The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-01
POPLAR
Gan b GROWN
AT NICE PROFIT
According to Report by w. w.
Il AShe, of Federal Forest
8 Service.

Service.
WASHINGTON D. c., April L.
Yellow poplar, one or the. finest ana
the largest OF American broad lear
trees, can be grown profitably in the
timber tracts of the southern Appa-
lachians. This conclusion is set
forth in a. report written by w. w
Ashe of the forest service and re-
Gently published by the geological
survey OF Tennessee. -
An investment in young yellow
poplar stands will yield four per
cent compound interest. In addition
to this there, IS probable, though IN.
determinate. return due TO the
natural increase in stumpage PRICES.
This increase, based on average sized
during the last. twenty years to nj
teen per cent compounded annually.
There is more lumber produced
from yellow poplar than from any
other southern hardwood except oak.
The commercial range of the tree IS
restricted mainly to the southern
Appalachian mountains of the VIZ
ginia,s Caro1inas, Kentucky and Ten
nessee, where it grows to be more
than 100 feet high and over 1--WE Iees
IN .diamet er. Some specimens haVe
been found in Virginia nearly wv
feet high and ten feet through.
The wood itself has the same gen
eral characteristics as tilat OF wnate
pine. and ITS range of uses is ABOUT
the same Each is utilized for al
most anything not requiring great
strength or toughness. ;;zssstzg.
The qualities which favor the ok
tensive use of poplar, says the report
are it's straight grain, its lack OF
odor the readiness with which II
takes paint, and the ease with which
it can be worked. Doors, panellns
packing boxes, type cases, drawers,
Kitchen woodenware and toys are
made largely cS yellow poplar. IN
Tennessee wooden mixing bowls arg
turned out in sizes up 10 four ieet n
diameter from one piece OF WOOD.
yellow poplar stands we'll in sltua-
lions exposed to the weather, as IN
pumns outside steps, shingles ana
fencing. 1t is not durable In contsDet
with the soil, though It can be reaa-
ilv treated with preservatlves.
I1up-Out Canoes Made from Poplar.
From the earliest times 1t mas
been used in making dug-out canoes !
for which it is specially suited slnGg
1t is easily worked and IS light. II
this capacity the tree did yeoman3
in the early Indian was Oh the
a
frontier was threatened by
Indians who assembled near Chatta
noora isaac Shelby, one OF the pr
nneer leaders, had five-toot tfunhAs
az yellow poplar hewed into canoes
i, which he took his $50 men down
the Holston river to attack tue
tribes. +bis
ouality. according 20 the report
dSAtSiASys a. r,-tayeJre nee for con-
tanners for butter, cheese ana o ..tl.s.
food stuffss. and for refrigeratoIs
TIA straight grain adapts it to the
making OF matches and the ease VIII VIII
which IT takes glue makes IT uSe4 "
nc core wood upon which more eA-
nensiye yeneers can be placed. ~
makes a very good paper pulp
The tree grows best on 2 soo nii
moist soil. when grown on dry sou
the wood is likely to be hl1n '=a,o1e5
~ consist largely of light-coloreu
eaDwood. 1t will not pay. however
|. :. Cow u on rich agricultural DOE
an lands which will bring htghef
= trrns from the cultivation OF ar
crons For timber production, the[s
tore. q, should be grown upon t
SLOPES and coves between the poteoA1
Iands and the dry heights.
The report states that the Gays
The old trees are
for This reason, it is desirable 20
nav more attention to the Secon s
20 The second growth. though
9o+ -, me compared with the. olG
Giant trees which are practicaty an
5esaT-t wood still makes valuable iula a
fe5. 81 far as known, the tree =
~ s,Ibiect to severe injury either
ram Sisease or insects. It's cnlst
snemvS is the one common to All toT
es ar growth in the southeastern states
fire, .s.,,v
,ce1nte5 in the report Is that poplar
lands should he properly thtnnea.
S5,rb thinning should yield MONEY
ret11rn and at the same time Increase |.
rba value of the stand whom ma
tngas In thinning the aim snou llta
he q, give the tree plenty OF room
for Iig1t and growth, and this VIII
mean fewer trees, each one Win
i. yer valve. rather than many small
traes IF less value. This is shoWn
strfI-tngly in the report, which says
Si,at sIesswiIl f0era far more proGlt4ols
~ have seventy trees on an acre Wstn
ayerage dianaeters or twenty lns'n sl
than 100 trees with diameters OF NJ
feen inches. The twenty-tncn
have 4 sturnpage value OF IS 81 eaca
~ ~ 49, y Fs5SeFs-fsf1sh trees have 9