Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-08-29
! TREE FORESTS.

!, IheY Zx9l Thrive In California Wen
zSe <15 Spain Africa.
sRA Th4 HX65 I&{1e forests of cork trees are
II %lalfQadI <&I94ively extensive, although
w hArdJy l4e3ent to supply the demands
/ nen nav 6x&2 IN IN them or which as the
FaIa world rf6NS In prosperity must be made
on them VI there is hardly any end to
the t&49 &4F cork, and none of the sub
|onAE stituzaA IT, e which have yet been tried
Feed ne worry - fisfactory promise to take
|araAi aft8 p1sS0 <Qsny great extent The latest
Ersraz rs siu11ze4 o{ Existing areas of available
L sac0rE o&1 I4<Ssts make their extent from
|aenwS s8ay az ~ 1900, 600 acres, of which
he about oN3shalf, including those on its
|ine "a fric11 9sSessions, belongs to France.
The Wc8d &of the cork oak is heavy,
cosf4e 3&INed and of yellow-brown
|fRS tolQx5 ~ 1M&{nks and warps badly in sea-
sQaInH AX& decays rapidly when exposed
to th& &&@<&n of the atmosphere. 1t has
|, i. little x&I in the arts, but furnishes
n. ~ us4fl5 <&8f and makes good charcoal.
- The 54N&x Lark is rich in tannin, and
trees toe40 or unfit to produce cork are
&. cut for 6h6 Salze of the inner bark.
49, The eqFk pax is interesting tree to
T. Aneric13s4. BIS it's cultivation now seems
destined to Become an important indus
try in G9li{0rna, where the climate and
~ the soil 5n many parts of the State are
admirab1y sAited to produce it. This is
- not mexe theory, trees have been
n growing now for several years in Cali
~ fqrnle md nave already produced crops
h sof cork pf EXCELLENT quality. 1t is prob
L - able th9& NE tree will grow rather more
r rapidly 54A4lifornia than it does in its
essa ma tiY6 eoti}stry, although the quality of
II y the fotls the exposure in which the
treeS 4re placed, local climate, and
aa. the fr644Nant which the trees receive
H. Will lnuuence, of course, the rapidity
PEI with which the bark is developed.
|es y In Aff3cA Is is found that the trees
which grow the most rapidly produce
sas.' bark st the poorest quality, and that
/ ls~ within ceriain limits the slower the
Epen trees grow the more valuable the
OLGA product, provided the growth is not
100 slow, I'll which case the bark loses
CaEssome IL the elasticity which makes
|eyg yalnabie. The conditions which
|onsl influence. the development of cork are
/ SaaAso nsluerpns and complicated that the
|8 soroduct of all the trees in a grove or
% at CREST can never attain the same uni
TRY Eormlty gu thickness or quality in any
b s. Yiven lime This is so we'll understood
Is n the eottntries where cork is grown
RED that the best methods of harvesting
/ saaas been fonnd to be to go over the for
,rt est every two or three years and remove
but ashe bark from such trees as are covered
;rn W. tn nlercbantable cork and not to strip
In AL the trees at the same time. All
~ these matters must of course be consid-
~ uasred Ia ccnaection with planting forests
Ear sd cork oaki in California. The planting
|.1aa SAnd cars 1T such forests in Portugal and
spain has long been an important indus
'ry, and there is no reason why they
~ nay not be made so in California where
n'I ,a she local consumption of cork is already
49, ~ snormoaA 81 Though the wine industry
w. 'l here II hardly more than in its infancy
! coas Garden and Forest.
|ns" rt(& ssermuda-H -I1fsx Cable.
GonStdexable interest attaches to the
r. snytnE "a ascable between Bermuda and
WI Fl sHailfax. Aad its complet on will mark
\ new erA IN the history of the island.
An Amerlcan electrician who has lust
etuf1aed rom the Bermudas points out
EN- ,aox much more paradoxlcai the absence
e srn q teleExnphical communication there is
|go N@rqm the Tact that it is an important
|rried bE1nsh naval and coaling station, with
|boE enc ~ the largest floating dry docks in
y ne WORLD and a large military garrison,
sna thafthe prosperity of the island is
chsFf na1n1 dependent on its export of vege-
|ry sable& Nhich brings in a revenue of over
led SEQ coo The people have become alive
|is 81 70 tae necessity of knowing what is go
rob ing on n the world around them; they
prp afe putting up better build ngs, dredg-
|mpes NJ Tie hnrbor channels so as TO admit
fused ne t4kHest craft, building docks and
Is o. HhnTxe4 md now are placing themselves
rson T. praktien 60 reap the full advantage
hg aQe1ty p8tces current This evidently
~ t1a end, for it is run,ored that
led - piAn4 ~ an electric road are already
fof 41q4H QQnideraton.-N. Y. Sun.