Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-05
TREE PLANTING
BEING AGITATED.
Department Of Agriculture Work
Ing for Western Forests.
WANTS THEM PRESERVED.


There g. on, subject of Interest to
The western country. 90 which the T5t
crnmcnt o. at this time. Elvlng especial
attention. 10 De- tree planting. While
the Forestry Division Of tho depart
munt % agriculture 90 supposed 90 Took
Into forestry questions Tor the fnuu
United States, an matter ~ flct
special direction o. now being devoted
hy the now forester Nir clifford Pine
chot to the conditions On the Plains
States und the Rocky Mountain States.
The forests have such 20 close relation
60 ihn moisture supply and the gcreral
subject VI agriculture iu tho West that
the department ~ agriculture forHoas
tho necrnity ~ making nn lnvostiga-
tion which win show tine exact c1ndl.
tiUn 0f the forests and wooded nouns
tnlnH whence comes the ritrfH und
streams. and the eject NJ The dofnrcst-
iHatlon which o. now r1lnT un through
the cuttings vi The lumbormou and
dcvnHtntiuuH from nuH
DurInE tho past twenty years 10 great
deal has been done Boo thH way uf frrHa
planting iu the West. thr timucr'cultulo
law boiuE enacted by Congress iu the
hope of building up tree urena. This
d
/ yet vast amount of ARTIFICIAL trrv
planting has been successful While
the forestry division b. iu favor % unN-
/ thing which will prfpeiuate nr prupl-
/ kate tree arCnr. % IL proposed 10 The
I nrHt place. before going into any plant
l data which can ur found 0n the sub.
l iUrt 90 tree ulAntiuH % Dr. sometimes
I FULLY az important tD have The evidence
VI "a failure nr Of "a success. for " "a"
l experiment has been we'll made. the
/ knowledge 90 Gee failure viii unNlutc
the necessity Tor further TRIAL Ia this
l cuuurctlnu, Professor j. W. Tourney
[ The hutnuift % thu Arizona Experiment
] station, ana u practical forester d. now
/ making "a tour through the west lu the
lntorCsta OF the agricultural Depart
] mont The government forester nine
/ relf Mr., pluchut, o. also about 40 start
| go q Trip into The northwest taking with
| him a. "fUfuaify class" consisting uf
/ young men who uru making r. special
study % the subject
While forestry has not yet come 60 BE-
| generally considered ava Important
branch " the government the subject
" one which ~ undoubtedly coming t1
the front in this country. and fUrgftrS
/ and irrigation ARE destined soon Co Doc.
10 they afo not already The Two lrid-
Ing problems Tor tho West Our great
natural resources and tho vast areas N
uncut timber in tho United states have
Kept the attention ~ the people from
the necessity fur some such line uf me-
ton hy the government an D. uflctlcrd
IN European cuunulyt, Whrfg thli
branch % agriculture n recognized nr
~ tho highest impurthncci France
Germany, Italy and uihof rdntlnt luA
cuuntrluH nrr aH careful NJ thUlr forests
! uH % their waterways ana hundred
~ thousands NJ dollars are spent an
| nunlly hy their governments iu reclaim,
! land d
inH lt with trrUHi while the crown FOR
ratH nru administered by the severn
muntH with distinct profit o. the state
n viii Dc a long tlmc, Mr., lnchp
says. before the forests OF the Unite,
States ur0 managed un b. would us
GO pee thom, namely after the WHnnu
ln vogue Boz European cluuiriga whru
the forestry question lH AN ola ono tni
the word "yirFlu' iH unknown Thor
the most absolute system IN The flr
cot management prevails ana Erowtl
and rotation ~ forest crops are mad
na much OF o. study nH any other brncl
90 agriculture. MI pinchut aora think
however that there ia largc 0pportuniU
] lu this country ut very slight cot q
thu uWurTH. iu timu 90 reproduce Hrch
forest areas, which now when ne ofi
! riuul timber crop Dr. cut nr abandoned
q 90 nro and lrft 90 grow in scrub worth
! / Ices monuments 20 mans pfugrcan.
Forest fires. he says. form one NJ a
, / most important branches ~ forest In
Vcatigntlou and determine the nhtur
| 90 forest growth Go "a greater cNten
| than any other one condition exception
| temperature greater than humldit
Z | or fertility. n o. well known fac
81 that entire tracts uf land which ar
| covered with one class OF trcor. nfte
! destructive IRE, grow up 10 enufcl
Z | different species sometimes inferior
, sometimes superior 90 tho oHEinl
Z ! growth Roth the DEPARTMENT OF urfl
7 culture and the interior department nr
! fully alive Go the Importance OF IN
forest nro question and u lH believe
7 that important results VIII develop frpf
r the inyoatigatluna which are now bcin
made on this subject,