The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-23

lad of days gone by. as we'll as lads
OF the present days, has earned the
money TO send him through college
by manufacturing these pieces OF
wood not over a foot in length.
These are only a few of the hun
dreds of uses to which young timber
may be put IL IL is near enough TO
market to be sold. A wood formerly
little known on this side OF the water,
but now gaining annually in reputa-
tion, is the Italian chestnut. A rapid
grower, easy on the soil, valuable for
the fruit 1t bears, as we'll as for the
lumber it produces, this tree is said
to be the best paying tree that grow
ers can handle. The young trees cost
about twenty-five cents each. They
Will flourish in New England soil as
we'll as in that of the Middle Atlantic
States, and once they are I'm the
ground they require comparatively
little attention. Six years after they
are planted they bear the large chest
nut which one sees on the fruit stand.
AS relish this nut is not especially
delectable, but ground up and treat
ed" they make a cheap and at the
same healthful adulteration for bak-
er's -four. The tree itself grows rap
idly, gaining about an inch in diam
eter every year. It is strong and
tough and in ten years time will
serve variety of uses. Wagon man
ufacturers use it because of its
strength; clothespin manufacturers
use IL because it will not split easily:
pulp mills buy it because of its fibre.
and powder mills because it contains
the constituents needed in the manu-
featuring of powder, and there are
numerous uses besides these to which
it is being put.
Demand Grows With Use.
So with all of the needs of the
coming age and the numerous uses to
which the wood can be put there is
no question about the demand from
now on. The growth of good roads
and railroads in country places makes
the value of lumber I'm these places
advance as these modern improve
ments approach. This is a recognized
fact in the world of forestry. and es-
pecially in Germany has this proved
true. There the growth OF good
| roads, coupled with the law that only
so much timber may he cut annually.
Is force which keeps the prices up
and tree slaughter down. AS an ex-
ample of the way Germany manages
things, in comparison to our own
methods, roads are now being built
through regions thick with beautiful
timber, but which heretofore has
been inaccessible and of little value on
that account. Now, however, 1t will
soon be raised TO the value of the
wood nearer the lumber markets of
Germany, and these values are as
founding when compared to our own.
For instance, in this country the
stumpage price TO- the Southern pine
ranges between fifty cents and $3.50
thousand feet In Germany the
same amount of Scotch pine standing
anywhere in the woods Cf the Grand
Duchy of Hesse would to-day bring
from $50 to $45. Oak trees that sell
in Texas for 81 each to stave makers
would be worth from $125 to $3.50
In Eastern Bavaria, and instances
have been known there where oak
logs forty feet long and thirty-two
inches in diameter 70 the butt brought
$3.50 each at auction sale, the usual
method of selling wood i'm Germany.
In this country beech has scarcely
any value, but a beech tree twenty
four inches in diameter IN the SPECS
sart will bring SIP, while an acre of
it will bring S72O.
Nor are these merely figures cal
| culated at random They are cleaned
from carefully and accurately com
pleted reports of the German officials
men who know almost cry inch
of timber in their country and who.
in country where much carving is
| done, realize the value OF the timber
so well protected hy efficient laws.
| In Switzerland forestry received the
attention Of the Government for 200
years before America was discovered
! Zurich at that time made laws for
! the protection of the Sihlwald a for