The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-25
FE0flT IN IT,. -: TiH-.
Government AdVice Vhi,h WIN Help
Ovncrs Of Forest L.rNir

Unused lands in any lHD Of The
United States can be made tN PROD nee
from So to $50 nn acre. according ul
recent forestry report hy III" govern
mcnt.
In the report the Interests Of the
country IN general are considered. and
in this light tree growers are advised
to keep their trees uncut until they are
of mature size. ordinations of red
cedar twenty-five years old" says one
report. have npttCd $2O0.Ji an acre.
European larCh. used for telephone or
fence posts. will net from SGNo to 500
an acre at the age of tWCnty-tlVC years.
White pine at the ripe are of forty
years will produce $500 an acre as un.
cut tiuhor" while other weeds more
than twenty wears of Agc nring prices
thai cpm'arc favorably with these.
Bnr to the w!N who is expecting that
in ton or f!lrcn years his tree crop
viii reach - SalIblc valu" he figures
Of the national forest service are Il lit
ont Of rcucli. Yet to that individual
hove i offered in .hr announcement
that there are uses ana even good
pri as paid for trees which range from
,hC tender age Of six years up and
th0t th' demand for these slender
H'r.ulin"s is growing greater each year.
IN c\Amplc of this lies in the match
iuGuat"v alone. This line of manufac-
turn ItH nearly all been merged into
great trust which annually purchases
~ y GOOD G~urc thousands Of acres of
~, \ llit1 t1n
to California. 1t buys these ~ uncut
tjl,lvr in size from six inches UP and
after clearing tho tract moves un to its
urNt forest. In the manufacture of
!.lrrcl strives ana hoops trees of almost
nny tough. flexible wood are TlSc1 from
the ages of four to fifteen years. while
any straight young trees of ten years
will make Salahlc flag or tent poles.
Young aldcrs. poplnrS and willows
Uf from ten TO fifteen years serve man-
kind III the manufacture of gunpowdcr,
while the prolific beech and maple.
from six inches in diameter upward,
can he used in 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
n fine grain. will take birch, cherry.
walnut. etc. net large enough to he
used in making parts Of house furnish
ings for use MS veneer. Never before
In the history of the United States has
so much wood been used in the manu-
fActure of ornaments and toys as is
now being used for that purpose, and
thousands of feet of spruce are en-
ployed by manufacturers of sloighs and
wagons.
In some parts of New York and
PENNSYLVANIA large quantities of small
timber are used in wood diStillation
plants for the production of acid, while
an over the country small timber is
used for the manufacture of charcoal
Small sizes Of timber, particularly the
spruce of Now England, is used in the
pulp mills where paper and other wood
pulp products are manufactured. Then
again, many small trees are bought
for the manufacture of toothpicks
while in The mining country of Penn
Sylvania and other coal producing
states thousands of "SpragS" are pur
chased TO serve their peculiar purpose
This is to check the speed of the mule
carts as they go rapidly down the steer
grade of the mines by being throw!
beneath the wheels.
These are only few Of the hundreds
Of uses TO which young timber may bt
put if it is near enough to marke
TO be sold