The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-08
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After neglec.ing, her forests Tor
hundreds of years; Great Britain Ahss
come TO the front with the most fats!
sighted proposal for forest work and
land Improvement ever ad yuneed b7
any nation in single; plan,
/ The recommendations Just made to-
lie British Government sby The Royal
Commission 8S on Attorestatl ion and
Coast Erosion will make Englan self:
supporting In the production 81 TIM
her II successfully carried oHt.. y
The report embraces Etwo separate
proposals, involving the forests atlon ta
one case of s,oO,OOo. and sins the Bothers
of 6.Ooo.ooO acres The former spros
posal calls for the forest planting or
10000 acres afycar$ for; sixty yearp at
an annual cost Of $4,000 at the be-
ginning to over $751; 700 lat the5end
Of the period. After; theIf Ifortieta year
however. the forest would become
,self.support!ng. After elght u years
the forest would have d value %
Sio,O6O,ooo. which Us s535,Ooo, 900 m
excess Of the cost Of prod uelngi 1t and
would Yield a net annual revenue soE
ssl,coO.ooo. or ss.7s per acre from
laud nov barely produclng 80 cents
pei. acre. While these estimated re,s
turns are more than half again sasg
much as the higa!y develop ioreEts
Of Saxony yield. It Is |eonsiderabl less
than the net revenue from tie historic
town fores. Of Zurich, Switzerland. M
volue. the annual estimated wood pro-
duct!on would exceed the present mn.
nual wood imports to england Sby yS5po.
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Great Britain has long been denend-
ent;upon outside sourcess for. her wood
supplies. But the constantly incyeas
Ing demand for wood, stoget ther wifi
the y overdrain:s already made upon
these sources, indicates q; world short
age Of wood unless those countriesY
which now have: 10 import are abs TO-
establish and maintain cdr; forest In.
dependence and grow the needed wood
at home. Most Of the; countries. Of En-.
rope have taken care to keep up the
home wood output byEs looking after
their forests before they were destroy.
ell or horelessly depleted. and snnanaly
ing them for d sustained annual YIELD
about equal to the demand The Brit.
ish Isles, however are practically
stripped Of productive forests if
Great Britain T!s$ to n grow her own
wood she will have StoSbegtns atE thss
beginning, set out the eedlings$ on
:reeless ground, ,sand walt sfor5 them. to-
reac., marketable size. The Commit
sion recommends that this sworlsi otss
starting future national forests from
tire seed be undertaken .as AZ sound
and remuneratiye 5lpyestmer
There is no question, the report
says, that substantially the anti lclpats
ell results can be obtained Experts
testified before the Commission That
"the production Sof timber Sin Great
britain will be more rapid than in
suxony,p which was selected fo- com:
l;arison on account Of the close sre
semblance betweenSthe economic and
physical conditions lin f1e two copn
tries. Yet in saxony the net annual
profits per acre from the lohalt for
ests mas increased 412 per cent. mi
30 years, mainly. ;ltS was testiiieds be-:
cause Of "the' more 81 systematic III and
careful management. y VI The lack sot
forests in Great Britain 2is the result
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