The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-10-16

that is strong factor in increasing
the demand for wood of all sizes. In
New England, too, box manufacturers
use second growth white pine down
to diameter of six inches. 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 pur-
pose. This is to check the speed of
steep grade Of the mines by being
thrown between the wheels, and many
lad of days gone by, as well as lads
Of the present days, has earned the
money to send him through college
by manufacturing these pieces of
wood not over foot in length
These are only few of the hun
dreds Of uses to which young timber
may be put II it is near enough to a
market to be sold. A wood formerly
little known on this Side of the water,
but now gaining annually in reputa-
ton. is the Italian chestnut A rapid
grower. easy on the soil, valuable for
the fruit it 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
fota in, he
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
same bealthful 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 it 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 in these places
| ments approach. This is 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 be 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, it 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 for the Southern pine
ranges between fifty cents and $3.50
| a thousand feet. In Germany the
same amount of Scotch pine standing