The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-03-06

Vdlue. lucy Sdh W 49,
and, rough land, land that cannon
be cultivated. They will pay over one
.undred per cent per year over COST
or a term of years like life insur
.nce policy. That sounds rather largt
nut it will do 1t, and more. Flrteen
,undred sprouts per acre costs nine
dollars, which at the age OF sixteen
ears is worth, at the least, one dol
lar per tree, making fifteen hundred
lolars or more for an outlay where
locust grow and know from obserya-
ion what their growth will make.
lso know what they will make by no
ing the growth Of the fifty thousand
low set on my farm in Kentucky.
If young man will set out ten
thousand for each child of his at Its
firth, when that child Is grown It
will have a nice little fortune to start
IN if it's parents have left 1t nothing
Use, all for the outlay of only sixty
collars.
Any farmer that is close observer
will know these statements are cor
rect. Forestry Of any kind is one OF
the most important questions of the
day as we are now facing a timber
famine in many parts Of the country
The demand is increasing rapidly
My experience is not theory but by
actual experience in the work. Each
state in this union should take hold
Of the question of forestry in all its
branches and encourage it to the lin
L before it is entirely too late.
With the increasing demand for To-
must material for ship building, posts
.or wire fence, telephone poles, wag-
IN hubs wagon axles, insulator pines
IN telephone poles for the wire and
'or many other uses too numerous to
mention and many other uses for
which locust is preferred. the present
supply being almost exhausted, will
make the price far above the presen'
price Of today In a few years more.
The demand is increasing by leaps
md bounds each year for this mater
al. The market Of the world is OPP
IN to 1t but is forced to use substi-
:utes that cost more money and Is
rot as good
Forestry should be encouraged
much more than 1t is by our govern
nent. The time is not far OF when
i will be forced to do so, and the
sooner the better. There is enough
waste land in each Of our states II it
was set in forestry to take care Of all
future generations II the same care
was perpetuated. A law could be
made to make It so. There is much Of
,ur timber supply Of the different
kinds that is from rs to IS per cent
exhausted at all times, No man is as
lar from market as he that has moth
ing to sell.
Some Of my neighbor farmers
laughed at the idea Of this locust bus
mess when I first began and tried to
me only because they had
not stopped to figure and think seri-
,usly about It. Now these same men
after they saw what I have done be-
came very much interested and have
started in the business in earnest
and have thousands set to tell the tale
IF their change OF mind. One man, a
circuit judge, has been convinced by
he example I set, bought cheap hill
arm and has set nearly one hundred
thousand. Many others have set from
I've to twenty thousand. Another
1eighbor bought very poor thin
arm of one hundred and fifty acres
or five thousand dollars. He set OFT
twenty-five thousand the first year
ne sold 1t few years ago for twenty
thousand dollars, THE LOCUST
SOLD TT.
II any reader wishes to ask any
questions or wants any more infor.
nation on this subject they can ge.
t for the price Of stamped and self
addressed envelope to the under
signed.
Florida is better adapted for the
ocust tree than any other state In
he Union, because the heavy snow
IND sleet will not break down the
ops; also they will grow ten or elev
IN months in the year. In many o,
he states they will grow only eight
months in each year. Florida viii
produce results in less time than
some Of the other states. Much Flor
ia idle land could be put to use at
'nce and with less preparation than
my other production and at no ex-
tense to the owner after IT is set ex.
'ept to keep It fenced for two or thres
ears until il is tall enough 80 that