Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-19
FOR NEBRASKANS
Crops that Might Take Place of Use
less Weeds.
SOME TREES THAT THRIVE HERE
c. 3. Harrison Writes of the Value
of Cottonwood, Poplar, CntnIpa
and other Quick Growing
Timber.

YORK, Neb., Jan. Is. -(speclal Corre-
spondence.)-A tree is a living thing, to
some extent endowed with intelligence. 1t
is also a faithful servant. The prophet
speaks Of the labor of the olive The
tree is not an ldier. but a worker. 1t is
also a thing of beauty. The trunks,
branches and leaves relieve the monotonous
dreariness OF the plain. AS the old YER
sion has it The tree Of the field is mans
life" We can hardly conceive of human
existence in any spot where trees do not
grow.
Again, 1t should be a matter Of pride
to a man that he can create a forest.
That his hand can put in the slips or the
seeds which will spring up and adorn
the land with beauty. Al / said. the tree
Is a faithful, hard working servant. A
single strong tree may ultimately take
possession OF a quarter of an acre and
draw vast stores of nutriment from It
and place them in that massive trunk.
we have single trees here in York which,
II sawed would produce 1000 feet Of lum-
Der. They are 80 years old. Suppose a
man has forty acres OF forest which he
has planted. Figure If you can the amount
of hard work produced by all those trees.
The fertility of the soil, the rain and sun
beam have all been worked up and stored
away for future use. The horse and COW
are faithful servants, but they need daily
care. Trees take care of themselves. You
SIT stih and they go on with their work.
Trees Pay.
There are thousands of acres in our
state which should be put to work. often
an overflow will ruin the crops in a fer
tile valley and after a flood the weeds
! take nOSgagcfOn C,,ob $500
place for poplars and cottonwood. Don't
despise the cottonwood. 1t is a money!
maker. In numerous instances a crop
OF these trees rs years old has brought
lumber worth $500 per acre, besides ell the
fire wood. That is S12 per acre. a pretty
good rental, considering the fact that on
mat grade Of land with the uncertainty
ot crops you could not secure one-half
that with all your hard work
thrown in.
Coal Is growing higher and higher and
IL Is well to be entirely independent OF
these giant trusts. Plan to keen a good
man the year round and give him some
thing to do. Wood is much nicer TO handle
than coal. In these hundreds OF cases OF
raising cottonwood. the land has been
made better by the subsoiling of the roots
and 1t takes the stumps but a short time
to rot. The returns of $500 per acre have
been received for present prices OF lumber
bringing some times only SIS to $40 per
w Twenty-Five years from now lumber
Wal be worth twice that. For framing
lumber II is much stronger than pine and
Tor bridge planks II will last twice as long
While for sheathing and roofing 1t is JUS
as good, and will hold nails better. Prob.
ably the most rapid growing tree In all the
north is the Norway poplar, Il was SC
named, because found growing among tins
Norwegtans OF Minnesota. The origin 1,
not definitely known any more than ths
origin OF the Carolina poplar, which DR.
Bessey traced through more than a cen.
fury, and then was not certain. This DOB.
lar makes such a phenomenal growth tina
II has been called the sudden sawIoR.'
Here at the experiment station at York W,
have had ii make eight or nine feet from