Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-01-25
VERMONT FORESTS
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"so,,,, uxrorinonts IN rroo PLANTING ,,
lie said tho cx,eri,,orts ,r wbich he
,you,d suo., ,yor. ,ond,ctod u,ou tho
university farm on land nroaentcd I, thc
institution Al voars nyn nv Precedent
\yboo,or If lie mos, ,nnr,rriato that tbis
land should bc dovo,od +, cxncrinon,e
q, t,oc Wanting irosmucb nc president
N.hc,,,r bin,se,s vos an copor and in
tcIliccut student or trcos
rbo oxnori,,cr,s bornn ohnut n;ne
YOURS ann and nino varieties of troes have
hocu triod or thosc the locust and
white nino have nrovcd TO bc nv FAR tho
host While thc locust is promising for
some soils, the white pine is best for
,ri,o hoe, suor,.s h,s c,,,c from t,,os
,,,,cu frnn, r,,rscr,. rows which in cipbt
,c,ro ,ovo re.,bcd a boiybt or uino
foot and which aro now growing from,
two ia ,hroo fort q vc,r
Similar n,,utations in other pprts of
Nou ENGLAND bavo in 40 voars attained
, ,rou,r which ,n,dc thon, roadv fo,
box bo,rds Thcy hay, averaged to pro-
ducc 40 cords IN tbo nero on tho et,,mn
and arc worth 81 p,r cord. This value
Investment Including taxcs and interest
of hut lilo ovcr s5C nor aero The ou-
,bortics of tbc I-nivorsitv of Vermont
arc convinced that they can make nc
hotter irvcstr,cnt tb,, 70 extend this
troo nlaptiur IN, a commercial scale and
,bis vvi,I no done in tho snrinr.
rho eno,,snr cioecd b, saving II is hard
IN cot rood seedlings at present Mt rca-
sonable prccs. as stock is now imported
mostly from the western States and from
t,uropo. He strongly urged the develop.
mont of a nursery by the STAG to fur
njsh such seedlings at cost
The last sneaker was DR.. Fernov.
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Tho topic Of the speaker was Govern
mont Activity in Forestry Matters u,
pointed out that the important loss
which was often permanent, rcsultini
from the destruction and devastation OF
forest growth on non-agricultural soils
is tho decrease of productive and tax.
able area. which nocosstatcs the greater
burdens to be placed on the productive
lands and other interests. He showed
that the statistics of agricultural ,lcvcl
oun1cnt in Vermont made il clear that
not moro than nbout ono,hird nr the
Stnto was iii for farming leaving ,,.e,
tbron and ono half nniIlion ncrcs which
, is fiji only fo,, tiu,bc, proving and which
,nd,r nronor n,.,,ooropt cou,d con, u,
r,,dc ,o nroduco - cortinuou. ro, cnu,
of cay two to fo,r million do,l,re ,,c
marc
Dr rornow discnssod ,t creator lonctr
the tron,i.,,. and rocossit, or Govern.
mont irtoras, uo, or,,, In, on.u, -,
Government o,,rcr.hi,, and ,,,,..o,,,,,,
uf tho cut-o,.or tnrny, nrd y.as,e .,,,.,.,,
,,,ior b,,.o ,o.. ,,,,.,... ,a ,,,.i..,
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,i,od h,. ;-,,. &c ,, H. ,, 49,,
hands q, ho,,;, ,,.i,rr ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,o,o, ;,,,,
oct u.hon tho l,rd. ho,in "a f,,rrie,,
rcvon,,o l., mic NAV, ~ ,,,,,,ra ,hi.t
10 IA bo horn,it,d would n,,. fo. ~.
! honont ard ,b1 ou.r,,.. -, a.,o I,,as
which o,, ,,,.r;,,,,. 49,, ,,,, :,
tho st,,o.c i,,orost would roco;,.o o,.o,,,
uor,. ,door,io CONFERENCE.-The, ,,is,or,
j., o,bor court,ios .b, ,o,,.,r anil, a.,
shawn tb,t ,,l,ir,,+o,v all ofs,rts +, in.
,,uce nrivato rorost on,ors IN maror,
th.ir nropcrtios fnr continuity had foiIc.I
or nr,drccd only iu.dco,,ato r,sult,,. an,
he rouId not 60, any roae,, ,yb, TIT,
should NOT no cvcn moro surc,v tho OK.
pcriencc in tho United states whore i'm.
mediate profits from Investments anoe4,
alone attractive The slow rcturns
though sure. which como from tbe for
cetry businoss mako fine lonr-1iv,o Sat,
or n,,iuicipalitv which alone hay, nm i'm
tcrcst in tine Distant futurc tho only III
rorsons TO engage i'm the rorostrv on .
largo scale Farm forestry on small
voo1lots WAS of course. to 10 encour
urnd Int this could ncvor sat,srv th,
larger needs Of a lumber market an,
! tho Lroadcr interests of tho state ,rb,
| differences in methods and rosults ho
| tween forestry ON extensive mountoi,
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