The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-07-09
~ I,NO AND FOREST GROWTH.

-. the White Fine MonalenS VI
az Forests. Havoc Wrought by
tn'il ,,s saw Mill. Forest Planting.
,roH d. c., July 6, 1908.
slliNT Of A popular tree book once
yiitet u thp White pine of our north
'l I'stes was destined to disappear
IN 9, '"o'rrnamental purposes. There
!, io- reasous to believe that that
ali ever come, yet the nature
W" VII. Of the tree and the short
,5 i of the people make the
''iI[ Nc more than mere suspicion.
ps l.at many years ago within the
sl1a region there were magnlh-
., Is Of old growth pine. Every
..'' Want today will tell you how
'' .''5 an his fathers farm when
=. .o' a. boy. their clear, straight
d. I'd guarIed fiat tops high above
5 anT p,se Many an old house
'''I t5- country has floor boards
hoard doors that are more than
.sa, vide which were made from
l'' a,i monarchs of the northern
vt we rome now, except for iso-
s,.sesp. cIumps scattered widely
r-g,5u A woodlot owner re-
.s-d me several miles back in
.,D order to point out three
uues which have been
,roa58ly for more than 250
~ .uuld never mistake them
ot a later generation.
..- aiyent of the portable saw
1, Improbable to cut and
,y.,.y treat distance to market.
Vas we're felled, rolled together,
g when new lands were
,o- rolling" days are still
~. ..lloues to New England's
.H,lnts. Those were the
.-.s &c farms with great herds
many oxen. Sheep roamed
u- 81. lar greater numbers than
today. Immense areas
--.... tor paSturage, ana eX-
supplied the hay and
-.. Hmter feed. OK pastures
# msu today, yet they were
t.- days gone by.
Il. -5lug has moved westward
..-a.us in the hills have been
mudoued entirely. 1t IS
..ss that men have learned
.... Muii areas often as profit
fathers did larger tracts
FuIy industrious farmer
,... pastures each year and
I'd e-3y chance pine that mad
ral me adjacent tree. NOW
s.,a .rmer leaves the young
~ L,a. 1t may not be very
tu aHuW then that today there
l- a..es actually growing trees
..r1- were 80 or so years ago.
IS 5t more timber, OF course,
nj lie valuable forests have
removed within the last nifty
e..a and is now covered with
r..l, of hardwoods. The val
ssts today are the old fields
Isl rs which have grown up to
-.8a Knows that broadleaf trees,
m maple and oak, usually
VI l.4ce Of pine when 1t is cut:
~. a not sprout as a rule, and
De forest has been cut over
ID .-avug any trees for seed,
s uo chance for young pines to
apr the land. Worthless birch
app with their light seeds, usual,
possession of the cut-over lands.
J- pcomes known as sprout
f. 4Ul $ of little value to man
WHITE pine, deprived of its right
uz-oTer lands is, however, the
ana.ug tree of the abandoned
l4e owners no longer cut down
a.. pines, but encourage their
. .s suitable soil, with sui
Hgn and with occasional mature
10 supply the seeds, the abandon
Ils alone are providing for our
commercial timber.
nusrn New Hampshire lumber
a-y stated that if he had left
s.my pines for seed trees on the
.-s he las numbered during the
-.N wears, the present value of
aag growth would be worth more
.as timber he has cut during
.--m- There are thousands of
a and. once growing pine, which
a prducing nothing better than
-.4 .al maple. Often fires have
-.. to burn over the ground
te u.y growth remaining is
" and worthless. But fires are
mpuace they used to be. Farm
canning the value of young
.oe. aud the starting of fires to
snl is not common. Fires set
railroads and by careless boys are
r most serious ones.
. increased safety to forest
. painting becomes more and
q 5esirable Investment. Every
f land should be producing some
ol Value to it's owners is the gen.
.Waiou of every land owner in
.ra 81 progress. The planting of
MI- is often the only means of
.c I'D income from some lands.
il 5eant and and pastures can
rsQ themselves and the cost of
Iag ITEM will soon be paid for by
'-easgd value of the land.