Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-02-17
OUR WASTING FORESTS.
SOME VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS BY
JOHN WOOD.

The concentrated Intelligence OF the
State has met for the purpose Of max
ing aud amending laws for the pre-
members would like to devise some
means by which forest trees can be
reasonably protected and forest fires
abated. Most of the forest Of Nevada
is gone. hut it will he good work to
protect and care Cor what we have
left If the owl ers of timber lands
were asked t. instruct their wood
choppers to leave sma trees for seed,
they would do 50. l have reference to
Nevada The lumber cOmpanys as a
rule have cnt down trees indiscrimi-
nately and The young trees went with
the rest This was more the fault Of
the contractor than the owner.
Ten wears ago when I was taking a
rest at Lake Tahoe, called Mr.. Mar
letr's attention to the cutting Of trees,
50 small that they were not worth the
labor. He said: "When get to
Car on I will call attention to this
matter. This is not my fault, for 1
always leave Young trees for seed and
7 will see that it does rot occur again.
and when you write again make me
an exception to the cutting Of small
trees" If other lumber men had t'een
as considerate as General Marlette,
our mountains would not be denuded
of forest trees.
Fire wood will soon be scarce and
high, and the sooner the ranch
man rlants or 10 acres to trees the
better 1t will require little care. 1t
is an excellent place for the young
calves and maybe hogs after the grass
il we'll set The intelligent farmer
will have : fish-pond in his grove and
the family will have room for recrea-
ton in the shade.
There is good comfortable living
in this country if man will keep out
of debt. if his farm is hut 20 acres.
The 500 miles of irrigation works in
India with large interior dams, set a
starving population Of $50 millions to
work and in place Of Trdia being
charge. she gives 1856 millions revenue
a year in addition 10 the increased
commerce This has been accom-
plshed " or Mt Of S2a. 100000.
If France or Germany had our con
ditions. in place # feeding strong
men in soup houses. they woull be
employed at water storage and bring
ing water to mines and farms. and in
he construction of those works, max
ing a market for almost all kinds Of
material. We must learn to create
new markets at home.
Sixty cottonwood trees planted on
IN acre of ground in Is years will
grow 60 cords of wood at SIS per cord.
1900 With butts left sufficiently long
q grow another cord of limbs in IL
years. Ten acres would require 900
rees. ard in Is wears we hav, 600
lords of wood We will come down 81
MI make il 81 a cord. S24OO In the
mean tive this land will grow as
much feed for stock. The Lombard
'oplar will give as much wood hy
planting closer and allowing four or
i've shoots TO grow from the bottom,
md the poplar is much better for a
Wind brake by planting close ard |
in the TOP every year. To |
liant trees round 40 acres, feet apart |
t would take $50 trees that would be |
wing fence posts, and in Is years,
lnder favorable conditions, $50 cords j
f limb wood at 81 a cord, $3.50 The
american and Cork elms do we'll in
Nevada, and the locust, which is some
ines checked by the frost in s1rinI.
he elms and locustS are hard wood,
nd will make furniture, wagons,
osts and tire wool The cork elm
ill grow from 10 TO 20 Young trees
rom the roots a year. and will soon
lake handsome belt of trees round
le field or farm of immense value in
evada.
The United States law now is that
inch trees must be left, and an an
nal appropriation of $4,000 is made
Dr. the protection of the forest II any
{ you gentlemen want subject, take
lie waters from the mountains to the
ny lands all over the State, and make
ew forests and small farms for the
A family on the land
In make a living on 80 acres. 1t
ould relieve the labor marKet, which
almost destroyed by improved ma
linery. There is no other way in