The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-04-12
FLA uting Timber.


In our opinion it is not only most
sensible thing for every individual far
mer 10 do something every spring in the
way of planting timber trees, but it is
oven more than that. II is patriotic
duty, for the timber supply is so rapidly
wasting away that its serious need will
soon BIC felt in parts Of the country. A
few years ago black walnut was one of
our commonest deciduous trees in the
West. Ii grew along every river and
creek bottom, and in many sections was
about the cheapest lumber one could
procure. But it is already 80 scarce that
mahogany, formerly rare wood, is now
used for many kinds OF inside finishing.
1t will be but a few years, ut the present
rate Of use, before the black walnut en-
tirely disappears from our forests. But
we began this article merely ms q prelude
TO copying two or three items from our
exchanges. The first is the following,
which speaks for itself:
A black-walnut grove that was planted by a
WISCONSIN farmer about twenty years ago on
some waste land, recently sold for s27, 900. Tho
trees arc now from sixteen TO twenty inches
through.
This item tells what the cntorprising
farmers Of Kansas and Nebraska are
doing in this direction
The Timber Culture act has had the effect Of
doubling the timber area In Nebraska and Kan.
sas during the past twelve years. At present
nearly every well-0rderod farm has an outlying
timber tract Of from thirty to forty acres.
The following is part Of an article in
the /oW1 Homestead, from the pen Of
the Hon. Horace Everett, Council Bluffs,
Iowa:
hayo almost been ashamed 10 plant any
more black walnut after that romantic news-
paper report OF tho S27,0O0 sale, but, never
theloss, have grown in tho old way and hope
ono day that my children may realize tho story
told only twenty years too soon. Last fall I
purchased 100 bushels Of black walnuis and
commenced planting Oct. ], and kept IL mp
until tho ground was frozen. Had sixty BUSH
els loft over, which put ont this spring. IL
was quite slow business to plant, aud tho
last ton bushels were well sprohtod before wo
could got them In, but as they were covered as
fast as dropped they are coming mp very well.
We came very near losing my entire gather
ing Of nuts, and, M IL was from cause never
read, shall give il for tho benefit Of your
woro thrown into small new cellar 1913 for
safe keeping against my neighbors' hogs until
my planting. ground was prepared. Ono hun
drod bushels were thus stored, when, in about
eight days on visiting my farm, 1 found n
strong smell pervading tho house. tho cellar
full Of steam, and on opening tho pio Of nuts
.0und the heat at quito a high temperature.
My men at onco took them ont and spread them
on the ground from four to six inches thick :.
where they remained covered with straw till
thoy were planted. A fow days longer the nuts
would have been entirely worthless, and in
fact was in great doubt M TO planting them
at all. Another lot Of sixty bushels bad
stored about ono foot deep in an out.buildng,
and on examining them also found they wcro
IN heated state and would doubtless have
been ruined II thoy had not boon removed aud
scattered on tho ground. II IL my impression
that many OF tho nuts were ruined by tho for
montaiion and heat OF the shucks az they nro
not coming mp as well M they otherwise would.
think this shows il will not do to store them
In pits four TO five inches deep. Chicago
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