The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-28

the increased demand for rail
Tosa lies. poles. p les aud dimen-
sion materials uu,ll the owner
Who has a body OF timber that Is
a. all accessible. i eagerly sought
hy buttr<. TuI> activity of the
timber huyer has often aroused
he owner Il the fact that he has
something 81 g1ea; value, and
that il will pay him IL look into
The matter.
This naturally leads him TO
inquire how he max g't the most
ont Of hl> present crop and how
he may hes secure new growth.
Ia other words. he sin a position
10 adopt cou>eu atlve .oreSi meth
DDS II Il can he proven that II
viii pay. No Two tracts Of wood
land are exactly alike and the
purpose Tor which one owner
holds ms wood lands Is different
from that of aua, her. ~ DO Spt-
cldc rules can " laid down that
viii apply in every case Ii is
possible. however. with Il kuowl
edge of Tree growth and knowing
the kinds of trees best adapted
to certain soils and for certain
purposes. 10 draw up a plan of
management that will best serve
these ends. limb is becoming
So valuable that the farmer can
no longer afford TO neglect his
woodlands or practice haphazald
mel hods. This i especially true
When a little forethought and
care will place his forest lands
oil basis OF producing capital.
As such they will be giving him
the greatest amount of mater
ial. OF The highest value and in
the shortest period Of time Of
which the lands are capable.
Under Legislative Act. Chap
ter 294. Acts OF 1906. the Stare
Forester i giving his services
freely in this work, aud regards
II OF great promise to the forest
interests of the State. Those in
tereSied should write to him for
circulars which explains the Ia
tule Of the CO operative work
aud tell how they may secure
ass stance in improving their
forest lands
CUTTING TIMBER.
In marketing the forest crop
there are several considerations.
more or less at variance with each
other. that must be recOuciled.
1t is presumed that the land
owner wishes TO hold his forest
lands in forest. and as such, he
desires to make them as pro-
ductlve as possible. 1t is there
fore important that in cutting
over the lands no serious injury
be done 10 the remaining trees,
or growing stock.
La the first place, the owner
wishes to realize as much money
value, as possible out OF the
crop without seriously sacrificing
the good OF the forest. More or
less injury will necessarily be
done III getting out the tim Der.
aud in order that tins need not
be repeated often, the yield for
the next ten years may be antic-
ipated in making the cutting a
little more severe than the pres
ent ole would justify. On the
other hand. 1t Is de>irab BILE to
leave certain trees that may have
reached merchantable size TOR the
sake of the Influence that they
will exert gu the future growth
as seed tees, or 10 protect the
ground against the encroachment
of grass aud weeds. OF course
The mature timber will come out
since it has completed its growth
and is perhaps on the decline.
There are also many trees that
are crooked and scrubby which
will never make good timber,
also the dead and diseased.
These should lie cut out even
If they bring no more than the
price of cord wood, or even less.
since their presence is detri.
ment TO the whole forest. The
ground that they occupy should
be growing better trees. The
same may be said of the unde.
sirahle species, such as gum,
beech, pin oaks, and the like.
However. We must not diSre
gard the forestry principle that
the ground will he occupied with
a growth of some kind, any way.
aud If we remove what We do not
want, provision must he made
for the replacement of what we
do want, otherwise We have gain
ed nothing.
MARKET CONDITIONS.
W hile the wood land owner
cannot lay too much stress on the
principles that have been given