Tn,
first incentive to action with the Yam
kee 10, will it pay?" "is there an,
money In it?' Whenever any of VI
believe that there. is more money il
Planting forest trees than there Is In
planting corn, then we will plant tim
bsr. And we may say the second in.
centive is, wiz it really add to our com
fort in life BY making the bleak winters
more bearable and the summer more
pleasant? Heartily aud honestly decid.
Ing tlfisir the affirmative, then we will
plant timber. Then the third incentive
to action will, great many persons
aud wish it were first with all,-is,
will the planting Of groves and belts OF
timber around our dwellings really add
to our happiness. When we realize
this to be the fact then We will plant
timber.
We believe there are but few persons
who can not realize the DO: y and truth
what Miss Cooper wrote in her Rural
Hours" She says:
"Tlfere Ia something in the care of
trees that rises above the common labor
ofhusbandry, and speaks Of a generous
mind. We expect to wear the fleece
Of our flocks, to drink the milk Of our
herds, to feed upon the fruits Of our
fields, but in planting u young wood, in
preserving fine grove or noble tree,
we look beyond ourselves to the band of
household friends, to cur neighbour
aye, to the passing v ayfarer and strang.
er who will share with us the pleasure
they give; and it becomes greatful re.
Election that long after we are gone,
those trees will continue to do good to
our fellow Creatures for more years per.
haps than we can tell.n
Now in view of these enrolling dual
tiles described in the above extract,
who will not plant aud preserve grove
Of forest trees?
Whenever we fully understand that
planting of forest trees extensively
will increase the rain fall and make re.
gions productive that are now barren
for want Of rain, and whenever we rs a
nation believe that the destruction of
our native groves has tendancy to rem.
der barren, localities that are productive
(see Patent Office Reports on Agricul-
ture,) then our servants, the Congress of
the United States, will preventby strin-
gent laws the destruction of our forests
upon the public domain, and encourage
the planting of forest trees by making
provision in every grant of land that
timber must be planted; and whenever
we as State believe that planting tim
Der is necessity, then our State Lsgis,
Iaturc Will encourage the planting OF
timber by liberal premiums in money
or the abatement Of taxes or BOTH
There are many ways in which Congress"
and the different State Legislatures can
encourage the planting of timber, and
even grow it, if we, the people, say i,
slssll I've done.
Massachusetts, paid a premium OF 81 900
for the best grove Of forest trees planted
In 1860 and growing in 1870, to Maj Ben
Perley Poore.
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tax for every four shade trees planted
along the public highway.
Austria has one million acres of plant
ed timber. France has large tracts of
planted timber owned by the nation.
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