The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-12-13
Use For Waste Land.

When the organized band Of people
who are trying to find out how Nature
works have once discovered treat
'ment for timber that will be satisfac-
tory when applied TO any species OF
timber. then will the price Of old-held
pine lands be extremely high. As
things are, everybody knows that the
old field or loblolly pine ia not only a
beautiful tree but very valuable as
well. The landscape painter has YET
10 learn the possibilities Of south
eastern Virginia Of which region an
especial charm lies in the loblolly
pine. If you are looking for cord
wood and not for points Of view, what
sight is more pleasing than that Of
small forest Of young pines that In
few wears will be good for the stove?
LISA growth which belongs 10 the
cowpea useful for the crop and help
10 the land. Whoever writes the lay
of the loblolly will have lot ofground
10 cover The old field pine is grace
ful, evergreen, its spewiness can be
easily managedl and merchantable.
Itis largely cut together with the
-hortleaf pine and sold with II as
"yellow pine without distinction,
although sometimes far superior, ap-
preaching longleaf pine in strength
and general qualities.
As matter Of fact there is very lit
tie waste land in these parts, for where
the business Of seeding is not done by
one agency it is done by another. You
can't ring of Nature by hanging up
the shovel The point is that we are
not yet civilized enough to be content |
only with what Nature supplies for
any given region. We must be always |
importing and crossbree ding, pruning
and cutting back We have the show
ing i'm mind and moreover everybody
feels that it is his duty TO he a million
aire. OF course, il Is all Nature, but
sometimes il hardly seems quite
natural. You can scarcely improve on
petrifaction as a method Of preserv-
ing wood That is not altogether
practical involving too long time.
Anyhow. when the thoroughly prac-
teal device for the treatment Of wood
is discovered, the man who owns a
hundred or so acres Of good young
pine will be largely on velvet.
Suppose one does not care 70 dis
count the future Of the old field pine
Or suppose that the present outlook
for lumber is too sorry 10 make any
timber speculation seem good, what is
to be done with the land that is called
waste? There was man IN Kansas
In 1857 who set out l35 acres in catalpa
reeS at a total cost Of about SO per {
acre. In 1900, thirteen years later, he
was selling posts from this tract al
,ome $50 a cord The net annual re
urn from the tract for the thirteen s
years was Sl5.0l. These plants were +
cultivated one season only. Any croJ /
s a crop whether it is strawberries OF {
edwoods Every crop has its own /
Uses and particularities. There are
some advantages about g
'rop which in one year mot after one
YEAR pays a premium Of fifty per
'ent, which is planted once for all and
reeds cultivation but for one season, C
md yields a net annual return of 80 7
O the acre
We have heard much Of the catalps [
rec. That species which is best suit 4
ID to this climate is the catalpa spe- z
.iOsa. Its advocates claim that this \
atalpa speciosa furnishes excellent b
wood for any use to which wood T.
lut where strength, lightness, dura g
lillty, beauty Of finish and capacity !
o hold in place without warping OF :
hecking are valuable, for interior .
louise finishing, furniture, carriages
md buggies, fence posts, telegraph
md telephone poles. The automobile
las not made the horse less indispen-
able, the horse is still used for other
purposes than bolognas. 1t is not 81
likely that concrete construction and
he wireless telegraph will put all
inc posts out Of comm ssion. Any
.ody who has lost faith in the loblolly :
line can find plenty Of comfort in the |,
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