The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-11-02

Scientific forestry has received
great impetus in the last year from tho
preserves that have been established
by such men as W. c. Whitney. Georgr
vanderbilt and Dr.. Seward Webb. and
from the work of foresters like Clifford
Pinchot.
Mr.. Whitney has 4 great tract of 6S.-
00o acres in the Adirondacks. in which
he is working out the problems of for
cStry and game preservation. He has
already introduced moose, and at pres
ent w. G. Harris, the ichthyologist, is
studying the problem of fish supply
there for him. Besides his own forest
ers. of whom he has a regiment, the
foresters of the United States Govern
ment have been studying his tract and
nave laid out method Of conservative
numbering. This was done in accord
ance with an offer made by the De-
partment of Agriculture to all owners,
public and private of forest lands. I'M
der which the United States authorities
volunteered to make studies of certain
tracts which presented favorable on
portunities to illustrate forest manage
ment, prepare plans for the work and
10 supervise the execution of them.
The owners need merely to pay the
necessary expenses of the Federal en-
ploye assigned to the work.
DE-. Webb also had his tract. which
contains about 10000 acres, examined
by the Government The Government
experts went through the woods with
'hatchets on the face of which the mi
tials ~. s. were cut. Every tree that
was selected as a proper one for telling
was blazed with this below the stumn.
and the lumbermen had orders to cboR
down no tree unless it was so marked.
The results of the introduction of
scientific methods were surprising. The
net cost to the owner of going through
the Webb tract and marking the trees
was $j43.79. Among the wastefuI
methods discovered in the tract and
checked by the examination was that
of leaving high stumps. The lumber
men do not care to cut the trees near
the ground, because the work is much
harder and tires their backs. By care
tul measurement, the foresters demon
strated THAI on tract OF 10000 acres
the net loss from leaving high stumDs
was $4S00, which could be saved read
lily each year
Ihey also drew up q plan for outline,
the tops instead of leaving them in the
woods. AS q rule, the lumbermen Ion
on from four to twelve feet Of the TONS
and this debris always has been one OF
the great sources OF forest fires. Linn
nermen have objected to carrying the
tops out because they declared thew
were unstable waste and represented
nothing but loss and that consequent
ly 1t would be ruinous to go to the ex.
ira expense Of Transporting them.
Inc ioresters showed that the tons
that were left in The woods of q 40. 600
acre tract would be worth $4,000. Tbus
improvident numbering not only had
caused a constant menace from Sire.
out actually thousands OF dollars had
been left in the woods to rot each wear.
THUS with the Introduction OF prac-
teal foresters, the problem OF the for
ests viii be in way to be solved salts
factorily and practically in the United
States. LAUNDERING need not be nrobib-
tied, but merely guided wisely. ana
there VIII be no more danger OF Amer
lcan lands being denuded Of forests.
New York Sun.