The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-17
FORESTRY.


Texas, SO much of prairie land, that the
question of aroor culture il becoming al it,.
teresling one. Timber Ia necessary to popu-
latiOn and the various wants thereof. L, IS
true that for very many long years TO come
there Is coal enough for fuel, which fuel
railroads is putting in reach Of every section
Of the country. 1t is true, too, tina. for
fenoing purposes hedges and wire are takii &
the place of timber, but still there Is and
always will be use and a demand for
timber. We cannot well do without it in
house building, for furniture, for
steamboats, and ships and for raj
roads. 1t is probable, exceedingly So,
that some inventive genius will, ere mar y
more years go by, construct railroad tic OF
iron or steel to take the place of the wooden
tic, in which event but little timber will be
necessary in railroad building and repair
but until this Is 80 the demand will continue
immense, and demand yearly on ,hs i'll
crease. Ask the farmer Of to-d'y if Le can
get along without timber and he will
promptly answer you, no. Indeed, he will
think the question simple one and will
wonder If thu lnterrogater is DAFT. Ask him,
If he lives upon the broad prairies of Texas
o'of the western states, to 60 out upon his
front porch and point out 10 you his forest
preserves, his wooded lands. He cannot
DO 1t; for they are not there,
and when you ask him where his supplies
are to come from 10 few years, what will
he the resources of his children in this par.
sicular when no is dead. and nine times GU,
OF ten he will DO unable to say. There is
but one answer to this question and that is
that arbor Gu ture must be resorted to.
Young trees must be planted and guarded
and cared for as closely and as intelligently
~ young orchards are. In Eng lands
are every year or two set apart for forestry,
as the timber on other lands Is consumed
and trees are planted, so that young groves
are handed down from father to son as part
OF every landed estate. John A. Wsrder,
M. D., Of Ohio. president of the American
'restry association, in the Journal
ofthe American agricultural association has
paper on "Tho relation of Forestry to Az.
riculture" in which no says, in answer to the
question IT forests are necessary to agricul-
ture that they are, and because forests mod
lily the climate, because they are the grea.
regulators Of the temperature and of the
moisture of the atmosphere about us, aud
these are elements of necessity to our sue
cess In the management Of vegetable life, for
which agriculture EXISTS. Forests are the
reservoirs and the conservators of moisture.
and the source Of continued supply to the
'p'ngs and streams and rivers of the CONT
'pent Without their presence, 10 due ratio
these essential and its-giving currant, would
soon aufisr in their continuous low, and
eventually disappear, leaving desolatiou in
their track" To make arbor culture success
full the farmer must study the nature Of trees
In connection with the climate where no liy,
and select those varieties best adapted to the
soil and climate, and that will mature rapid.
ly. Upon this point we are not at this time
prepared to offer any suggestions. We know
that here In Texas the china .reo is hardy
tree and rapid grower, but from our own
limit knowledge Of Its quality we
doubted II II DO adapted for
many purposes other than
fire wood and fencing. but for climatic effects.
such as those alluded to 10 the extract made
above from DR.. Wsrders paper, Chirs
groves will answer the same purpose as sry
other spec'es of tree. They will answer
every purpose for breaking the force of tia
winds, and will provide an ample shelter for
crops and stock from win,ry blasts and from
the chilling efieats Of incrs. sed evaporation.
ln lowe, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio
and perhaps In some other states where ar.
Dor couture has become q common. fssture
with agriculsurists, the western cs,slp.
ssanos n'Vn, Dus we DO not know how n
would answer 10 this milder and warmer
latitude. 10 those states mentioned /,
u hardy, vigorous grower. There
ore casslpa trees, called BY some
people "iever srses" In Texas, but we have
only noticed them ~ lawn trees, and a. such
shsy:ars pretty and attractive. Theysre
no. indigenous 70 this state, but Il does NOT
folio" 'hA Tor that reason they will no,
become accl'mssed and BE- suitable for nrbo,
culture. II they DO we'll a. ornamental
Fes' In la~n' anil gardens, why will thew no,
answer when planted In hroves for mora
practically useful purposes. That ,ro,s ava
productive Of rainfall and influence Tho so,.
sons, there Cal DO no better illu,,,.,Io,
rnd proof than Western Texan affords. P,io,
70 tho war and during the war. wea,o,n
Texas was hardly considered worth men,Ior.
Ing ~ An agricultural country vl,hou,
the aid Of irrigation. Il WA
broad, rolling sxpanss Of
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