Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-14

} tree growth. The rainfall il under
ten lnche Il year-a land OF little tim
Der and little water, making il very
|, necessary to conserve what there Is.
Approximately. the working plan
shows that the forest contains $4,000
600 feet, y. NJ, Of living saw timber.
1913. 900 cords of living eordwood ana
100000 green juniper posts-not a
very imposing o Private COM
pauies hold, within and adjoining the
forest, i1l.S0H.000 feet. r.. NJ. and il
il from this private timber that the
demand for the present and immedi-
ate future viii be supplied.
The regeneration. J. G., the period Il
would take the forest 10 replace itself
after being cut over. Is fixed at two
hundred years for saw timber at one
hundred and fifty years FOR pinon
cordWood. and al one hundred years
for cedar posts. The %siivicultural pol
icy recommended is to make three
cuttings during a rotation. The first
cut Will consist OF the trees now ma
ture, the second of the trees left for
seed and the present black jack or
limby young pines. which b. that time
will have matured. and the third Of
the seedlings. saplings and poies at
present on the area.
The recommendation Of the work
ing plan Is that 80 per cent of the saw
timber and 25 per cent of the pinon
eordw00d and juniper posts on a given
area can De cut without danger OF the
deterioration Of the forest, but that
the annual cut for the next ten years
on the whole forest shall not exceed
500, 600 feet. b. NJ. Of saw timber.
! 300 cords of pinon and 1000 juniper
fence posts. Regeneration is poor and
slow on this forest. In certain locaIf- I
ties absolute protection is deemed nee
essary. where regeneration is impos-
sible within a reasonable time. and
whore the forest cover performs an
important function in retarding the
melting snow.
The forest contains good feed for
stock ana the range is eagerly sought
after That forest service manage
ment is beneficial to stockmen is
shown by the fact that the range is
in very much better condition than 1t
was before the forest was treated. and
is very superior 10 the public range.
Over-grazing viii be prevented. and
therefore its ACCOMPANYING evils Will ,
be seen-the damage to reproduce ,
ton. the erosion of the soil and the ,
invariablc displacin2 Of the grass by !
the injurious rubbcrweed. The pro- ,
hibition Of too carly grazing is also of =,
to ~stockmcn since il Is only in {
the spring thar the underwood and .
poisonous loco are eaten. b.
Utilization Of timber cut on the !
Manzano Is complete. European con a
1itions are closely approached. There .
are 1000 people living within the for 4
n 10000 drawing upon it. +
has its value. Cordwood !,
n Albuquerque is sold by weight. :
$3.50 for 1000 pounds, a short cord, a
IN Estancia, 16 miles from the
crest. dry juniper cordwood split into Y
lengths us inches longD. sells i
or IS a cord. Juniper fence posts q
feet long, two inches at the q
mall end retail in Albuquerque at % !
'ents each, while the freight on them :,
n carload lots from Albuquerque to :.
fOuntainair, which Is the dry farm =
ng district, amounts to seven cents .,
ach additional. The Santa Fe rail- :,
Dad Is paying for peeled oak fence =,
'osts at Mo%untainair, One mile from :
he boundary of the forest, Is cents -
For ordinary building lumber ~
he price of SIS TO $40 per thousand
b NJ, at the mill is obtained To- ;.
ally. p'
The object Of the forest service =
Management viii be primarily protec- j.
on for the people living in and Ia
round the forest. By restricting the IS
ut to the annual yield, by the judi he
Gus use of the range. and by the W
observation of the water supply. 1t III
III be managed strictly in accord 81
18th the demands made on it by the on
Of the locality. Timber viii pc
OF be sold for exDort The greatest II,
of the people mt present seems TO co
e for eOrdwood and fence posts, and ia
viii be the aim of the service to m
ipply this need. The demand for be
nee posts is great, coming principal
from the hOmestcadcrs in the Es- W,
Incia valley. An idea of the demand at
be had from the fact that these a
contain absolutely no posts tel
require about one thousand for ae
grounding and interior fences. he
The duty of the forest service seems Nj
ear in this case. The forest is situ- an
Ted in a center of considerable popu- Al
ton, and the homesteaders will in oN
ease rapidly in the near future. The or
lpply OF timber Is very scarce. The dc
rivate companies are supplying the an
for lumber for the present Tr
al win continue TO do so for a few &C
ore years. but then the forest Will In
ave to supply the demand, as well as nj
can. Every step must be taken to ye'
inserve what there is for tho future
)pulation which is to come.