The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-03
BE ALSO ACRES
Government VIII Restore to
Kansas.
Eliminated From Forest Re-
serve-Milling Industry.

Washington, D. c. April 3--One OF
the last official acts of President Taft
was the signing of a proclamation
eliminating Al, $50 acres from the Kan
sas National Forest, Kansas.
The tract eliminated is in tn e.
IRENE western section of the forest,
and includes all the part which lies
west of the Fifth Guide Meridian 1t
is principally a sandhill country and
while it could be reforested, there is
such a large proportion OF aHenaleo
or privately owned land within the Tor
est boundaries that the government s re-
forestation work would have to be con-
fined to more or less isolated areas.
Since the area is valuabl for grazlnz
its restor--ion to the puDhc DOMAIN
was deemed -Visable.
At the same time that the land was
eliminated from the forest it vas with
drawn from entry, under the authority
which congress has given the president
to withdraw land from all forms OF
entry except as to mineral claims Tor
the development of metaliferous ores
The land will be restored to settle
ment and entry after such advertise
ment in the local papers as the secre-
tary of the interior may consider neces-
sary.
forestine a considerable area in the
sand hills of Nebraska and Kansas,
where the soil is 20 loose in texture
that it blows away as soon as 1t is cul-
tiyated Therefore, according to the
government foresters, the problem mas
been to grow trees in competition with
tha native grasses, both making rival
demands on the small amount of mois-
ture
If the grass cover is removed the soil
blows out completely and exposes
the roots of the trees me
success already attained indicates
in the judgment of the govern
ment foresters that a large part
of the sandhin country will become
timber-producing.
To Stop the Winds That Do Blow.
Would you like to stop the wind from
blowing. The government knows nov
to do it. Further than this Uncle Sam
has made d model of his method tat
all the world ay see and understand
at a glance. Here is something Kansas
people, particularly those in the west
ern section of the state, should be
vitality interested in
There re many winds in the United
States that do a lot of damage in diff
ferent ways. There are the sea breezes
from the Atlantic and the winds that
blow off the Great Lakes, for instance
These winds often bear with them the
sands from the beaches. These sands
NAV advance steadily inward, en-
croaching upon orchards and farms
and covering up roadways-
Almost everywhere are the winds,
the enemies of the farmer. Uncle Sam
found a manner of stopping these
winds from blowing. He has massed
all the knowledge there is with rela-
ton to the windbreak and the method
of it's developments to protect growing
crops All this information he has
sought to crystalline into a model of
farm embracing a quarter section of
land. In this model he has shown
how the land owner can throw the
protecting arm of growing trees about
his premises and greatly profit by so
doing.
In any given region it is likely that
the injurious winds are from one gen.
eral direction. The trees need be
planted only with reference to protec-
ton fir m this direction. Two sides of
the farm will thus need the tree
shield. Such a farm is half a mile
across, and in this distance two addi-
tional belts of trees will be needed.
Each of these belts will check the on
coming blasts of wind and divert them