Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-11-29
will PRI FORESTS.
a Measure to be Introduced al the
Coming Session Of tie General As

gembly. IS:
Major Lewis W. Haskell, q member
Of the Richland delegation lii the:
house Of representatives, Will intro.
duce a bill at the approaching session
Of the legislature which will provide
for a study Of the forest conditions in
this State by the agricultural expert:
ment station at Clemson college in CO.
operation with the United States de-
partment of agriculture.
This is a step that is Of The greatest
Importance to the State; as is attested,
by the opinion Of all who have had oc-
casion or opportunity to investigate
these conditions and learn of Tie de-
pleted condition Of OUT forests. The
time for this action seems propitious,
as the department Of agriculture; is Of
fering to appropriate for the purpose
an amount equal to any appropriation
the State may make, and in addition
to that it will detail a forestry expert
to devote his time and attention to the
work Of reclaiming the South Carolina
trees, .. .,..s:..: .sa.:.esss
In a letter to Maiot Haskell On the
subject, MI. Clifford Pinchot, the gov
ernnent forester, says::H I am: glad to
see that you are taking an active in
terest in the welfare 5f your State
forests as we'll as the prosperity Of the.
other business interests within your
State which must be affected by the
forest conditions.
The forest service has always ad-.
visea a study Of forest conditions pre-
paratory to the introduction Of
State forest law, believing that condi-
tions IN the various States require a
modification Of the fundamentalSideas.
necessary to such a law. Pursuant to.
this idea, several of the States have
already asked the forest service Sto; CO..
operate with them in such an investi-
cation. It has been the custom OF this
bureau to accept such invitations and
to expend in the necessary study an
amount equal to that appropriate sby
the State" -. .s
The important section in Major.
Haskel's proposed bill will provide
that it shall be the duty of the agri-
cultural experiment station of sClen-
son College to conduct investigations
in the several sections of the State In
order to discover the variety oflyalu-.
able trees best suited to groWIon the
various kinds of land i'll the State; to
determine the cost and the best.meth-
DDS Of propagating, planting, ltiyat-
inc and managing wood lots and plan. !;
tations on various kinds Of soil; to de-. de-
termine by investigation the average
growth Of the various kinds OF trees,
and the relative value Of the. various = l1's
kinds of timber for commercial pur-.
poses; to conduct experiments IN tn, J,
treatment on the various kinds OF
woods for the purpose o. increasing IN .t.;aslr!g
durability, and to determine by OK, !.
neriment and investigation the kind ot.
trees and shrubs best suiteds::to va, va
rious situations for wildbreak:s =. and NJ
shelter, and for decorative . plan pyal1 ting TN
and managing the same, andzto s'1 issue
bulletins or publications from time g g
time containing useful. inf information
and recommendations upon sqpJec1s
specified, and to make asfull and com y,
nIete report to the government OF work
done. experiments made, information
obtained, etc, prior to The conyenans 111 naH
Of the legislature in January, Lgol, /,
and every year thereafte Columbia lumDa!la1
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