St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-10-03
FORESTRY PROFITABLE.
The University of the South Haa
Demonstrated 1t By Prac-
tical Experiment..

The direct and immediate advan-
tages of careful numbering when COM
bined with the practice Of forestry
have seldom been SO fcrcibly shown
as in the case of the University of the
south at Sewanee, Tenn, whose timber
lands have been managed since 1906
under the direction Of the bureau OF
forestry.
Although $4,000 for all Of its timber
was considered fair otter by the uni
versity in 1899, the bureau. by its plan
Of management, has already secured q
net profit for the university of $4,000.
Four more years OF numbering remain
to be done, and for tlIee years, al
least, there is an assured annual profit
of $500. In a word, timber formerly
valued at $1,000 will have been made
to yield a profit Of over S! 900.
Sewanee is on the top of a spur OF
the Cumberland plateau, and is not
ed summer resort. Every summer
when the university opens hundreds
of persons from all over the south take
cottages in the town to enjoy for the
season the fine climate and the beau
ties of the woodland scenery. The
work Of the bureau of forestry is thus
brought to the attention of a large
number Of people, many IF them own
ers of southern timber lands, who see
for themselves the great practical adj
vantages of forestry and careful lum-
bering and thesurprisingly large profits
and improved appearance of the forest.
A detailed account of how the results
in the Sewanee forest have been
achieved has just been published by
the bureau of forestry in bulletin 80,
entitled Conservative laundering at
Sewanee," by John Foley. The bulle-
tin does not furnish sucn specific in
structions for the management of tim
Der lands like those at Sewanee that
can be applied to them without expert
assistance. It illustrates, however.
what may be done with such timber
lands, ana especially does it emphasize
that numbering and forestry may be
practiced in the south, is elsewhere,
with profit.-Boston Ideas
A Remarkable Texas Year1ing.
The Amarillo Star contains this re-
markable story:
ut is seldom that a newspaper can
furnish its readers with novel matter
gathered from natural history or like
source. The Star begs leave to an
nounce that yearling calf crawled I'M
der the large building of Mr.. ]. j. Holt
on Polk street, near the Denver road.
Saturday night Messrs Holt and Sim
gleton were in the Office of the building
and heard y scrambling, humping
noise beneath. Upon investigation
they discovered q yearling calf under
the building near the front entrance.
From the position of the calf 1t seems
to have crawled about 140 feet to have
reached the eastern end of the build
ing. No place between the ground and
building is more than twenty inches
high. The exit to Mr.. Calf was some
what trying, owing to the small place
at which he tried to crawl out. It was
assisted by a rope in the hands Of
Messrs. Holt and Singleton. who
vouch for the truth OF this story, and
In addition there is calf hair the en-
tire length of the building"
The gentlemen mentioned in the ar
ticle will be credited by the average
man in Amarillo. Because to doubt
what they say brings with the doubt
the duty crawling under the house to
look at the calf hair. Most men would
rather agree to the truth of the Whole
story than make the exploration mem
toned. If there is doubt, justice re-
quires the investigation with its at
tending labors.-Galvestou News.
A word to the wise is sufficient, buy why
do agents call US smart men and then try
to sell US whole dictionary Chicago Trib-
une.
Trial plus toll equals triumph.-Ram's