The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-22
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the amount of timber she produces
and that unless steps are taken 10
| prevent waste and fires and to replace
| trees that the next five years Will see
eighty five per cent Of the southern
lumber mills cease operations, were
issued here today by clifford Pinchot
former federal commissioner of for
estry, and w. b. Greedy, United States
| forester.
/ Both delivered addresses before The
third southern forestry congress and
the Georgia state senate and also con-
ferred with Governor Hardwick re
| garding a bin pending in the legisia-
ture to create a forestry board which
would investigate the status of Geor-
gia forests. The congress also sent a
delegation to urge the senate agricul-
ture committee in charge of the meas
| ure to make a favorable report on 1t.
The house committee already has
| taken favorable action.
j. G. Peters. chief of forest man
agement, United States forest service,
made the chief address before the SEN
at committee, giving statistics to back
| up the arguments.
| Thursday mornings session Of the
congress was also addressed by H. H.
Bennett, United State bureau of soils,
and DIR. Andrew M. Soule, president
| of the state college of agriculture. at
Athens, Ga.
At the afternoon session the con-
gress heard addresses from A. G. T.
| Moore, Of the Southern Pine asspcia-
! ton; "A. A. Coult, secretary of the
Florida Development board; DIR. E. N.
Lowe, Mississippi state geologist;
Harris A. Reynolds, secretary of the
Massachusetts forestry association.
and r. S. Maddox, Tennessee state
forester.
The address of A. A. Coult, secre-
tary of the Florida Development
board, follows:
Production of cattle and pine tim
Der on large areas of the South's cut
over lands offer attractive investment
opportunities to those who are willing
to wait a few years for division.
1.-THE period of time e1apsing and
size OF dividends will depend upon
quality Of cattle handled; character of
soil; and protection Of property from
fires.
Very few owners Of large timbered
| areas in the Southern States have
realized any revenue from beef pro-
duced on their lands, either through
ownership and sale OF the fattened
animals, or from grazing privilege
sold to owners Of the cattle which
roamed through the woods and lived
on the grasses grown among the trees
$50 far as the owners of the stock
were concerned their piney woods cat
tie represented only small original
investment in stock and the yearly
expense Of rounding up for branding
the calf crop and again for market
ing the mature beef, with a few days
work starting fires ! in the woods to
get new grass for their cattle. The
animals from infancy 10 old age looked
out for their own food and water re-
quirements, with exception of firing
the woods, or died in the attempt.
Under fever tick infestation and
quarantine restrictions five year old
self raised steer might weigh 900
pounds when prime grass In July or
August and be worth $500 to $50. 90
per head at the market.
with eradication of cattle fever
ticks completed In more than 20 per
cent of the original quarantined area,
rapid progress has been made In i'm :
provement Of quality, in cattle IN the
freed areas, and beef production in
connection with reforestation and tim
Der growing has become an important
industry.
There are two important reasons
why cattle raising should be carried
on in connection with production Of
timber crops
First To provide a source OF reve-
nue. early in the life of the project.
Improved types OF beef cattle should
age. so four years from start of the
cattle breeding. reforestation project
there should be a crop OF beef ready
for market, which under average
conditions should be big help in pay
ing the tax charges on the land, and
each year thereafter crop of beef
can be sold
1T is not my purpose to show by. q
series of calculations the prospective
profits on a project of this character,
but there are a few facts which may
be interesting when considering the
subject
"An average valuation OF cut-over
land, suitable for reforestation IS $500
to $1,000 per acre. in large blocks
Some poor quality land probably can
be purchased cheaper. Taxes on the
land will amount to 10 cents to 20
cents per acre per year.
THE United States Forestry Service
sells grazing privileges for cattlA in
the Florida National Forest at the rate
of so cents per head per year from
July LIST to June both. The average
pine woods viii require about ten acres
per animal to provide year around
feed, so on that basis the grazing fees
would not pay the taxes.
However Prof. c. " Piper, Agros-
tologist for the u. S. Department OF
, Agriculture. who has been watching
the spread of carpet grass throughout
the Southern States. says that it Is
fully as valuable producing beef as
Kentucky blue grass. Some demon
STATIONS in Florida prove 1t to be
"a very valuable grass where not ex-