The Republican journal., 1909-01-28
Maine numbering.

rnrroR OF THE JOURNAL:
70 me loes not mean stripping the
lpnbelnlIn,sz owner of certain tract of
IDj. u need never see it to keep him
I'D l'np "a N regard to what is growing
Fl Pos great number of men are
qoh u cruising through the forests
.ns'n,' # such lumber as they want.
. '''F. t. cedar for railroad ties, or for
F'D~ P wants spruce or poplar for
5'5's. E ants hemlock for boards
,slsf Y'.r bark, D wants white birch
81 or yellow birch for flooring,
II ~ il, last blocks, or elm for wheel
's''' g., on and when one finds what
b' }. then finds through the tax
b '', ,to owns the land and gets
is'' .rnlt from its owner to go in
81 -.. -ni he wants, and no other.
g' .,,,t may specify that he shall cut
'a. smaller than eight inches in
''-' twenty feet above the stump.
l'' ..a hat, for instance, if one
w." a- crew and takes out all
.! rr permit calls for, that he
p other kinds of wood stand
81 as all the growing hemlock
% ,-. permitted The result is
y so little taken off at any
% .r.. m.y a lumberman would
@ ,- b. lad been taken. 1t is
1 ..- l-r, than one crew is at
mp land at once, but
.-2 IS taking out ties or
o.. , time another crew is
Pc. at.l or pine. But the
.. nnbered over so often
Ulood or another that the
..s.- are always kept open;
.... a. roads. and the short side
... ...re roads are seldom oblit-
-roVth. This is the way
.rur and is usually handled,
i. ..s..a ne buys tract of land
....-- rao'e mill into it and liter
.... 4ai Of all kinds of wood.
e. t--aHjre method. Under the
.-...,u many tall trees are con-
.-r a. ~-anl7ng that it makes an
4, n5e FOB crow timber. Growing
.-.-- If .r yrsu makes short stubby
~. Will immense limbs clear to the
rr5 where there is limb on a
h. a., - knot in the wood. But
,-. 70 Il tall forest give all
+ r-r their growth to pushing
+~r. n fee sunlight. AS a result
,e-r a- Jt arger in diameter than
,-r -. ay be thirty or forty feet
-g g,a ry little dead twigs for
M up' near the top, and these
a4. a ..nost perfectly straight.
n o.- of these tall trees reach
4. or1 eht then they begin to
Il. aulliy long, clear, straight,
rm -.r- Trees grow by putting
- .-.. Osy-r of wood annually
.- ..,, ,,.b;ob avar.ros .ho,t
s--.. .,,. aro,,nd the trae from
... .l,,.+ +raos ,,,+ ~, No
.t., toll +roos bonoo +ho
49, fa,+ar y ;s noal,;na
..- tr,,e Of bo;abt &c
...4rer A free that has
sa,s.. .al...tpr measuring six inches
ess.... -..-. ...,,umfpranca of eiohteen
as ....- ,f,-,. is 40 feet high if has
aa. t ,t square feet. A tree 40
r.A . ra arr average diameter of
4. a. .. d feet at the e,ronnd and
r5 tn,y has = surface of 100
,m. .... aso aah +rae W., ~ -,
-rnWth Of about Is inch
.a -ntre surface it will be
0ch tree grows twice as
year as a siX-inch tree.
--' of very small trees are
-'s @ ~ little wood annually,
s4r, stubbed and knotty,
l5 F. 'seapest, meanest kind of
I hy forest to produce
'~. "rrfbiy should be simply
-s '-. ..N'r ~trlpped.
4- owner the land sends a scaler
IT. t measure all lumber.
4@a To. agfore it is taken out of
N" lumber, measured in the
@ 'a.r.lr IS tut, is called "stump-
#H' uu.berman must paw this
Ag-t.-ang to the scaler's meas
-t 4na not until then, the lum-
..
t.s.... .,...t..l es.e..,