Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-12-22
FARMERS MEETINGS.
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE &C
lively Ar WORK.
First Institute of tho Ninfor Held ct
IunenburGh-Forestr boussed by
hessrs. WiosIow apd Sanford, Au.i.ur
Hale and President Arias.

The Stats Board CT Agriculture began ito
winters work by holding n two GoYs' in
stitute at Luneuburgb, Essex equity, ON
Tuesday ard Wedne5dry, December 1j
and IA.
The meeting was organized Ay tho s'cc-
ton Of Hon. F. A. Turner as chairman.
Hon. /. b. Hale, State auditor, n1alo an
address of welcome, which wns followed ~
talk on "The production OF timber" by
G. nj. Winslow, secretary OF tie board, wHo
said; Agriculture in general resfs annual
crops, but when the forests fall the growth
OF a generation is harvested.
The value of the annual forest cutting in
this country is 81, 900, 600, 900, which IS ID
times the annual output of our gold and s.l-
YER mines, thrice tho value Of our wheat
crop and moro than the gross income Of our
transportation lines. To fell and prepare 1t
for ufs requires the work 300, 900 hands
In foreign lands the forests aro often
owned by the government nud are protect.
ed, controlled and systematically cropped
by cutting only the mature trees
In this country, however, private owner
ship OF land aud private ideas and desires
as to how to work it render such supervision
imprac.icable. 1t is fact that tho groat-
est present income may be obtained By
/ wholesale cutting regardless of the future.
! Extra money is put into the pocket bat
! pcsterity is Gerraud9d. There is much uco1
of public sentiment in this matter OF the
| preservation of our timber LAM. Public
good and private interest alike demand az
careful preservation and as large az in
crease of forest areas al poss. bic for tha
| good TO come to general agriculture "a pre-
venting d"oughts and rain torrents
Rainfals are detained to gradually sup
ply the streams where the hill tops ara
wooded, but rush II t1rrsuts down the sides,
the floods carrying & r. and debris and
/ making havoc in tn va. eys below, where
the nci ,hts are denu5ei ", tletr trees.
With but little labor tho present ganera-
ton might preserve and plant trees on tia
poorer lands and leave 10 the next a herit-
age which would be valuable not only to
the individual, bat to the community at
large. Ii these board meetings help for
ward n more rational forestry, it may we'll
feel pleased
IN ;he discussion following the address
Hon. L. d. Hale said that he believed thar
$4,000 worth of spruce was cu1
in Lunenbursh and that the people
mad little to show for it. Mr.. !. O..
Sanford of the board clsimed that
he had found it most profitable to cut la
timber land clean and lob it grow up anew;
also that he had sold the timber sfeadns
from 8 lot his father he'd grown Ter 500 an
acre standing, aud that now the sano piecs
would cut 40 cords to the acre. lie did not
advise bnrn.n- over the land after cuttlus,
rs it destroyed the seed bed and set it Lack,
in his opinion, for many years.
Hon. Il. N. Arms, president Of the Dairy.
mon > assoc alton, who kindly supplied Mr..
Walls pace On the programme endorsed
Air. Sarfcrd- remarks, based On hls owa
experience with n hundred acres, Gul edyo-
Gated the preservation all planting o:
young forests.