The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-03
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sets. Rhob Island, Connecticut,
Delaware, aid New Jersey combined.
lt viii ma be- ont of place to men
ton tie following items which go to.
make up this estimate
LUMBER.
In. estimate made by the Forest
~ Fivisio1 of the Department of
Agriulturs of the amount Of the
SINCE item of lumber cut by the
milt in the United States for the
veal 1884 is %, 600, OOO, 900 feet,
boad measure. These figures, to
sont, may appear incomprehensible
andmeaningless. If the above guam
tityof lumber were in boards one
Incl in thickness, it would make a
plak walk around this globe 22O
fee in width. 1t would make a wall
ardlnd the United States fifty feet
IN height and fifteen feet in thick
nes. 1t would make a bridge to
thl moe5l twenty-five feet broad.
The nuhber of acres of woodland re-
CURED TO- produce this amount of
lumber allowing 5000 feet as the
average Eield per acre, would be
5,fO0,OOO,' an area as large as the
State of Massachusetts,.
The State of Michigan lisa notable
example Pf the rapidly disappearing
~ffrests. Fifty years ago the first
sw-mill WAS planted in that State.
It that lime it was estimated that
here We're 150,0O0,0 900 600 feet of
fhite pine standing in the forest.
low there are not more than 25,-
voc, 1000, poo, 900 feet. 1t has disap-
feared DIT the rate of over 1000, O0O,-
100 feetl a year, and the amount cut
IN 1884 was $500, 100000 feet, or
tbout ohe-ffth of the whole amount
tut THAI year in the United States.
tUsE OF WOOD FOR FUEL.
This Includes fuel for domestic
purposes, for railroad and steamboat
engines, for engines for manufacture
purposes, for mining operations,
smelling furnaces, charcoal, etc.
The estimated amount of wood con
sumed in fuel in one year is 159, 079,-
703 cords. An average of about
three cords to each person. The
number of acres of forest cleared in
procuring fuel is estimated at $780,
900. 7n"
USE OF TIMER FOR RAILROAD TIES.
On the lst.of anuary, 1885, there
were 156, 496s m les of railroad in
thu limited Stat as. For construc-
9reanirsd 1s,640 ties to the
mid making IL the aggregate
413f49,440 ties allowing 100
tiesI as the average product of an
acrf Of Woodland, it required I, 1872
494acres to fuppla that number or
an area equal to shat of Connect
Delaware combined.
The average duration of a tie is
seven years. 10 keep these roads
in repair. 4l3,i49A4O ties will be
required every seven years, or one
seventh of that number every year,
which, will b. 59a21s35O. Add to
this number tIb 13R00,OO0 required
for the 5000 miles of new lines
constructed annually, and it makes
7.2,:321,35O. The forest area neces-
shry to producesth number of ties
# 723213 acres.
DESTRUCTION BIZ FOREST FIRES.
1.-THE amount OF forest destroyed
liz fires in one year, as reported by
he last census, was 10,274,089 acres.
From information gathered by the
Forestry Division, it = feared that
the area will not BE le4Sin 1885.
1t may be of hterest to know
how these fires o~ttgihated: 1852
were caused by claapriHtg land, e2s
by hunters, sos by locomotives,
262 by malice, 1877 ny lining over
the surface to improN the pas
turage, ~ by camp-f Is, 35 by
smokers, 80 by light Y, Sc by
Indians, 10 by pro5pedTs, 9 by
coal pits, 3 by wpod-cl| tters, and
3 by carelessness.
TIMBER USED IN m5tlpiNI AND RE
Il PAIRING FksCEs
] The cost of buildi4g an fpairing
fences in the United Stat4 in 1879,
according to thel last Acensus,
amounted to ST., 762,li73.
East of the ninetytffth ieridian,
there were 239, 47,2t(e aer> of land
embraced in 3,53I,6t7 far The
cost of building and rlsrairi afences