The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-17
TALK ON FORESTRY
HEARD AT COLLEGE
IT WAS MADE REFoREMANY
STUDENTS TODAY
Interesting Address On Import
ance Of Keeping Up Timber
Supply; Reforestation Discuss
ed By Attache Of Government
Extension Division; Wonderful
Work Done In Minnesota.

Students Of the State Teaehers' col
lege were favored this morning with
an address on forestry by H. N.
Wheeler, a member Of the United
States forestry service. and chief OF
the public relations division Tor Min
nesota. Mr.. Wheeler said that he lis
very much interested in forestry work
in Minnesota. He said that IN this
state there are fifteen states rangers
and one hundred patrolmen In the
state besides State Forester William
T. Cox, in the St Paul offica. There
especially in the northern part of the
state, suitable only for forestry, which
has not been placed under state COZ
troll. This Mr. Wheeler advocated. The
removal of timber from Minnesota
forests should be done under forestry
supervision, so that the young timber
is not unnecessarily destroyed. With
this method the forests of the state
could be prepetuated, with resulting
s sota eTrRS sfs 70 tS sse of nlnns st
acres of land in this state which is
only suited for the growing or timber.
This should be ireforested, where 1t
has been cut over or destroyed by fire.
This great trouble IN Minnesota is that
the timber is being cut on four times
faster than it is being grown.
Fires IN the Forests.
Mr.. Wheeler pointed out that last
year alone, 706 fires in the forests of
the state had been reported TO the Of
year 1921 1,5Oe people IN the state
were fighting forest fires in a system
attic way under directions from the
state forester's Office. This resulted in
the saving of millions OF dollars worth
of valuable timber to the state. It had
prevented the disasterous forest fires
of 1918 when four hundred people lost
their Hives and thousands of acres of
forest land was laid waste. Yearly in
the state of Minnesota alone. there are
1000 acres OF forest land burned
over. There are In the state Of Mime
sofa $500, 900 acres OF land. thus laid
waste that now need refUresting. Mr..
Wheeler said that State Forester Cox
had just recently secured 30, 900 black
walnut trees which are to be planted
along the hghv avs OF the state. Other
trees viii be secured. unt1 ever high
way in the state is adorned with trees.
The speaker said that on eighty
acres there should be wood lot OF at
plying the needs for the farmer. 1t
should be handled as wood lot ex->
clusively and not pastured. for pastur-
ing has a tendency to destroy the
young trees.
Mr.. Wheeler s6IdpiimeRted ag.ai.kSto
on its tourist camping grounds. There
were 300, 900 outside tourists visiting
the state OF Minnesota last year, and
they left $40 .000. 900 In the state. This
means that n pays we'll to treat the
tourist within our state cordially
The common house cat was given a
scoring by Mr.. Wheeler, who stated
that these felines annually hill IS .000.-
900 birds in the United States. II the
songsters were not being depleted SO
rapidly farmer would not have to do
as much spraying of their fruit trees.
Children shouid be taught the value of
birds, and the value of forestry. The
esthetic education In the child Is as
necessary as the practical, Mr.. Wheel
er said.