Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-10-01
NEED OF FOREST PRESERVATION.

'In the last ten years. says the
Yearbook OF the DEPARTING ent OF Agri-
culture for 1907, forestry has advanc-
ed in this country from an almost un-
known science to n useful growing
profession. In that time the number
OF technically trained foresters has in
creased from less than q dozen t. over
400. Ten years ago there was not
single forest school in the country;
now there are several professional
forest schools which rank with these
of Europe, and a score more with
courses in elementary forestry whose
usefulness is steadily growing. Forest
lands under management have grown
from enc er two tracts to many. az
gregating 1903 zoe acres, scattered
through Ss states. The National Forests
have increased from SO, 9,OeO,OOO acres,
practically unused and unprotected, to
I65, zoe, 900 acres, used, guarded, and
improved both in pr@ductiveness and
accessibility. The number ct states
which have state forests has increased
from l to 10; and of those which en-
ploy trained forssters from mono to IL.
The nom bsrship of forest associations
has increased from $500 to 1880.
Ten years age, except tor few of the
foremost botanists, European forssters
than did the people of this country
In Europe they were then using pre-
ssrvativss to prolong the service Of
beech ties, and SO adding from twenty
to forty years to their life. Here. on
the other hand. scarcely treated tie
had been laid, though there are now
so treating plants, 27 of which treat
ties exclusively, and an engineer who
recently returned from Europe reports
that both in size and mechanical per-
lection the treating equipment of this
country is ahead ct any to be found
abroad.
"And yet American forestry has
emily safely PASSED the experimental
stage and got ready to do something
Action, immediate and vigorous, must
be taken if the inevitable famine e1
wood supplies is to be lessensd. W.
are now uS1n& Ab huCh WSou La
single year as grows in three, with
emily twenty year supply of virgin
growth in sight. Only the application
OF forest knowledge with wisdom
method, and energy, in the next tel
years, can prevent the of starving ma
tional Industries fer lack of WOOD"
Recent tests on structural timbera
loblolly, lengleaf, and Norway pines
and tamarask, for the eastern Units
States, and Douglas fir and wsstsr
hsmleek for the western, have show
longleaf pine to be the strongest an
stiffest OF the timbers mentioned, wit
Douglas fl close secsnd, while wes
tern henlock, lsbIolly pine. tamaracl
and Norway pine follow in the erde
given. Fortunately. Douglas fir an
western hemlock, of which there al
comparatively large supplies, HAY
high structural merit, as has also lol
lelly pine, the principal tree IN the ol
Srations of the southern lumber con
paniss, which are beginning to leo
upon their forest holdings az part
their capital from which suecessi'
crops should be secured.
"Plans have been made tor Florie
tract, which involve the most sxte
sive replanting ever begun in tt
Seuth. The lands, situated in Marie
and Citrus counties, include 5000 acr
Of sandy brush and grass-cevered la
which it will be necessary to rsstos
by artificial means. Longleaf pine Sc
will be shown in spots as means
accomplishing this"
There is more Catarrh in this section OF
country than all other diseases put together.
..uS;1 tiae last few years was suppoSed to be