The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-04-09

The House Committee on Agricul-
tare lately voted to report bill for the
collection Of specimens Of native woods
lathe United States, to he placed in the
museum Of the Agricultural Depart.
ment IN " ashington' This step has
not been taken too soon, for if the
waste Of wood continues at It's present
rate there may, few years hence, be
specimens Of many kinds wanting, We
have frequently called attention 10 the
Importance Of forest preservation, and
the short sightedness Of the present
generation IN respect TO it, and are glad
to see that the President is displaying
personal interest in the matter. The
public is apt to loose sight of its i'm.
portance SO soon as the excitement and
horror attending such terrible coufa-
erati9ns az thuBc which occurred in
Wisconsin aud this state two years ago
die away In his report to the Land
o0ice at Washington, in 1906, the
inexperienced wrote We have
now reached period when the demand
for timber is rapidly on the increase
and the supply diminishing The dc.
mand is, indeed, undoubtedly inreasing
to au enormous extent la 1867 the
same officer wrote "The subject of
forest.tree culture has of late years at
tracted much attention in Europe on
account Of the inconvenient scarcity Of
the more valuable kinds OF timber, es
peeially ship timber and the subject is
Of no less importance in our own
country, where regions exist com
pIetely destitute Of trees, aud where
the su ply OF tho more valuable kinds
limited and becoming so scarce that
it even now commands large prices 1t
is time that our best timber land should
be priced, not emily in regard to present
but future value" In a speech in Con
gress two years ago, Mr., llaldcman
said it was computed that twenty mil
lion people are dwelling in wooden
houses, taeir barns and out buildings
Of wood, tue fencing Of wood, TGeu
twenty thousand cords a day are daily
consumed by locomotives and the sixty
thousand miles Of road demand $500
ties to the mile. Some of the mills on
Puget sound have capacity to turn out
daily 100 600 feet OF lumber, and the
present export Of the sound in pre-.
pared lumber, masts, aud spars amount
to over one and half million dollars
annually b1cago in the same time.
sold nearly loot. 600 600 feet of lum,
/ Der. over 100000 00g shingles. ADD
/ 10 600 0oo pieces Of iath, aud the en-.
ormas consumption of wuj of that
city 10 repairing the rast,os Of fire
may well be imagined t.otler tire
neudons de"ourar of wood is the mines
+ In the romstock Nine. Nevada, there
has been annually consumed Of lumber
and timber about Is 900 600 feet
From Nebraska City, Mr. Hayden
+ Jnitcd tates GeoIogist writes; al
would again speak of the Importance
Of planting trees in this country. 1t j.
bel eyed that the planting Of ten or &c
teen acres of forest trees on each quar-
ter section wiIl have q most important
effect on the climate. euualizine and in
creasiar the moisture and adding
greatly ,o the fertility of the soil. tn,
settlement Of the country and the in
crease Of the timber have alread,
changed for the better the climate ID
that portion of Nebraska living along
the Missouri
I A. matters stand. tue consumption
Increases enormously every day will
the increase Of population. railroads
manufactures aud hitting enterprise