The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-03
Foresters Report
Over $4,000 Trees
Planted In District
Landowners Urged
To Order Seedlings
From Local Office

More than $4,000 seedlings
have been planted so far this year
in The l0-county area Of Farm
vile District OF the Virginia For
est Service This figure has been
released by R. P. Brierley. dis
trict forester, and w NJ. Carter
forester.
However. this years seeding
planting season will end soon
after March. and 525 900 seedlings
represent about one-half of the
tentative ou3ta OF 955,OOO that the
Virginia Forest Service has set
up for this district.
Seeding orders for this district
will be accepted now Interested
farmers and other citizens who
want TO put their idle land into
production with forests should
send their orders to r. P Brier-
ley District Forester. Box 1856,
Farmville.
Forestry Help
Upon request a Virginia Forest
Service representative will exam
inc a proposed planting site and
recommend species of trees which
should be planted. Mr.. Brierley
said A forester will also aid the
owner in planting practices and
techniQueS which will assure beS.
results.
Seedlings are inexpensive TO
landowners because they arc
grown and sold by the Virginia
Forest Service for the purpose of
reforestation. For example. prices
per 1000 F. O. B. nursery are
Loblollv Pine. Virginia Pine
and Black Locust. So; and Red
Pine. White Pine, yellow Poplar
Black Walnut. and Red Cedar
Sc. A so cents charge for delivery
made to the nearest Railway Ex
press Office. or central point in
county. will be made.
The Virginia Forest Service
urges each landowner to take
careful stock of all acres owned
and submit an order as soon as
possible for the number OF trees
required to make idle acres profit
able. Remember, a seeding plant
cd today will be the timber OF to-
morrow Mr.. Carter said.
Idle Acres
Is each acre on the farm pro-
ductive. Mr.. Brierley asks farm
ers in this area. Farm manage
ment investigations show that on
almost every farm portion Of the
area is carried at a loss and a
large percentage OF. farms are I'M
profitable. In many cases. il has
been noted that an operator act
ually paid some thing for the
privilege of working, he pointed
out.
According to Mr.. Carter. UNI
complimentary things are said
about an Improbable dairy COW.
thn hoarder SUPPORTED from the
profits of the remainder of the
herS but on many farms the I'M
profitable COW is not the only
boarder. Low yielding acres, like
boarder COWS. are fatal TO success
full farming.
Improbable acres can not al
ways be disposed of as readily
as boarder cows. but they can be
improved until they become pro-
fitable. Often it is not profitable
to cultivate such land in an agri-
cultural crop. but there is another
type Of crop which will assure
a profit. This crop is trees. Too
often farmers are inclined to
take the timber cr"D for granted.
but its place is high when one
considers the necessity. price. and
demand for it.
End OF Season
Now is the tii..e for landoWn-
ers to take stock of each acre and
determine if it is producing its
maximum amount OF profit" Mr..
Carter said. The forest tree
planting season for 1853 is nov
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