| Show F nN n r 1 r MAUDE A ADAMS AS A TRUE TREE PLANTER I An Au Object Lesson L to r A Present unto of t 2 bop bar Destruction United Un States Will W be bo In g 2 Forty Years 5 I I n fl n n fl fl II n t fl P It II Pt LI I n fl n fl fl It fl fl fl LI I fl In n fl fl n p I p fl n II Special Correspondence orl I IT I T r Nov I thu time V old lays days Ia s wood wool was Wil burned by Ly T the tue engines of the lie Galena end th lie parent company of at Chicago I ft system At t l one ome of ot the th tho annual of ot this parent nt com company pany President Van mimi an an announced a to tu tho tue stockholder that he lie had t 1 bought a tm I certain woodland ut mit Ill now little more moll than a n of o and that ha lie felt cit like congratulating the th company compan that this thin Ihl Mood 1001 a nod tract met t would torsion forever secure u HUM out fuel for Cor the com anys locomotive Some yearn yeats after attel when whan the Chicago Northwestern was wag perfected the lime atten attention tion lon of ot one ole of the lie officers was called to President Van statement This made mad a rapid computation which showed that the tho Elgin EIght woodland would not furnish kindling wood enough for tor the time rOll locomotives for CO even clon a ii n single Ingle year Which the fact that the annual consumption of I railroad tle ties alone In iii the States State is or fully ful I of lt if the time total cut emit of timber In addition I to this there arc are vast drains upon the foiest fOIst for tar telegraph anti and ant telephone poles lolOs and amid for tor cross crOll arms and auth ant for timbers tot for tal railroad I 1 road At t this the present rate matt of forest destruction the tile United States within 10 0 years rl will be he absolute absolutely ly by I denuded of oC merchantable timber MAUDE DAMS ADAMS PLANTATION lL TAI Maude Adams Is tR credited by I the dully ull press with a n deeper Insight Into the needs of ot tho the future than the thc railroad presidents for foi she Is stated to o have planted upon her hr Long Inland property n it I hundred thousand locust trees trel which will wi make like the tho very er best boHl bOlt and last lastIng Ing log telegraph poles ami tinui railroad ties tieR The fhe suggestion la lu made mlle that tile the th rail railroads roads plant tie anti and pole timber along their thousands of If miles of light of oC way war would furnish an all tibie timber tm er supply on 01 am the time spot Thu rho i w Li IK Join ui 01 it planting iii mit rights right of or way wn to toI I trees tre s IH is II questionable In these thel days da of ot oti i fast trains nothing Is IR more dangerous to Ii those who 11 lio unmet must over railroad crossings than to hose have the view of or the tile track truck obscured by h trees ices For I or n a I long distance on either lhEr Hide of nf every cro crossIng ln the right of ot way war should a I clear clearview clearview view I As a n nuttIer matter mater of tact fact the railroads have hae given hon a good gooi deal of ot eon con II orlon to lumber supplies tilts tha spectre of ot a timber famine fantine Is la prom hirom prominently them und amid U is II a recognized r og apparition Ten years ago IKO only the soundest tie tc ties were iere werl accepted accepted see sec seconds lec and third were promptly thrown out lit by liy I the purchasing agents Today Toll these the are all 11 utilized A few years ago red c oak black lilack oak beech gums limes 1111 1 timid and Ind other othet HOf soft ott woods were wre considered u Useless elea CREOSOTING SOFT WOODS Thes woods are or now flow being heln purchased ed td In great quantities and Ind treated with and amid other pre for forties forte forties ties te poles notes anti and cross crOl aims 1111 Whole trains Lire ure lauded with lh sticks Micks to b he be dented and lud bodily run rumi Into gloat re no retort retorts torts tort Hot lint sloam Is admitted 1 Into the Chic ther r 1 tot tort for tOI ci several Ice I I hOIK that and then hell a Is I drawn the heat helt being kept the lie boiling point point At the end of nf the vacuum but bul without destroying d the vacuum HUU 1 the creosote creo ote from froni an nn ole ele elevated Ilo tank Is IR admitted Into limb the tIme retort until it tt Is till full ful Pressure Is 18 then until the time desired 11 amount of creosote pir ur pubic cubic foot IH tm II forced to place Piece This hll ti which quadruple the thu IHo of a I soft wood tie tic le hiss has hal opened up till a It 1111 MIP o ply ily which will wll meet macat meet the hit demand for tOl fori i sense i m D years 1111 Hut hilt a shortage I Is distinct distinctly ly iv In Iii sight timid tome cerise broader r 1111 must be b 1 undertaken The rue only remedy 1 II is tree planting and 1111 forest Co rIl t manage lIlt t PLANTATIONS Pl TATI 8 Some SlIe six lx Ix years rAn ago alO experimental tie Lie le were wel o started by I a i t number of if ru I I roads The Tb e more nb ie I hilt of ur urI Ii l I I 11 i t tIme the Illinois plot Plit at fIt I 1 I ii Ui 14 lol where 20 acres were ero planted lii tilt In iii 1902 I it and Du ru fu III I I i I It lal l r 5 planted I in iii UW la Loul Loik 10 the of ot the I 10 Iilo mil nM ns I I I in IllInois I I Florida and ami Kentucky and the tile black locust loust of lIt lIti I the i Ienni ml hoU t the Cut itt tl te Ce of 01 10 so o far have been heen devoted to the growth of at and auth ali bill hul U it ii s c that a AI am line KV roC goes ni Oil OilI i lie tho I work inn orle rk will trill wi be lit ex extended to i red Iel oak lak European I larch ann alT l woods WOoi which tire ore le rapid tint and yield good timber Over O r a I large urea area of tie chestnut grows well wel The h United States forest t service IH 11 authority for fOI ti this the statement that u IL I fortt forest ore t started from 1101 the lie seed t cult can CUl be bl cut over a u number of oC t linen hues at Intervals of from troll 36 31 to 40 41 O years yield lell lellI i Ing under good 1001 forest management I from oo 00 to tu O ties UI per nero acre It nt each cutting C I Some Scone SOle tree tro planting was waR done by b as al long tong an 11 30 years yearl ago ogo Ign but lIlt bus hitta demonstrated nothing other oher perhaps than In the tIme plantation In Kansas J which has ha been used U td for or fence felice posts post to show on aim I net tet profit per acre of oC 1265 al ni Ilot for tor the Chic time the land has been bel occupied II This hll Is III exceedingly encouraging ami 1111 suggest that thousands of tracts of ot t unproductive land could be very e profit profitably ably lb planted by h their helm owners to I locust t chestnut and anti other othor profitable woods There li Ia 1 no section seton of ot lie tho t tI country to which sonic some Ime tree t rie Is lit II not lInt welt well wet adapted which Is valuable for ties tics ami pole noles 1018 OBJECT ow T LESSON I SO ro TO FARMERS It I Ix is II very un doubtful If It any railroad mif MUr will wi ever be attic able to plant trees In its number lumber to secure Its I entire sup supply supply ply pI of ot but the planting ex tx experiments outdo made by b the railroads will wil tend to stimulate land owners holding land along the lie right of ot way iva 11 to tG plant their waste or unproductive lands land with wih trees which will wi produce product tit tin tn timber r runo and amil uno thus tI furnish the railroad with a Li 0 supply of ties In iii the tho future The Tue he annual tc tie consumption of ot the tile railroad 1 alone la IC I about r I ri 38 ties tC to produce which about acres must t be bl cut cutIn cut cutin ml IJO In 11 many man cases tho tile question Queston of the Die production for the tho railroads will wi un undoubtedly UI be lie by b the proper management Inan of ot existing tracts of forest land which the roads nails now flOW own or o acquire thou than by bv OIlY any Iny extensive of o forest planting p tn 1 The rue Forest Service several years ago h Ihl all u of ot the lie forest plantations it lots which hind Imd been hem made In this country ami 1111 UH tot a ti result of this study a it Ut of cooperation with land Iran owners and ami others was ivas devised whereby the lie Forest Foiest I Service gives practical assistance and advice in commercial plan plantations windbreaks etc This Is It usually embodied In ill a ft 1 planting plan which enumerates the kinds of ut lt trees to be he plate planted upon any nn given planting site ie and gives In iii Instructions tl for tor or the preparation of the thai ground anti and for tor or the spacing and amid netting of young trees treel Advantage e has been taken OUI of or the till al offered and Ild been hundreds of planting plans have hae dl loads Hindu for tor o farmers who whit have hale planted wood lots loin lot shelter belts anti and wind windbreaks windbreaks breaks with success In accordance with wih wih tin the tie directions furnished by the Forest For Forest est elt Service MILLIONS mT S OF 01 I ACHES CI S In thu th tie There arts nr million milon of acres acre States today in itt private owner which are tiro not ilot adapted to 10 farming hut but which would pay 11 n it handsome re to return f I to toI 0 turn on this the th Investment If I planted trees ond systematically enroll for tOI mis IH I ii IL forest plantation 1 When the trees treeK I period InI nf of ot growth r have once reached a I which gives IH them a tL 1 marketable value tue cutting each Intelligent management elch year only aol a It of oC time the timber ami i 1 porton allowing n for fM reforestation would make makl hichi forest a n source of rev re elate finie Ilch 1111 IM itS n Ionic as tiM a the tile country nt continue to he be Inhabited by hy men nien menThe The lime whole forest t problem In is II n a hIlt big bigone bl blone one oils lI The Tho Idea that a a forest IH lit to be berut bi bettit rut Iut over clean and ald then tHo abandoned l i ti is nothing short of ot from froni a tt 1 na hia national Ia business hu standpoint If It 1 wu iii WI would begin an on UI n a 1 nation naton today to plant where we nut u I LI tree in every pIn whar one oats down dna n n 0 und to tl I replant forests tint that t havo already been hel destroyed and aban ahan abandoned d we would not need heed to f feer NIl r a a famine in imm the future tutu or 01 the hi dry iry jug up tip I of o out mit rivers and ld 1111 the iho loss lon 10 1 of o the tue water power th they r sup sun pi Ill 1113 GUY mY ELLIOTT I MITCHELL |
