Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-02-17

may De the SLASH or IOOlOlly-pr0IefS wet feet
yet there is abundant evidence to prove that both Of
varieties thrive and grow faster on dry ground az
porous soil is no barrier to these pines Is it not co
the truth to believe that the said little groups prefer
feet rather than fire and, therefore, no feet at a
In the study of these object lessons in foresru
the enemies to natural reproduction of trees it is nec
to 90 to the woods where the work is going on 0ns
see more and think better walking or riding on hob
or in buggy rather than by automobiles or trains
good to learn these simple, silent lessons Nature is
fientv irving to teach u.s. and one of the main ros
more of us do not learn them better is because Wa
travelling too fast We, may be- are travelling too N
by automobile or train too much of the time. Some
the time ought to be spent in going slowly so that
look listen think and learn eve have eyes to sea ~
see not, and ears to hear and hear not Sometimes
travel too fast in race and eagerness for wasR
Consider the lilies of the field how they grow theVa
not neither do they spin and yet Solomon in all his M
was not arrayed like one of these. We may be toom
inclined to look for something big and afar Off andD@
lect many wonderfully interesting and valuable hhs
right at our feet. There is treasure we'll as pleasant
knowledge Nature is an open book in which al -
read with profit AS important as they are, all lea
lis not confined to the textbooks taught in our schools
colleges. In fact when best and properly taught
textbooks really seek to inspire direct and interpret
sons already learned, and encourage the student to m
tinue the study Of natural phenomena: Natures boo
inexhaustible and we never get too old to learn and
cannot start too young. - rs
But the pine trees, if we had known, if we III
thought about it, we might have known, and maybe
dent that some one did not know, and if So we so
have told them that the great pine seed fall of 1920
ordered specially by the Creator for the sole and s
purpose of creating more trees The seed fell and sa
to grow Some of them are still growing, but not Al
Some one who knows and did not care or some one Vii
did not know and maybe would not have carried h
they known, burned millions and millions of them viii
fire where they growing in the open good gr0u
of the woods In few short years they would have stool
las evergreen things of beauty and blessing to man m
beast and birds and lands and streams. Was It'll? Wa
lit you? Who struck the match that destroyed sOmebO
Nope and future? Maybe the future prosperity Of ym
own children now playing at your door, They are a
boys and girls of today, but the and women Of h
morrow. More pine timber growing on large per cg
of our lands is the only thing that will make these lands
valuable for taxes Good roads and schools come from
taxes Timber on the lands will give employment to n
Dor in the manufacture of its products
Behold what fire little match kindleth
II think that,1 shall never see
A poem as lovely as a tree.
A tree that looks at God all day
And lifts her leafy arms to pray.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make tree"
Can God make tree where the fire burns over ID
land each year? Some of the wise ones may tell US m
there is use trying that the woods just will and
burn. That the land will not come back 10 trees 0
answer to them is that they are entirely right about
until much-vaunted civilization changes some d
and ideas The big woods did come to trees during
Ereign and government of the wild Indians. They sz
lcised more common sense in conservation Of the na
resources of the country than is put into practice BY
most of us at this time =
There is only two simple things necessary to cau
another crop of trees to spring up all our waste
acres and those two things are seed and fire protec
The most of the country is very well supplied with seed
bearing trees therefore the greatest need is fire pc
ton.
J. K JOHNSON
Superintendent Forestry and Cut-Over Lands DsF