Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-06-04
Timber Prospects for the West.
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scarcity OF timber" Having lived
thirty years in Eve Western States, we
aro preparcd To sav sometling Of our
timber prospects.
T;mhcr with ma crors w,,,, wnndav.
FIJI ron;d;,vl 'Tb;1,v yos,s o.o nac
MA madc Tho sam. ab;sc,icn ,e ca;rc
10 IlIinois whirh ,bcy now maEc 90
going to Nebynska b,t moi tw;,hs,ond.
ino he wood ,h,, has bccp burnod
nr1 tbe mill;ons ~ r,,ilrona ,;es Which
have bcer tnrn;sheJ ,Larc a. nors
timber in Illinois ~. ID a.,
All Itbroueh NehrasLa ,;~nar ,,,s.n,l
inc II an, enthus;.sm, Ev.r,. sd.r,a.
nlants Stock comnan;es Man, iara.
iracts. and Railrond Gamma n;o. ss 81
ra;s;no ,;mher MilI;ons ot ,raas .,s .s
ann"all 1ll !, ss, on, trom ,ho ,oras,s S az
hundreds ! ~ nurseries a rc nrono',s
on J, grund scalc lOne Ann ~ ;sS ovos
,wen,v ,nillions M con;s,,m a,ons "A
connot snnnlv tho domand Ono Do,
ON, Omca kenor, os,;m.,os ,bs, ,Iso
O0G scrss ore pnrnalv nlsn,ad A. 49,,
Ler Ios, vcar an: ,b;rd ,ncrs ,s"s.
vere ,Iant.3 u,.r i, a s '
Tree cnIturc has nrovea n sncc.. :.
II i no nocommon ,h;ro IN s.a a,n.a.
M ovargrcous In ',Se tc.r, or onos
blonk uralrie q ConiIerm snccced n,,ch
.bct,cr in he liam NJ no Wcs,. ~.
in their native Micbirau or New yorL.
Arthur BRYANT. of Princeron IlIno;.
brother ofthe poet. has a great yarja'
". Some of his cyergreens nre tor,v
feet high. and Ave feet in t.irmmG,s
ence thougb only twenty ve,rs oid
Mr.. Scofeid. of E,vip. has Rnror.sn
larches fifteen wear, old FORTY feat
hipb. and foot in diameter-cspabIc
of making Two railroad lies and two
fence posts 10 the tree A few months
400 we visited Mr. Edwards ono NJ
The tree plante,s of the Wcs, md II
seemed as though the wand of a mau;.
clan had passod over that nrairie J.nd
What transformation had been nto.
ducod in a score of vearsi WILL.
wind through Ills grounds cmbowereJ
with perennial green Here are fra
which you would think half centprv
old there, pines large enough for
house timbers; and the Norway spruce,
serving as stable for fowls and cattle,
yrcens Cor tbe protect;on or ,ho;rs ~.
and the shelter Isl complete that u
lew dollars save the expense OF barn.
The Norway spruce, by its foliage,.
with limbs overlapping, is especially
ADOPTED Tor stock shalter; and We
have seen hedge OF this tree, six
years planted, and four feet apart in
the row, so interlaced that the snow
could hardy otolo through II.
In Iowa ana Nebraska, tine artificial
forests diversity The once unbroken
pra'ries; and 1--we have seen soft naples
80 thriiiy, that alter six years, ten
acres would supply family for ever.
Black walnut, eighteen years old, has
yielded ut the rate OF forty cords Of
wood per acre. Cottonwoods, fifteen
years old, are found that will yield a
cord TO the tree. In one instance a
row OF Lomoardy poplar, ten rods
long, and twenty years old, yielded
twenty cords OF wood--two cords TO
thc ROD white willows, set out as q
hedge, soon yielded ample returns OF
fuel m .f1I 1s8r indi o a'rag.gH
-, 70 :" ,.s .,".'"s rospo.e ~,
~ ~ o.u,ans as 'oes'I a,.s a.'.s s's'.eu
e"o enS .Iu,0. ,hn, ~ our 'u"oer @ ,'' .,nuo, we
.,". ~. .n"' .,' a.. .s...u .e"1e WIN con'
's'o M .re ues'.aI.'o. VI our p,"er'es;
ooon ai.er our Pi"e - gone, our nara
v. moou = g. 'olps's '.a "n.n .or suPPy our
ua"u'ao,o,'.s, ,;s a oa. I ags'eu..ura ~, en'er.
p'eo' anu e'' "o'Ae,) "hi a'so 10
u's,Ioyeu' %, !,
io.s'y years WIN, 'nesi'ao'y, see
'he EAst dehuoeo q umoer, While
groves mrge enough ier puhu,ng ana
.,'ah1,ac.u'g ir purposes, WIN acorn
snV Wv, west properly 'e"oeo, trees
w'n grow 70 goou SIZE IN th'r'y
years mere Us = greht u'nerence oe-
tween y . na'ura' ana an ar''hc'al forest,
De'ore US, us VIC "rite' is sect'oh Oh