Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-21


ability q himself. who lives near market
upcu q farm no better than his. While one
i. earning ore dollar the other gets tao.
and hence the life Of one is worth 10 him.
self swiee that Of the other. II may b. .
favor to an Immigrant from the old work.
to come here and taAe an abandoned farm
because he viii be b tier of than he uoah
have been At the place where he was born.
If he can do no better than to take one OF
these old farms he had better take it, But
youpy America can do better. and the u ost
Of them know il.
But Their, 10 a use to which these
old farm. NAV be tut, and also mai,
80 ,hs hillv and rocky farms of Msins,
" hi,h sr. not vet abandoned. With all
III. agricultural progress which has been
NJ ds, a iarse number of our farmers have
ma. |, armed that our forest trees are crop
lilo, may h, nlsut~a. cultivated, come IL
MATURITY and be hsry,s ST. d The same As an,
other c,,p. So ht,lr, st.ntisn has been
given 10 tits dspxrtment of husban,iry tina,
~. hss, 6,,l,. il ANYTHING, said sb u, trees
ys,,,ny ,ire or the harvesting of a
Gran Of ,r,... ". cut lumber and
r., ,;,ob.r bnt never haryes, it. l.
,hsrs no Init 10 the age of tree.
tar which they grow no more? The or
s;n.,v .y, Of men il sal 10 be- seventy. IL
,ss,a No ordinary limit TO the aye Of trees,
aft,r which thew commence to d. ca, There
m,nif.stly is. Go into any original for
,s,. and Won find trees in all the stages of
decay returning to ti,- dust ~ 4 ~ we're.
And the clearing oil of OIL fran tie land
is only fastening that decay rs tie killing
of men in battle hastens the destruction
of the race. Now then wood is
crop, 10 be harvested, TO be planted,
10 be cultivated Just as are corn,
wheat or y ,tsio crops on'y the latter ms-
ture annually and the fvs.sts after series
of years. Now all these old and abandoned
farms in Maine, with all the mountains,
hills and excessively rocky land should be
kept TO grow up to crop of lumber, timber
for building, wood for fuel or mechanical
purposes. The best are for any particular
kind of wood, OF the kind of wood required
for any particular use should be made
study in our schools and work shops.
In this way an immense wealth might
soon be added to the valuation of the
State, and to the wealth Of individuals.
But it may be a.ked who will wait until n
or be satisfied with tie snail profit that can
possibly come from tree cnlture5 Let us
see about the small profits or slow returns.
If costs comparatively nothing to start or
plant n growth of .sees. They spring up
spontaneously everywhere. and all H., y re-
ouire is To be let alone. They grow while
growing AT all, they are 2.3 OF 4 inches in
diameter. and 20 feet high. Examine
.l,,o,, any fast growing. Young and thrift,
,r,,. like the elm. maple. spruce. or pine
ant Won will find the grains or YEARLY
,,owtb IN he one. fourth of an inch thick
ar i, other word, il increases in diameter
ona.ha,f an inch in "A wear. tree six
inches in diameter and twenty feet bivh
,,,xs {, , ve.r an amoupt of wood canal
:, , hoard % fa.t long I; inches vide st one
md coming IN a poin, at the other and g.
NJ n, inch ,hick This is,o,,al to a hoard
,o foo, lang q inches wide and "a inches
!, ,h;ctpss. or n souare foot Of board "a
;rche. thick An acre Of land il 100 square
r,,s ana !, ia M u,commor .;obt In
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