Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-05-19
FORESTRY CLUES

-Four county forestry clubs were or
eanized On Monday and Tuesday by
the farmers of Shenandoah. Prince
William, Fauquier and Rockingham
counties, Virginia. for the purpose OF
introducing practical forestry on the
woodlands of THAR members, the work
to be carried on in cooperation with
the q. S. Forest Service AID tie
Southern Railway. As outlined in
their constitutions, the objects OF the
clubs are % follows: To render more
profitable the timberlands owned by
members of the clubs by acquiring
and applying knowledge concering u
the best methods of management
through such means as thinning
stands to accelerate growth and i'm
prove quality of timber and by pro-
lection from fire and insects; ~ nse
and disposal of forest products; (3)
proper methods of estimating quantity
and value of timber; and to encourage
the establishment Of plantation on I'M
productive lands. Mr.. M. G. Rich
ards, Land and Industrial Agent OF
the Southern Railway, who is the
prime mover in the work and Mr.. ].
d. Foster, assistant chief OF the office
of State Cooperation of the Forest
Service. were in attendance at the
organization of these clubs. They
left Washington on flying trip Mon
day morning. visited Manassas in the
morning and Warrenton in the after
noon and were in Harrisonburg and
Woo dstock on tuesday. At Warren
ton the meeting of the Board of Trade
was turned over to the visitors for the
purpose of the organization of the
Fauquier County Club. At all these
places clubs composed of many OF the
prominent farmers of the respective
counties were formed.
In outlining the various ways in
which the Forest Service might be OF
use to the members of the clubs in
their practical work, Mr.. Foste: said:
"The Forest Service will be glad to
cooperate with those clubs in every
possible way. II wants to keep in
touch with them by correspondence,
and to advise them as to the handling
of the numerous problems which will
Of course present themselves in the
practical work which the clubs have
started cut to do. 1t can also supply
the members with suitable publiea-
tions which it has issued regarding
the handling of farm woodlots and
general for est economy upon farms.
But there are even more effective ways
of cooperating then these, among
them have in mind a plan already
proposed of having . member Of the
Forest Service visit these clubs again
in the near future and make q dem
onstration examination, in company
with the members of each county club,
of . sample woodlot selected by its
members. From this examination the
Forest Service could prepare sample
working plan which, while general lie
character, would give to the farmers
in that locality q fairly good idea OF
the principles to apply in the manage
ment of their own tracts. OF course
this 10 only q suggestion, but l hope
that it may be one of several means
by which this cooperative work is to
be carried on. believe that the
Southern Railway has done al excel-
lent thing for Virginia in taking the
initia tive in the formation these clubs
and that they will result in much good
to the farms of the State"
Mr.. Richards also spoke with great
enthusiasm concerning the results
which he expected these clubs to at
tain. He said that other clubs iD
other counties of the State through
which the lines of the Southern pass
would be formed from time to time
until a sufficient number had been
org anized to form the basis Of a State
wide association.