Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-02-13
Forestry In Iniias

would have been made had the year
been an average one.
Forestry In Indias
Government forestry seems to be a
success in India. The inspector-gen-
| eral of forests for India is now In this
country and he gives an interesting
| account of the management In that
| country. He says it has taken eighteen
years of legislation to get the kind OF
laws needed. but they have succeeded.
Now the permaEency OF the big
forests is assured and the government
will get handsome income from them.
The government Is gradually obtaining
possession of all the forest lands and
now has $4,000 square miles of wooded
country under supervision. The gov
eminent at intervals gives notice that
1t Intends to take a certain piece of
forest land SO many miles in size, and
claimants have six months in which to
appear and prove their claims. An in
dividual or town, probably, has de-
scriptive right to take building timber
from the forest in question. That
right is proved and settled perma-
nently, and thereafter only such trees
as are marked by the inspector can
be cut. In Burmah alone there are
over 1000 different kinds of forest
trees and the study there is to propa-
gate the valuable species and weed out
those that are Nocturnal Life.
Tillage and Fertility-The fact that
the rocky particles of the soil are the
source of phosphoric acid and nitrogen,
and that they are derived by dissolving
Of the rock, makes tillage a source of
fertility, since 1t tends to the more
rapid disintegration of these rocky par
ticles. If these particles were as easily
dissolved as the grains of sugar or
salt. our soil resource would sooner be
destroyed by excess of moisture or by
too frequent cultivation. One of the
great sources Of depletion of soil is the
too frequent cropping. which means
double or triple depletion. First, the
crop, be 1t hay, grain, wool, meat or
milk, taken from the farm, removes
fertility. Second, the tillage unlocks
the phosphoric acid and potash from
the rock, and makes a larger portion
available for the plants. Third, the
land left bare much of the year declines
In the per cent of nitrates. This last ia
D more important source of loss than is
understood.
Fill Up the Holes.-Has any reader
ever tried DR.. Bradens plan for i'm
proving muddy roads by covering the
low places with straw, coarse hay.
weeds or other such trash? We thought
he idea worth trying in places where
marsh grass abounds, on the borders OF
'loughs. A large amount of such fill
ng could be applied very easily and
'heaply there, and II it is found to
10 the work satisfactorily, as we think
t will, it would be another case in
Which nature provides an easy remedy
or the ailments she permits to befa,l
Is. The plant whose root cures snake
lite is said to grow always in places
where venomous serpents abound,
Where bad roads are apt to be in their
'orst condition, in the low ground. the
eeds and the tough, coarse grasses do
lost abound. Let us give this cheap
Dad material q trial before we laugh
1t as foolish to think seriously about.
Indiana Farmer.
Profit In Apples.-Apples pay II the
roducer can get 20 cents a bushel for
hem on the tree. The only hope OF
taking the raising of fruit pay is to
nip 1t to Europe, where good apples
re scarce. For this purpose the ut
lost care must be observed in packing.
he rest OF the crop that cannot be con.
lined at home and made into cider.
der jelly and vinegar can be fed prof
ably to live stock. Apple-fed pork is
deiicacy. The people of the United :
'ates, TOO, ought to eat more apples
ian they do. Nothing is more con- +,
icive to health and long life. This .
'ar they will have chance to indulge :
cir appetities with the choicest fruit
hich is abundant.-Ex.
Cultivated or Uncultivated Trees
le Nebraska agricultural sta.
IN has issued a bulletin from
hich the following practicable con-
lsions are drawn. Trees in cultivat.
ground have darker and more WIG.
GUS foliage than those in sod GROUND I
tn less yellowing, dropping of leaves !
whiting In hot, windy days. Apples \
eraged fourteen per cent greater
light on cultivated than on pasture =
Id, and II per cent greater than on .
'wed land. AS to moisture, for every
barrels Of water in twenty inches .
pth OF soil or sod land. there were lao
cultivated land. Evaporation. IA y
yone might suppose. was found pro- e
rtionate to the velocity of wind. z,
Apples in Missouri. = Missour, 4
claiming to be formidable rival 70 I
best known apple growing states a,
pies are a surer growth in Missonr; .,
IN In either New York or Michigan =
cause Of the milder climate. It is
erted. In the Ozark countrv ~. u