The Grange advance., 1874-02-04

\ $Aaet 40T7001U 1tcpuotscon 1oots up the
drain onlthe timber Of that county for fu 81
in one y}ar At 182, ,4O5 cords Of wood, and
for lumber at 2, ,O00, 600 feet, and adding the
timber used for railroad ties, fences, slaves,
&c., and what is wasted in clearing makes
the grand estimate of 200, 600 cords of tim
Der consumed annually from the forests Of
Rice coun;y. and adds:
Estimating the average yield Of timber at
20 to % cords per acre, which is high
enough, and it will require over 8, 600 acres
or about g sections to furnish the supply.
As there are not more than 200 sections of
timber in the county at present, it will be
: see that . tde above rate of consumption,
our resources, that seem at present almost
inexhaustble, will be gone in about fifteen
yeurs!'
1t woult be we'll for other places in our
State to make similar estimates and CON-
mence making provisions for the future.
We were spending winter in Michigan a
few years since in region Of country that
thirty yeals ago was one dense forest, and
five years ago wood was selling at $500
per cord, md this, too, within forty miles
Of the lake where stone coal can be obtained
much cheaper than it will ever be, from pres
ent prospects in Minnesota. The fuel question
under the present movement Of things, will
soon be a question of more concern to this
State tina. that Of machinery ever has
been.
lie, gro, ,es be planted on every farm the
coming season; they will add beauty and
comfort, apd in the end will be more prof
liable than wheat, at even ST so bushel
Let the pnsent supply of timber be used
with econ,my. In a recent visit to Rice
county We we're surprised to see the num-
ber of farm 8 that had been cleared up in
the woods, land We have been made anxious
about the future of this Northwest in trav-
cling through sections Of Wisconsin and
Minnesota 10 see the immense waste-more
than that, tie ruthless destruction-of tim
ber, the nly aim seeming to be to
! get rid of it in the most easy, rapid,
and effectua manner, without a thought Of
/ CAC AuLuICI We nave SOuCClulGS tAOugQL
that it woul be a good idea to place the
timber Of tlis country under the guardian
ship Of the Nation, as we understand it is
done in Ge4 many, with commissioners who
shall 60 Though the forests and mark such
trees as mg be cut each year. At.any
rate good Rnse and all the experience of
the past should teach us to preserve our for
ests
ST. PAUL, Jan. 3Oth, 1874
Editors Gru,ye Advunce:
| The Ex5mmittee of the State Grange
held meeting in this city JAN 21st, at
which time the following circular was or
! dered printed and circulated throughout
the Oranges in the State:
| At a meeting Of the Executive Committee
| OF the State Grange P. of H., held at Vino
ma, Dec. 9tll 1873, the following preamble
and resolutin, offered by Bro. VIM. Paist,
| was passed ~ an unanimous vote:
| WHEREAsl This executive committee has
| learned fron reliable sources that in many
Of the frontbr counties of this State large
amount Of mfering now exists among tho
settlers frop causes or calamities beyond
| their contrd, and such suffering will con-
! tinue to inchase as winter and spring ad-
! vance,
BE 1t Reblued. That we request the
Oranges in this State to literally subscribe
| to aid the Numbers of the Order who are in
such conditin. /
| QosnIroJ Nhot rooou,p,oox1 o,,n
Brother, il ". Benjamin, of Window,
Mimi. as hitable person to forward sub
scriptions an supplies to.
T. T. SMITH,
| Ssretary Erecutive Committee,
| State Frange p. Of II. Of Minnesota.
! The Executive Committee at the same
time adopted 1.-THE resolution embodied in the
following cifular, and the Society was di
rected to hive it printed and circulated
among the Ganges.
WHEREAS, here is considerable expense
attending thy arrangements Of the State
Purchasing agent. in paying postage, ex-
press charge and freight on machinery,
preliminary = active operations and the
receipt Of any moneys by him in the Spring.
THEREFoRE Resolved, by the Executive
Committee oflhe State Grange of the Pat
rons OF Husbpdry of the State of Minneso-
ta, that the sSeral subordinate Oranges in
this jurisdictSn be, and they arc hereby
requested to Forward, each, the sum of
(S5:oO) five dtlars, as soon as practicable,
to VIM. Paist # St. Paul, Mimi, the Secre-
tary OF the site Grange P. of H. of Mimi,
to be used byeim in defraying the immedi-
ate and necessary expenses aforesaid of the
said ,Purchasig Agent. The sum so con-
tributed by SD Oranges to be returned to
them on or bfore the first day of November