The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-01-01

iS& lt5t,zH matter of course. but the
- e9 S-1 aumbof. of people In that
T, ,Iay .Nhs small compared
twith the pdpdldtion of the United
Estates now. In those olden times peo-
iple would have been .nghast nt the
.thought Of paying IS or $40 cord for
rrewoOd Yet these prices. ana even
higher ones, have been charged In many
tities the last two Seasons. When cold
weather nppsoqched and no coaI had
becn put into ihe cellars. great mum
lbers OF people turned to the wood.
yards and TO the farmers. advertising
Mood as last ssesort. Fuel commits
Tions have advised the burning of
Mood. pointing out that cord OF the
pest quality hardwood, thoroughly sea
soned. hns the same potential fuel
fnlua' as ton of anthracite coal.
horetser Il Is decidedly more eco
5omical for heating purposes during
Pie earls .fal and lnte spring, when
Only temporary fires are required. Also
wood ashes have definite value as
fertilizer. fH
That the farmers OF the country
Helped materially. In conserving coal In
lplS by substituting wood as fuel Is
thowr by the bureau of crop estimates
" the department OF agriculture. An
Avernge of ll.5 cords OF wood, or a to-
ftl OF T7.09a0O0 cords. was burned on
the farms 'of THE coui try during 1918.
The total production OF cordwood dur
lag the year. which Includes wood
burned on farms and that scld by
ftIineFs TO .ciiy.dwellers, amounted to
approximately i02.003,000 cords. The
nyfyrge farm value In 1918 was 73
cents a cord. Upon the basis OF esti-
itlltes for 1918 the farm fleetwood
cftp Is one of the Important crops OF
TN farm. inasmuch as only five crops
corn, wheat, oats, rye and cotton-ex-
cfhded II In vulue In l9ls.
h the utltzatlon of. the forests Of
t4k country. including farm woodlands,
ai4teat deal OF wood material Is pro-
dt1l&d which cannot find use other
Than as fuel. While some of It IS used
fat Acid wood, cf,ircoal. etc. most Of
III left for fuel or wasted. Since
naiby Of the trees In our forests are ut
only for fuel. they will not be cut un-
iesf there Is demand for fuel wood.
Improvement cuttings. which teke the
srpiQI, diseased. or defective trees. can
prdhtably be iHade:use OF only In case
thsHe is such n demand. Trimmings can
frtHuently be made to pay for them
SELVES, II the material is used for fuel.
Sdtietlmes products OF Trimmings can
bd'tsed for other purposes than fuel,
bnt,fnore often they cannot. AS proper
th!nNlngs, and. Improvement cuttings
are a great stimulus to Increased pro-
d,ctIon and ut the same time improve
the qnality-oG the timber. fuel wood
demand opens up q great opportunity
for forest Improvement and. IL wide
spread and continued. will produce n
vast total effect for the better In the
character and quality Of our forest re-
sources. ...
The great bulk OF wood-fuel supply
In farming regions should come from
Trimmings and Improvement cuttings on
farm woodlands. Except under stress
OF emergency. trees which VIII produc,
lumber or other material of higher
value than cordwood should not be cut
for fuel. Trees which are better suit
ed for fuel than for any other purpose
whose removal will be of benefit tC
thd remaining stand. are: Sound stand
ing and down dead trees; trees dis
eased or seriously Injured by insect Mt
taqks; badly fire-scarred trees; crook
ed and lnrge-crowned short-boled trees
which Will not make good lumber ant
whISh are crowdlng or overtopplnl
others; trees which have been overtop
pedSby others and their growth stunt
ed trees OF the less valuable species
why're they are crowding more valuable
ones like. beech. black oak, birch, hare
maple, white oak, on white pine; slow
growing trees which are crowdIng fast
growing species OF equal value.
son many farms former pastures hav'
kecome overgrown with red cedar
gray birch. aspen, pine or other trees
The trees came In slowly and througl
neglect ,wer allowed TO steal much o
the pastures II fuel is to be cut some
where on N;he farm, such land as thi
shoald be drawn upon first OF all an
redeemed " removing all the tree
and restoring the land to grass. AlsC
unSeared corners OF fields or patche
OF agricultural land within the borde
Of fh&Hpoed- lot mny be- cut clean, III
yoo(fu5<ed, for fuel and the Ian
eyt mHfIy' furmcd. The expense o
cle Ing IS thus largely or entirely me
by e Snips u the fuel thus produced
With the Increased use of wood fue
which is likely TO continue for seyera
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