Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-08-30
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tbe o1dtime lu1abermen Of Maine and Micht
gan Instead, these Pacific coast fellows con-
etrrct q shelf" on the side Of the tree to be
felled and at such height that the chcpping
and saving is done at point at least ten or
twelve feet above ground. The result Is, OF
course. to leave a huge stump containing
enough material to build a small house The
lumbermen Justify their action by the tradi-
tion that the SWELL at the base OF one OF
these big trees Is Of inferior material-pre-
sumably too poor to bother with. However,
most of the expert foresters Of the country
saw that this Is not true. at least not in the
majority of cases and that this method Of
mutilating timber in the cutting is flag
rantly wasteful one.
One of the most seriously wasteful methods
of numbering in vogue in the United States
looked at from the standpoint Of future gener-
ations-is the practice of taking from forest
annually an amount Of lumber far In excess
of new growth Obviously this will serve 10
either speedily wipe out forest or else 10
render 1t Of little value for many years 10
come. whereas 1t might be made to serve as
a regular and permanent source OF income
Indeed this plan Of intelligent harvesting OF
the timber with reference to the supply Oh lu-
ture years is what ren ders so steadily pront-
able the admlraDly con uuCleu AoiSo'o W. NSN
many and Switzerland.
OF course the American lumberman is eL'
gagged in logging as source OF nVennooo ah.
his main defense against every charee VI
wasteful numbering is that there Is SO much
timber in proportion to the popuiatlon tna' ~ ~
does NOT nav, as a business proposition, to
take any more than the better part OF eacn
tree felled Unouestionable there is grain
&b;c q
thinking only of prosperity in the present gers
Grafton hut at the same time there is much
waste in numbering that is not only unneces
sarv hut Is actually costly to the lumberman
himself However, conservative numbering Is
making headway and is supplanting the old
vasteful methods in many sections or tne
country. The new ideas Of conservative lum'
herring are based on three principles. First,
the forest is treated as working capltal the
purpose Of which Is to produce successive
crops Second. systematic working plan ls
followed in harvesting the forest crop. Third,
the work In the woods Is carried on IN sucn
manner as to leave the standing trees ana
the Young growth as nearly unharmed by the
numbering as Is possible. In the actual oper'
ations of tree telling the new policy calls fof
greater care, SO that no tree trunk may De
split or broken in falling and likewise are
there precautions so that the bark OF valuable
standing trees will not be rubbed or torn by
the tree trunks that are being "skidded" out
of the forest Finally ban has been placed
on the wasteful practice Of cutting promising
young trees for corduroy or skids simply be-
cause these happen to be convenient and are
straight Under the old plan the waste does
not end when log gets to the saw MILL
There is a further loss Of nearly all the slabs
and edgings and all the sawdust not used for
fuel, so that 1t is doubtful If more than half
of the cubic contents Of the standing tree Is
finally used