Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-27

new growth of trees, the investments
viii be wiped out the moment the last
/ tree is cut down.
RESERVES IN NEW YORK.
The state Of New York now holds In
( reserve 100000 acres Of forest lands IN
| the Adirondacks and is acquiring more
| as fast as appropriations can be oD-
/ tanned. At present the law PROMPTS
/ cutting of any kind and the system OF
I forestry is confined to protecting the
/ forests from fire and theft But IN
! time IL will become absolutely neces-
/ sary to cut down a proportion OF the
/ older trees not for profit necessarily
] but because the science of forestry IN
cludes the thinning Of forests in order
to give the majority OF the trees the
opportunity for development that IS de-
MED 10 them by the excessive growth
of the big and aged trees.
II is not only the product from the
forest that interests the owners TO-DAY.
They have discovered that II they
leave the small trees when numbering
they can sell the numbered tracts TO
sportsmen at high prices, providing the
cutting has been done so wisely as 10
ledve real woods, To do this the SER
vices of the forester are Indispensable
The American lumberman, as a rule.
knows all about the best methods OF
cutting. but he knows nothing about
conserving.
Scientific forestry has received a
great impetus In the last year from me
great preserves that h9"a 'ee ''HN-
lished BY such men as w. C, Whitney.
George Vanderbilt and Dr. W. seward
Webb, and from the work OF foresters
like Clifford Plnchot
wHITNEYs GREAT EXPERIMENT.
Mr.. whitney has a great tract OF
6S 900 acres IN the Adlrondacks, IN
which he is working out the problems
OF forestry and game preservation. lie
has already introduced moose, ana az
present w e. Harris. the ichthyolOglst
IL studying the problem Of fish supply
there for him. Besides his own for
esters. OF whom he has regiment, the
foresters Of the United States govern
ment have been studying his tract ana
have laid out a method OF conservative
numbering. This was done In accord
ance with an offer made by the depart
ment of agriculture to all owners. pub
lie and private, Of forest lands. under
which the United States authorities
volunteered to make studies Of certain
tracts which presented favorable OPP
portunlties 10 Illustrate forest manage
ment, prepare plans for the work ana
90 supervise the execution Of them. the
owners need merely TO pay the neces-
sary expenses Of the federal employe
assigned TO the work.
Dr. 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 In
itlals 70. s." were cut Every tree that
was selected as q proper one for telling
was "blazed" with this below the stump
and the lumbermen had orders 10 chop
down no treo unless Il was so marked
RESULTS WE'RE SURPRISING.
Results OF the introduction OF scien-
tifc methods were surprising. The net
cost 10 the owner Of going through the
Webb tract and marking the trees was
s543.79. Among the wasteful methods
discovered In the tract and checked
By the examination was that Of leav-
Ing hish stumps. The lumberrnen do
not care TO cut the trees near the
ground because the work Is much hard
er and tires their backs. by careful
measurement the forestcrs demonstrate
ed that on a tract OF 5000 acres the
net less from leaving high stumps was