Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-17
TREES FOR PROFIT.

Many landowner In the country
districts In Utah would have been
much better of than he 10 today II he
had taken the advice given twenty.
five years ago about tree planting
when 1t could have been follow ed,
with n little display OF energy; aud
many young men who are land
owners now and think the advice is
not OF immediate interest to them may
feel In another quarter OF century
that they have made q mistake.
All along the history OF Utah, and
particularly at the period referred to,
the counsel was given by lea ding
men TO: people to plant forest and
hardy wood trees-those varieties whose
wood was valuable when the tru uks
had attained q good sizs. or course
such trees are OF slow growth, and
while the softer and more quickly
growing trees were planted, because 1t
seemed too long to wait for tue others,
the result shows that another course
would have been more profitable.
An Illustration Of this IL given In
the experience OF Charles Il. Whit.
ing, an Iowa farmer who planted
walnut trees from 1870 to 1873, and
which now stand from fifty to sixty
feet high and are regarded as amoug
the most profitable Investments on his
farm. He planted in belts, and has
| about seventeen acres OF timber alto.
gether, his farm being large. He W as
offered sl5, 900 Tor the trees, In addition
to which he says: "The tax. ex emp.
ton fees for the hrst ten years and the
use have made of the timber la thin
ming has paid me fair rental for the
land up to this time" or his timber
planting and growing experience Mr..
Whiting says further In the Blrling.
ton Corn. Belt:
On my farm l have to keep up over
| forty miles of wire fence, and for many
| years have not bought fence post,
using those young walnuts tor posts,
| cutting them out as soon as the tops
| showed signs OF dying, saving mo a
| large item of expense. Most OF my wal
| nuts have been planted in tho spring.
| In the spring planting l have never
! failed OF IA hrst-class stand in my soil,
| II cultivate them we'll the first two
| years aud pillow them over once or twice,
| the third year they will shade the
| ground and take care of themselves for a
continuous growth. Last year we had
| a heavy crop Of nuts and l have over 100
bushels Of black walnuts put away for
| planting this spring. / shall continue
the belt form OF planting. From this
| you will see that l am sill believer in
walnut planting and culture. BY the
way, while on the timber question, /
may as well meutlon the fact that last
| month / had a sawmill SGT upon my
| place aud cut out about 10000 feet Of
| timber for use on my farm, anu il Is all
gone. Last week l had the mill come
! again and 1t is now saving. This time /
have between $4,000 and 10000 feet OF
logs IN the yard. some OF these logs ara
| over three feet In diameter, every tree OF
| which hea been grown since 1 came Ia
| the place, and so far have not cut tres
| when they did not need trimming out,
| My saving this spring will include Ave
or six different kinds OF timber / have
| 80 TAR refused to let any timber or furni-
tuTe man go into my groves to cut any
| portion out, though l have had repeated
requests from parties east to do so.
These statements ought to Gauss
some thought as to the advisabiIiiy oil
hard timber culture on much OF the
land that Is now allowed TO lie uu.
u.ed. Mr.. Writings experiences In