The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-15
TIE SCHLEY COURT
Santiago Hero Only Man who
Made Mistakes
ACCORDING TO NIAVYcLIQUE
WI Ting Fang's Recall Regretted in
Washington.

Washington, D. C.,SI,ov. 14-The
bureau of Forestry of the u. s. Denart-
ment of Agriculture continues to re-
celve requests for advice and assist
ance In the management of private
woodlands in the SouSh. One of the
latest requests is for q working plan
ior 100000 acres of IoHgleaf pine land
IN southeastern Texas, She property of
The Kirby Lumber co1hpany and the
Houston Oil company OK Texas.
The holdings of these companies
cover about eighty per cent of the vir-
gin forest of lOngleaf Dine in Texas.
Inc ohclals state that they are anxious
10 exploit their forests on scientific
lines, cutting the merShantable tim
Der IN such a way as 10 insure pro-
lection to the young growth. A pre-
IlmInary examination of this large
tract will be made during the winter,
by agents of the Bureau. All things
considered this large aSea of timber
land, if handled on the lines which
the Bureau will advises should prove
TO be one Of the most Epteresting un-
dertakingS in the line Df forestry by
private owners yet attempted in the
United States.
Inc above request fog assistance is
but one of number thas have recent
ly been received by the Bureau of
Forestry. The Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road company has asked: for working
plan for its tract of 1S5,00 acres of
mixed hard and soft woods, situated
in Nicholas and POcah0ltaS counties,
southeastern West Virginia. Burton &
Co. have asked for an examination Of
their tract of 5000 acreS of pine land
situated in Berkeley d3unty, South
Carolina. The East Tennessee Iron and
Coal company, owning 10000 acres of
hardwOods in the Cumberland noun
tains, desires to cut it's timber on con-
servative lines, and has requested a
preliminary examination of its tract.
From North Carolina! comes a re-
quest from Mr.. Hugh McEae, for advice
in the handling of 10000 acres of
hardwood situated near Grandfather
Mountain. A request has been re-
ceived from the Georgia 3ron and Coal
Company, with Headquarters at At
1anta, Ga. This company desires ad-
vice in the handing of two tracts; one
of 10000 acres in BartoN county, and
the other of 10000 acres IN Dade cOun-
ty. An examination is a SO asked for,
by another firm, for 5000 acres of pine
land in Polk County, Ga, Agents of the
Bureau of Forestry willifnspect these
tracts at an early date. Z
A working plan is !be made this
winter Oy the Bureau of Forestry for
the woodlands belonging. to the Okee-
tee Club, the preliminary examination
having already been made. This tract
is located in Beaufort and Hampton
counties, South CarolinaS and contains
10000 acres of longleaf Sine land.
The foregoing include bnly the most
recent requests for assistance from pri-
Vate owners in the SOutH. The Bureau
for more than a year fast has been
cooperating in the handling of tim
Der tracts in that section At Sewanee,
Tenn, the domain of tie University
of the South, consisting of 1000 acres
of hardwOOds. is being numbered ac-
cOrding to working plan made by the
agents OF the Bureau. A working plan
has also been completed for 100000
acres of pine lands in Arkansas be-
longing to the Sawyer & Austin Lun1-
ber company, of Pine Bluff. Another
interesting piece of wofk just COM
pleted by the Bureau is ayvorking plan
for a tract of 60,00 acres i'll southeast
ern Missouri, belonging to the Deering
Harvester company of Chicago.
During the summer the agents of the
Bureau of Forestry have been at work
collecting the necessary sdata for a
working plan for $4,000 acres in Polk
and Monroe counties, East Tennessee.
This tract is the property of L. S. Sen
ator George Peabody YetmOre, of
Rhode Island, and the timber consists
of a wide range Of haTdwOHdS. A work.
ing plan has also been made during
the past season for 1 tract of
5000 acres in the Cumberland noun
tains OF Tennessee.
In October, 1883. The i: S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, through its Divis-
ion of Forestry, first offered to give
practical assistance to fa.'mers, lum-
bermen, and others, in the handling OF
their forest lands The RESPONSE to this
offer was immediate. and III three years
private owners Of over 4.GG0, ,019 acres
of woodland have aYaileJ themselves
of the opportunity.
In no part Of the country is wider in
terest being shown in conservative
forest management by isate owners.
than in the Southern State5. Up to date
the amount of private lands in the
South for which advice in handling has
been asked of the Bureaus is 1,534,OOO
acres, and a very large part of the
work which will be done by the Bureau
for private owners in th9 immediate
future will be in that section.