The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-30

Nf""" AAa EIoMlu OF
white pine trees two-thlrds OF an
acre In cxieat. 80 to Is years
OF age. which he has thInned. 50
that In 1894 only i46 trees remained. or
80 TO the acre. Most Of his trees are
over 10 inches In diameter, at least i6
Of them are over Il inches. ard the best
measured 22.2 inches. the height be-
ing 20 to so feet. The calculated vol
ume corresponds 70 a production Of
f'ls5 cubic feet OF wood an acre.
which. under very careful practice.
might cut 10000 board measure.
In view Of the vast value and i'm
poriance Of the white pine and the
rapidly with which q timber crop OF Il
can be grown. even on land deemed al
most worthless. I have been expert
menting on a small scale 70 ascertain
It's rate Of growth and the best treat
ment OF the trees while growing IN
this study have been disappointed at
Ending 50 little aid from books ! want
to md out how to grow a crop OF tim
Der on poor. cheap land as well az the
beat farmers In the corn belt can grow
crop Of corn. I have some 400 acres
Of mixed growth from % to % years Of
age. and most OF this has been left to
nature. have thinned some ~ acres
Of small white pines ard pruned some
Of them.
The little grove referred 10 By Mr.
Fernow is upon = deserted farm which
| bought in January. 1879. and. a. re-
member. the FIRST time Noticed Il was
few years later. The trees are close
BY the highway. iess than six miles
from the large village Of Pennington.
less than a mile and a half from a rail-
read station. and fourteen, twenty and
twenty-five miles respectively from the
elites OF Rochester, Somersworth and
Dover. yet this grove with lis los
square rods Of land could not probably
have been sold at that time for much. II
any. over enc dollar. and. perhaps. for
aot over hfty ceats A man thlnned
the trees. receiving the thinnlnEs as
pay. and they MADE stakes. kindllng
wood. and. perhaps. a few light top
poles for fence. They ought 10 have
been thinned earlier. They were then
left either ave or seven years. which
was too long. before they were thlnned
again. They have bsea lrreKuiarly
ihinned from time 10 time since. aud
the pruning has been equally irregular.
standing more than 20 mlles from my
home. they have not been a. well cared
for as they ought to have been. Their
have no limbs within 20 feet OF the
ground. and the first 20 feet from the
ground will make very good boards.
worth. II cut now. az least twice the
price OF inch-thiek box boards The
larger these trees become the more
clear lumber there viii be In them. and
Its value per foot will increase with
their size. have other young pines on
the sane farm which I have pruned 90
that the loss from the hrsl 20 feet OF
their bodies will Be perfectly free Of
knots 70 within two inches OF their
hearts. and these knots viii be so small.
free from blaekness and sound. that
they viii scarcely be noticed In the
boards.
The cost Of the several prunIngs Of
each tree will. Judge from my exper-
fence. amount to about one and a half
cents II would be a fast AVERAGE
growth with properly thlnned pines II
they were two feet In diameter Al Is
years Of age The most profitable num-
Der TO the acre at this period OF their
growth | have not Satisfactorily deter
mined. Perhaps 100. or possibly $50.
and the amount u lumber from $1,000
to $4,000 feet. board measure. with all
OF that from the butt logs OF very su-
perior quality and the remainder sound.
WIKI the ordinary amount OF knots.
The amount OF wood fencing, single
stun. box-board logs and timber cut
out In thinning surh a forest or planta-
ton Is immense. The saving In cost Of
getting lumber from such a clean for
est. where every tree Is a pine AZ to cut.
Instead o. having to cut paths through
trees and brush. and break them
through deep SHOWS 10 get scattering
trees from among mixed growths Is a
very important item. For this ana
ltheF reasons prefer to have unmixed
timber lots and no underground.