The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-04
TO PRESERVE TEXAS PINE.
BUREAU OF FORESTRY STILL STUDY
THE PROBLEM.
The Kirby Company Has Requested an
Investigation OF Its Immense Hold
inus in East Texas.

Washington, October 30. The bureau Of
forestry Of the United states department.
of agriculture continues to receive requests
for advice and assistance in the manage
ment Of private woodlands in the south.
one of the latest requests is for working
plan for 100000 acres Of long leaf pine
land In Southeastern Texas. the property
of the Kirby Lumber company and the
Houston oil company of Texas.
The holdings OF these companies cover
about SO per cent of the virgin forest OF
long Leaf pine in Texas The officials state
that they are anxious to exploit their Tor
esta on scientific lines, emitting the mcr
chantablc timber In such q way as TO in
sure protection 10 the young growth, \
preliminary examination Of tLis large tract
will be made during the winter 10y agents
of the bureau. All things considered, this
large area Of tlmbered land, If handled on
/ the lines which the bureau will advise,
should prove to De one of the most interest
| Ing undertakings in the line Of forestry by
/ private owners yet attempted in the United
! States.
| The above request for assistance is but
one of number that have recently been
received by the bureau Of forestry
! In October. 1898. the United states de
/ partment Of agriculture, through its al
| vision Of forestry, drst offered 20 give prac'
teal assistance TO farmers. lnmhermen and
others In the handling Of their forest lands
( The response to this Offer was Immaculate,
and In three years private owners OF pEe,
I 100000 acres of woodland nave aN"li'd
themselves of the opportunity
In no part OF the country is wider III.
terest being shown IN conservative forest
| management by private owners than IN the
/ southern States Up so date the amount
of private lands in the South Tor Whlch nu-
vice in handling has been asked or the
! bureau is 1.a3IO0O acres, and very large
| mart of the work which VIII lee done Wy iHe
/ bureau for private owners In the Immediate
future will be in thar section
The industrial development OF the South
/ on all sides during the last ten NthIN uAs
been remarkable, hut no single lRluStrg
has made greater strides than the lumber
/ business This is not surprising when III Is
! considered that the Southern STATES con
tain a greater percentage oI forest 4te4
/ than any other SeSloh OF 'ue Dult ' v'
States The South has become "a very W.
| portant factor in the lumber MARKERS OF
the world not only through us WCAlh 81
| forests, hut from the tact that II nus w
usually good transportation facilities. ln
reaching the home markets southern Inm
+ bermen have the advantage of 4 number 81
excellent railroad systems to hNnlle men
products and such important SeapoEtS as
I Norfolk Charleston, savannah, Mobile
TAMPA, New orleans and galveston pro
vide excellent outlets through Whion
| reach the foreign markets,
! Within recent years many lumbermen
! from the North have been attracted 10 tht
Southern held; the forests OF PcnnSyiNahl3
Michigan and Wisconsin having been a.
most exhausted many Of the leading "ooa
men Of those States are now Gne"gcu w
cutting timber IN the South. me forests
oF tho thrca States lust mentioned were
once considered lrexhaustible, out once
numbering begins In earnest no forest area
is inexhaustibe The present co9dlSlop oI
the forests in many Notthern ah9 L1s dt,,t
( States Is sufficient evidence on TINS point
The south now has q great army OF iuln
bermen cutting away its forests ana IN
spite of their great eXteni' unlehs w AZ AZ
ting is done on conSerNHltle ,nigjtions nov
exlstipe In the North and East Will nt
found there also. For tnls reason ~ "
encouraging TO see the Interest IN ptSS', r,-i
rntc timber lands This tendency 70 cu
timber Conservatively, looking 10 the tulul'
value Of the forests as wei rs 70 Pteeth
profits, must be the saIegu,pHy N 40 ,b,
/ Sorth when almost too late and II VIII h'
/ greotlv Ia the credit Of southern lumDel
nen II they begin the protection OF lhel
forests in time. taking 70 heart the sac
| aypericuce al people In other sections,
IN addition 10 more than l,5OeOOo acre
of private forest land In the South, n
bureau Of forestry mas r sS6 e6o s ig ~
oiber Sections Added TO this are nearl
10000 COO acres OF United STATES forest re
serves aud state lands. FOR which we gu
resu IL asked for technical assistance IRON
} ''lW Not oniy have the people throughout III
: country shown interest In practcal loi
estry, but congress az lls iast ~ goverp
,nenf's yyorl, in this line as TO raise the ~
,isinn ~ forestry 10 the rank OF bureau
The annual appgTopr,aut%ann Ono was Ks 44o 4
1901 sin the demands upon the pufea
continue 10 greatly outstrip It's. resources.