Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29
Eural's Pen au1 Scissors.

othcl mSterial in the construction OF
buildings, vessels, and various imple-
mcnts; at the present rate OF annual
forrest destruction, very soon, not
Safe OF the Union will have lumber
enough for the use OF its own inhab-
itanis. Oregon j. the only State in
which there il an excess Of forest. Sew
Gu States only, have supply greater
than their own demand. and three of
these. Michigan, Wisconsin, and Min
nesoia, at their present raie OF destruct-
ion, will have .fiHiShed their forests in
twenty years. In one year. these three
States "cut or $50, 1872 acres.
Let us see how the wood and timber
il consume {. The railroad Locomotives
of the United States consume $50 600 900
worth OF wood yearly, or p wears
growth on 2J0.Q0O acres; - 0oO 900
Slecpers. or 30 wears growth on 6s 900
acres. They require SiS.0o9.010 worth
of timber TO build the fencing required.
aud $40 .oe0 oCo worth annually TO keep
thcseiicnces iulrepair. and SSs.oo0.0o0
worth, for buildings, cars aud repairs.
The 65 600 miles of telegraph require
, eco 0o0 trees for poles, and 100000
more for annual repairs. The 10000 .0O0
matches manufactured i'm the United
States require 2SO.OOO of the best pine
lumber. The brick kilns require the
product OF Sc 600 acres, or 14j0 900
cords of wood.
The shoe-peg manufactures consume
annually 100 900 cords OF birch wood;
packing boxes Sl0.o000O0 worth;
W soden ware S2.0O0.O 900 aud agricultur-
al implements $50 10000 worth. Mass.
achusets alone, consumes annually
, 100000 rock maple shoe lasts.
Statistics show a forest clearing"
equal to 10000 acres a day for each
working day OF the last 10 years: yet
they fail to show the enormous con-
sumption of wsod by the thousand-and
one" diversified industries OF the coun-
try ,>ay OF cedar for houses and barns.
fences, bodybuilding, shingles real road
ties, hop. and bean poles. OF ash for
spade, shovel, fork, and rakes handles,
snaths, pump handles, vessels blocks,
oars, slaves, hoop-poles, baskcts, and
for "iinish;" of hickory for carriage
hubs, axc-handlcs. hoop poles, wheel
stock. and for smoking hams. for which
purpose. no Other kind OF wood supplies
it, place
OF elm FOR hubs, inside finish, kcels,
pumps, piles, waicr-pipe. and OK
goad-.
OF sugar maple lor ship timber,
furniture, cooperage &c. &c. OF Ti-
lo'r for flower boards, paddle wheel
floats, fender, trays. ladders, and
baskets - ilc li.tof use. OF wood
IN Kit be CONTINUED 10 an ilnmcasurable
length.
The annual consumption II "nre
wood" 10 Maine alOi.s. ioot- ~ total
OF l.o"o.cuo o1rl.. while a. immense
quantity B. destroyed by lime Kiln. anl
save milis
Whie d, i - .ima'cl that Maine Al-
J. .fH .qnare n.i.c. ol i.re-t, ,prsuah., u1t
ouc-haif oi &c right 3. rfime,al ~ooj..or
an extent ,l forest Which tas uei bes-
cuirelelcd up1a D., clearing.
Ma +. Bat onl, tAs most l.s. .ssf ts.A
Known. bat % D.. tle cheapest --Tlss-
81. uhish are s.cros.ieftil4ei o. n
.ssi. reach thr hlglc.; stale si st.s.-
) cuce The r. ia saft ~ ia.ertou..
vaitafe.--nafk stable. are iuiariaa- o.
horses -kx Secretary CaanAi,r'. Mirhi-
gau iarm consists oi 3iea aee. -
Lat ,eai Eng.and imported .tss. ,.'I
WofiA oi ssgs No grain gruwn b. 80
valuable - 80 available a. rte Bret
-usar oulr b. u-ed in France The
milk 0f COW d. Years Old u i'l produce
more cream u.n the milk 0i 0ne four
yeAr- Old New York paw about
- 49, 90 year for ii. mix The
annual prodasa soA VI tea = a., $50 tons.
soda must nst 4be u-cd in cleansing
colored eloihcs.-The subject of keeping
warm, now occupies the minds OF many.
The humblest flower that grows il
wonder OF the crcatiOn.-A good milk
route is a "bunanga." Give hens
cooked meat, for raw meat makes them
arrelsome.-Nitroge is the most
valuable fertilizlng element.
Boston is receiving fresh beef
slaughtered in Colorado, twenty-nine
hundred miles away.
Rain. water filtered through field or
garden soil does not dissolve out
trace Of potash. silicic acid ammonia, or
phospAoric acid.-The soil does not
give up to the water one particle OF the
food of plants which it contains.
Ever; steamer from New York in
the autumn and winter months carries
five hundred to thousand barrels of
apples to Europe.
They use cork in Germany as fill
ling for Winter bed-coverlets in place of
feathers. 1t is said to be quite as light
and also cheaper and warmer.
Goats whey is a famous Swiss
cure for disease of the chest aud stom.
ach, and there are numerous establish
ments where it is produced and admin.
istered. The goats way here is quite
different, but his action upon the stom-
ach will drive away diseases or any
thing else just the same.
The potato is the most persistent
of vegetables, otherwise il would have
ere this succumbed to the rot, mildew,
curl in the leaf, and the Colorado beet
le