The Meeker herald., 1909-09-25
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Kentucky, which 10 ono Of the chief
hardwood producing states In the
union. and the first state In the pro
auction Of yellow poplar. ID making
good progress In the movement for
the preservation Of it, forests. In
1906 the legislature enacted the law
providing for the state board Of agTi-
culture, forestry and immigration.
During the following winter the board
asked and received the cooperation
q the United States Forest service
in study Of the forest conditions Of
The stats. This work was begun two
years aso and an examination Of half
. ~ area Il forest land in the STATE has
hssa o0mpastsd. The result q the
4fst year's work, covering ths II
most eastern counties Of the stats b
published In the Kentucky handbook,
1s0S-1s07. The second report, now in
the hands Of the state board Of asrt-
culture, covers Is counties. In the coal
mining regiona OF the state. When
this Investigation IL completed Ken
lucky will have an excellent inventory
0f III lumber resources.
The manner in which the forestry
problem has been approached indi.
eates that the people Of the state
realize that the ultimate solution Of
the Impending timber scarcity must.
for the farmer, depend largely on how
he handles his individual timber re-
sources. and that there IL NO better
WAY than for him to considse the
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the interest which 10 constantly &C
cruing. but leaving the capital undi-
minished. Much educational work,
however. will be needed to secure this
desirable end.
The second report Of the Forest
Service suggests forest law. Among
ita most important features Is . pro
vision for the appointment Of q state
forester. The wisdom of this II svi-
dent since only by the appointment
Of . state forester can the work IN
cooperation with Forest Service no
maintained and carried to q success
full conclusion. Until such time. how.
ever. - the safe Of Kentucky Is ready
to assume the management Of its own
forest problems. the National Service
u willing and anxious to cooperate
In every way possible for tho further
ance Of forestry among private own
ers In Kentucky. In the cooperative
Investigations Of forest resources now
n progress. the government spent
over $1,000 to duplicate . similar
amount appropriated BY the state.
Kentucky has always been rich in
forest resources. but like many 9th.
Or states has reached the point where
the timber will hereafter be produced
o. Q continually decreasing scale,
and It Il necessary to protect and use
carefully the forests which remain.
In 1893 Kentucky cut 7a4. 1000. 900
board fest Of hardwood lumber. In
1901 tie cut was s64.so3. 900 board
fest, an increase Of only 10 per cent.
IN the nine ysars. In the same
period the cut Of yellow poplar has
fallen OF over 20 per cent. During
the sAms time the prices Of lumber
ct the min have advanced on an Az.
srags of sS Per cent. and the demand
has Increased accordingly.
The forest Of the Unitsd States il
threatened By many enemies, Of which
me- and reckless numbering are the
worst Sheep grasing and wind come
ne1t. Cattle and horses do much LEES
damage than sheep, and snow break
= ises costly than windfall Land
sl36es, foods, insects. and fungi are
eomsEamss very harmful lA certain
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