Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-14

Where the forest has been given at
:cntion the returns have yielded a net
Profit of 81, Sc and SO per acre. In
every state share of the farm can
he devoted 10 growing timber with
profit in some cases nearly or quite
equal TO that obtained from agricul-
tGral crops. In addition. protection,
the convenience of having farm repair
materials at hand, and increase of
fam values are secured.
THAT forest planting is increased
is evident from the. increased demand
for planting material. One nursery
nan last sprlrg shipped 100000 jack
pine seedlings to Nebraska alone. One
order for 10000 was for planting in
tie vicinity OF the Drummer plantation
| in Holt county. an example of success
ful forest planting which has been of
high educational value. The govern
| ment nursery at Halsey has also been
most helpful in determining the adap.
liability of conifers for planting on
sandy soils in Nebraska and adjacent
| states.
THE state university of Illinois, at
Urbana, has an interesting experiment
tai plantation, and the state normal
school at DeKalb has more recently
established one.
| Nebraska is Convinced.
| Nebraska has begun to reap tha
fruits of early forest work. and the
past year has manifested that many
Of the apparent failures of former
years were in reality important les
sons in the selection of proper species
ond methods of planting under pecu-
liar conditions The number of stu
dents in the different courses of for
estry in the University of Nebraska
shows a healthy growth. In addition
To the regular courses a special course
Is given for public school teachers
and during the year course for ad
vanced students and courses of lee
tues on silvics and state forest policy
have been ibaugurated. The perma
ncnt equipment of the department OF
forestry has been enlarged, and now
includes. among other additions, a
forest herbarium, large collection
Oh wood specimens. and a portable
sawmill for practical demonstrations
upon the timber grown by provident
farmers of that vicinity.
"In Iowa the professor of forestry
at the state college carries on expert
ments and state work. Among the
problems now under consideration are
the improvement of planted grove:
and natural woodlots, the determine
ticn of what are the most valuable
$, ecies for general woodlot planting
the best methods of planting and hand
,irg the woodlet, and the development,
OF simple methods of preventative
i Treatment which can be carried out
economically by the farmer
Since the establishment of the Fort
Hays experiment station. in west cen
trail Kansas. a series of experiments
have been begun, in the very cente,
of the plains region, of growing young
trees according to various cultura
methods on upland and bottomlant
on scale large enough to lend au
thcritativeness to the results. TIL:
state forestry stations at Ogallah ant
lodge City are directing their chic
efforts to the distribution of youns
trees in the westernmost counties.
Applies Forest Management.
/ "As a result of cooperative fores
studies in the Ozark region of south
elm Missouri and western Arkansas
! between the state of Missouri ant
timber companies on the one hant
and the forest service on the other
lone large lumber company which con
trolls in the aggregate four billion fee
of standing timber has begun the az