The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-30

Mr. Lyman has growth OF
white pine trees twO-thirds Of an
acre In extent. 50 70 Is yeara
81 age. which he has thinned, 80
that In 1894 only 1876 trees remained. or
20 70 the acre. Most OF his trees are
over 10 inches In diameter. At least 10
Of them ase over "a inches. and the best 1
measured 222 inches. the height be-
ing 70 TO so feet. The calculated vol
ume corresponds 20 a production OF |
7.iS5 cubic feet OF wood an acre.
which. under very careful practice. |
might cut $4,000 board measure.
In view OF the vast value and I'M
portsnce OF the white pine and the
rapldity with which a timber crop Of it
can be grown. even on land deemed al
most worthless. ! have been expert
mentlng on a small leale 10 ascertain
lts rate Of growth and the best treat
ment Of the trees while growing IN
this study have been disappointed al
nnding 80 little aid from books want
10 ind out how 10 grow a crop OF um-
Der on poor. cheap land as well as the
best farmers in the corn belt can grow
a crop Of corn. have some 900 acres
Of mixed growth from 20 to 90 years Of
age. and most Of this has been left 10
stature. have thinaed some y acres
Of small white plnes AID pruned some
81 them.
The little grove referred 10 By Mr.
Fernsw IL upoa a deserted farm which
I bsugat In January. 1879. aad. a. re-
nsmbeF. the arss tine astiesd u vas
q few years later The trees are close
By the highway. less thaA siK miles
non the larEs village 81 FarmlaE,sn.
lees than a mils and half from a rail-
read station. and fourteen. twenty and
ltweaty- miles respectively from the
titles Of Rochester. somsrswortA and
Dover. yet this grove with 10 los
squars rods OF land could net probably
have been sold a. that time for muoA. u
,Ey. over one dollar. and. perhaps. for
aot aver lfty cents. A man thlnnsd
TIE trees. receiving the Trimmings a.
pay. and they made stakes. kindling
Nsod. and. perhaps. few light top
poles for fence. They ought 10 have
been thinned earlier. They were then
left either avs or seven years. which
Was too long. before they were thinaed
again. They have been irreguiariy
thinned from time 70 time since. and
the pruning has been equally irregular
Standing more than 80 miles from M
home. they have net been as well cared
for as they orght 10 have been. Thei
have no limbs within 20 feet Of III
ground. ard the first 20 feet from III
ground viii make very good boards
worth. II cut nov. az least twice IN
price Of lnch-ihick box boards. tn
larger these trees become the NOR
clear lumber there will be In them. an,
It's value per foot viii increase will
their Elze. have other young pines o.
the same farm which have pruned q
that the logs from the frst 20 feet o
their bodies will be perfectly free o
knots 70 within two inches Of thei
hearts. and these knots VIII be 50 small
free from blackness aud sound. tina
they will scarcely be noticed In th
boarlA
n Tie ccsl Of the several pruninss 9
B, each tree will. judge from my exrer
n ience. amount to about one aud hal
n cents. 10 would be a fast averag
'. growth With properly th.nned pines
ID they we're two feet In diameter Al Z
e. years Of age. The most profitable mum
Al Der 10 the acre al this period Of thei
il. growth I have not satisfactorily deter
a, miucd. Perhaps 100. or possibly is'
Il and the amount Of lumber from Go.Oa
,e 10 $1,000 feet. board measure. with a
m Of that from the butt LOGS Of very 81
4. perior quality and the remainder soun'
~ with the ordinary amolr, Of knot
=, The amount Of wood fencing. shlngl
!, stun. boX-boasd logs and timber ca
out Ia thinning such a forest or planti
10, lion Is immense The saving In cost
n getting lumber from such a clean fo
n. est. where every tree b a pine at 20 Gu
n, Instead OF having 10 cut paths throuE
\, trees and bruaa, and break the
Az through deep suows to get sca;terir
=. trees from among mixed groWths Is
"A very important item. Fer this az
M other reasons prefer to have unmi1s
timber lots aud no underground.