The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-11

! or great part Of the snow and the
rainfall, and from this saturated soil
there comes the moisture that In dry
weather nourlshes the crops Of the
! farm. Not merely for their beauty,
their shade or their fruit should the
trees be cherished but because they
| purify the air, fertillze the soil with
their fallen leaves, shelter crops and
buildings from high winds, lessen the
| force Of floods, temper summer heat
and winter cold, and restore the
| springs that have ceased to flow. In
| the Forestry Building at the Atlanta
| Exposition the value of tree planting
was effectively demonstrated by a
series Of relief maps. one of Palestine
| showing the results of deforestation
| upon that country, the others OF an
American farm upon which, by the jul
| dieious planting of trees, the erosion
| of the soil was prevented and the
productive area greatly increased.
| These maps afforded an object lesson
| that impressed itself even upon the
minds of those who had no connection
| with or interest in the study of agricul-
ture.
At present it is said that the con-
sumption of our woodlands for fuel and
timber is so great that it has become
| necessary to adopt the German rule
Never cut down tree without plant
| ing another" To furnish the required
amount would demand the product
(not the destruction but the product)
of the growth of 1900, 000,0 600 acres OF
woodland. Mr.. Eggleston of the De-
partment Of Agriculture, says:
Our total forest area is less than
| 500, 900, 900 acres, which is no more than
we need as permanent stock of
| woodland FOR the country. 1t will be
| seen then that more than one half of
| our annual consumption is draft by
| so much upon our forest capital, when
we should be only drawing from our
| forests the amount of their annual
| growth, or the interest of that capital
| How long would it take millionaire
| to become a bankrupt If he should be
| annually trenching upon his money
| capital at like rate?"
All these facts and figures sufficient
| ly dispose the notion that Arbor Day
| is merely the outcome of a sentiment
that furnished the preteXt for school
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ia Nepiasha' twenty -ioui 90
wheh Trees ny .iie tsie u 'tlo
were piaIleu III tila' '7'a'e as q pAo.eo
| tive and sanitary measure. 1t is now
a holiday by proclamation or legisla-
| tive enactment in every State OF the
| Union, and from the trees planted in
| Neorashsl' III the early
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