Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-01
TIMBER SALES ARE
NECESSARY FOR
FORESTS
Trees Are Permitted More
Room in Which to Grow
When Older Ones Are Cut
Away Declares Ringland.

"'rh" forestry service often has diff
nculty IN accomplishing some Of ~
fundamental purposcs.' remarked
District Forester \ g. Hingland to-
dan. through the failure of thr gen
crnl public TO appreciate the coudi.
tiuns undo. which u operates or the
significance OF is transactions
~ hue and cry va usually raised
from some quarter when big sal.
OF timber Is made by the department.
ana the U-considcrcd declaration is
made that the forestry service Is dc.
nuding the country and divcsting the
nation Of It's most important resource.
These protests are usually traceable
to the accounts published in news
papers Of tn, number of feet, ~ OF
acres involved. figures which always
seem enormous when exhibited oy
thvms elves. cut In connection with
total areas. ana the numbcr OF feet
standing dwindlc surprisingly
AS matter Of fact, IN. forestry
srrVc. j. FAR from wasting foot of
| timber 10 Tn" national forests. We
| cut each year q portion ~ the an
nual growth. ana the removal OF this
| timber Is An actual advantage in spur
ring the growth OF other trees, and
thus produces actual gain in The Size
OF the forests instead 81 causing .
decrease
THE simpl, principal is that each
| tree 60 live requires certain amount
OF space aud light The iudicious re-
| muyal of nWgAboring trees possible
under our system of expert forcstlng.
! gives growing trees d chance, by
eliminating this element of plant
competition. We do not donude'
or doNas,ats' as some who are poor.
! ly informed or naturally malicious
would suggest
The matter oi timber salos, is but
one uf getting revenue. The princi.
/ pal on which W, work is tina, the
national forests can br compared Ia
! In, permanent int oslmcnt ~ hlg
company. the rnitod states our
yearly Interest .s thu annual growth.
liy disposing OF part of this inter-
est We are enabled more efficiently
| u conduct the management of the
business. but our yearly cuttings are
not equivalent tu our yearly Increase.
and consequently The balance shows
| a continual increase in the capital
stock u make il clearer. ~ We re-
.
"" NOuld Doe 10 tho position Of - man
who puts his money aWas Ia a sock
"Of course some Time has been de-
voted IN the Organization Of the for
"stry branch Of thr department Of an
rlculturr. ~ tn" mcrr taking OF stock.
This is gigantic enterprise. but a
n'ccssur, one II involves nearly
| 200 000.0N0 acres. IN district three.
| g... "A.
qur u was begun as eariY as 1908.
| This district comprises Arizona and
| New Mexico. oklahoma. Arkansas ana
| Florida. Withia two. ~ at the most.
! three more wears. the stock taking
VIII have been completed for prac-
! ucglN an THE timber nov accessible
upon the various forests. At present
stock taking has been completed or
b. udd"t way IN fifteen Of the twenty
two forests
II Is the established policy Of the
| for ~ service To SCH timber which Is
| maturr and oNer-mnture and which
can bo cut without dctri/-nt tn thu
| standard and IN such q way as In in
sur" a second crop However. in gag
! ing tho amounts to boz sold this must
br 80 logg,d that there win always be
| u tNhNA'H' NhlFtN W Alikb " on manu-
without going into the details 81
technical forestry the underlying
! principal IL this. u II takes 100
| wears To grow a crop Of timber on "A
given area. ll0o al this area can
| ~, conscrvstlvely cut over each year
aud sin constant and equal amount
Obtained from the whole area with
GA, IN any way decreasing us pro-
ductiVty This * what tn" forest
service claims H. do IN "A large scale,
~ q matter Of fact, the productivity
- greatly enhanced bY means of I'M
proved growth conditions following
rigid M" protection,
Each year the secretary Of agrirul-
turc hS's the limitation an annual
eat on "nca nf the national forests.
Tho recommendation for lhes" lmi-
latihns have Just he.n ssrwardcd by
the district forester al Nhuqueruue
II h "f interest thar the total r,c-
commended cut for district 3 Is lGs.-
1872 ,"1n l'Ht u. VI of sawiimher and
.isN,. CORDS nf cordwood. The total
estimated stand IN The whole district
h $3.50, 80 400 feet o. NJ of saw.
timber Of whlch lG.5oo,ooo, geo feet