Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-22

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,;ci forcste Of cot,ree attracted lumber
m,n aud thc state quite earlv became
, fold for lumbcrjnr operations and as
tho demand for lumber increased, the
oprr,tions became more general and pro
hntlv never Inv, boon more active ut
tcnst along cortnin iinoe than they arc TO-
dav As a result Of All This The forests of
white nine have disappcarcd from our
bake and river tcrrnces 1 am not aware
that tbcrc is cvcu a proun of first growth
white pinc in tbc state only scattered
ticcs hero and ,bnrc While pinc tire, $
practically have been exhausted in this
state ne u rn,hrr nrod,ct Tho second
crov,, Il, ,,n,n,n,, .iiu i'm, ,horc are no
largo ,xtouis scattered groves in most
cn .c. covorinr o,,ly - few acres
So much for tho white pine, now what
of ,hc snrucrp I'm ra,t in the last ten
wears spruce has hccu the most sought for
of al orr lumber nrodtcts and our forests
hnvo suftrrcd accordtna1v As the o,rerl-
,ious continued ANA increased even the
sources of SUNNY gradually worked back
farther and farther from the markets. un-
iii now il il being sought IL! the rcCesscs
nf ,bn maintains i'm nl,ccs which seem
almost inacccssablc In fact tho virgin
spruce of the state occupies only u few
thousand acros ard every hit of this is in
the hands Of hmhormen. who expect to
clean il all out in ~ To Il years.
Tho lumh,rneu whom | have inter-
viewed throughout the state almost with
out execution SAY that the spruce is being
cut much faster than it is growing. aud
they mostly all believe SO long as the
present rate and methods continue the
spruce resources of the State will he .,cr-
iousv jmpaired If not entirely exhausted.
From these facts il is evident that Yer
mont forms no exception to the general
rule Of forest destruction throughout the
country.
The nnnbe rmnu's business. ot course. is
iust as legitimate as any other. There is
no quarrel whatever between the lumber
man and TN. forester There is lust this
ono difference between them: The lumber
man cuts his trees with no plans for the
future he thinks only of present profits,
he makes no EFFORT to produce another crop
ON the ernic area. while the chief alm of
| In, forester is the reproduction Of the
crop.
1t is a tact that these areas arc soon
covered with ~ thick growth Of poplars
land hi,chcS Now these trees are of little
economic value compared with the spruccs
which they have supplanted. The next
tree to come in is often the rcd maple n
tree that is worthless for timber. These
troos control the ground so thoroughly
/ that there j. little or no opnortunity for
the trees to- get ill., Thcv may come il,
IcVcntually but il may take them a hun
dreA wears to do it, before In. soil cundi-
tons are again able to support spruce.
! All this time the land is living practically
,dIc with no nrot,t ia amy ono nh, own
-. ha. to u1v taxes ON propc1tv land thai
i. Welding him nothing
/ Compare this method Of laundering with
| that OF the forester who allows the young
trees To grow awhile longer before cut
I ting. realizing that whom "A trcc is / to
mcnes through it may b" growing tn,
fastest. lie il careful not to iuit,re tn,
I for a future crop. If there are not n sniff
cicnt number Of Young growing trees. h,
leaves a number of old ones for seed trees
| liz, protects his land from fire When This
method is cmnl,vc and only tho ripe
lumber taken off. at A distance ono would
never know that tn, area had been lum.
Ihorcd. | save such . Mace il, D,,l,n,
Icprntv I'm fact the results of inc t,yo
methods could hc soon from, ,ho sam,
| point ON the one hand ~ side hin from,
which the trees had been clenn emf IN,
summer previous. bore a desnIatn ,nnc,r.
lance not a uvinu tree, on IT, Will, az, IN.
other hand there was no break in the for
ost thu, tree tons forming ono continr,,,
=, rios of grandeur. | had tn rn in ,nL
|tuvc,ticntc tbie Inttrr nI,cn -, .,',.;,,,.,
myself that il had been lunhercd \,
! trees were cut on This area ,irdcr o,c Gao,
on tho etiImn. In ten or nftcon ,.crrs Eva,
area again could he cut o,cr rn,. its ,,,,.,,'',
! Welding ii in paving oulautitirs tn "a,
Inothing Of the hard woods that ,,,i,,b, e
taken from il. w
In = certain tnu.u. nr ,t,, .,.,, ,,, ,.
oipal industry is III. n,,r,,r.fct,,'. -,
barrel slaves. or at least was forn,.,l, ,
lumhcrman Of that town in f,rt hi,ns,ir
! the leading mauulacturer Of stn,og ,,,d
M that the town would have hror L.t,o,
/ of to-day il never a barrel stn,., b,.I I,n(
! manufactured There. THAT vy.s o,l,. 80
! emphatic expression Of tLt ..,,,a 1
| That is lumbcrman had CANA ;,o ,i',
town whose princinal wealth. va ro,,,
scented by it's forests They bad dosaI,.. ~
| tho forests and fms ronncriy,d 80 ,','.
Well what are ", pnne tn a. ',t, -,
STATE control where defornst,tio, r,,i,,..'"
Il town to povertvy Grant SOM ra.,,,i ','t
| by which the citizonsnf - tou,,, st,,i.i
| the RICH: 10 decide 1vbotbnr or Wv, ''', =
! forest resource sbo,,i1 'V' '"'
! oNhaustcd rho harmful ,f,.,, ''
! forcStation extends hnvouJ ,I
viduals directly concerned i, ofr, 49,
/ public welfare OF a town and ,har,, ~
1 the citizens ShoulI b.v. mo ,i,t, '.!
press their ouininn ,,nn,, ,i,, .,,ttt ~
| There is one thinp ma, co, ~,
| The KEY 10 the ,vhnIo eit,,,,in,, H. t.
! the farmer ana vim tho n,,.,, ~
wood lot. When no so,,s n, a,n - Wv
/ her he can stimulate that i, u,,Ii ", w. a.
I skinned of iis troos tha, hi i,'i ''t W ~
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