The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-23
PROFIT IN TREE FARMING.
Government Advice Which viii Help
Owners Of Forest Lands.

Owners Of Forest Lands.
Unused lands in any part Of the
United States can be made to produce
from Sc TO 500 an acre according TO a
recent forestry report by the govern
ment.
In the report the interests OF the
country 10 general are considered, and
Ia this light tree growers are advised
to keep their trees uncut until they are
OF mature size. plantations OF red
cedar twenty-five years old" says one
report "have netted S20054 an acre.
European ldrch, used FOR telephone or
fence posts. will net from $500 to S225
an acre at the age Of twenty-five years
White pine at the ripe age Of forty
years win produce $500 an acre as I'm.
cut timber" while other woods more
than twenty years OF age bring prices
that compare fayorably with these.
But 10 the man who is expecting that
IN ten or fifteen years his tree crop
win reach a saiabe value the figures
OF the national forest service are a bit
out Of reach. Yet TO that individual
hope IS offered 10 the announcement
that there are uses and even good
prices paid for trees which range from
the tender age OF six years up and
that the demand for these slender
stripHngs Is growing greater each year.
An example Of this lies fl the match
industry alone. This line Of manufac-
ture has nearly all been merged into
great trust which annually purchases
at a good figure thousands Of acres Of
white pine trees anywhere from Maine
to California. II buys these as uncut
timber In size from six inches up and
after clearing the tract moves on 70 its
next forest In the manufacture Of
barrel slaves aud hoops trees Of almost
any tough. flexible wood are used from
the ages Of four 70 fifteen years, while
any straight young trees o. ten years
will make salable dag or tent poles.
Young alders. poplars ana willows
Of from ten to fifteen years serve man.
kine in the manufacture Of gunpowder.
while the prolific beech and maple,
from six inches IN diameter upward,
can be used 10 the manufacture Of
wood alcohol. for which there Is an
enormously increasing demand all over
the country Furniture manufacturers
always on the outlook for wood With
fne grain. win take birch. cherry
walnut. etc. not large enough TO Be
used 70 making parts Of house furnish
ings for use lis veneer Never before
III the history Of the United states has
50 much wood been used 10 the manu-
facture Of ornaments and toys as Il
now being used for that purpose. and
thousands Of feet Of spruce are en-.
ployed by manufacturers Of sieighs and
wagons
In some parts OF New York and
Pennsylvania large quantities Of small
timber are used In wood distilatiou
plants for the production of acid while
ali over the country small timber l.
used for the manufacture Of charcoal
Small sizes Of timber, particularly the
spruce Of New England. is used IN the
pulp mills whore paper and other wood
pulp products are manufactured. Then
again. many small trees are bought
for the manufacture Of toothpicksi
while ia the mining country Of Penn
syivaula and other coal producing
states thousands Of "sprags" are pur
chased to serve their peculiar purpose. |
This IS 10 check the speed Of the mule
carts AZ thov % raDfdly down the sfepu
grade Of the mines By being thrown
beneath the wheels.
These are only a few Of the hundreds
Of uses to which young timber may be
put If It Is near enough TO a market
to be sold