Show FIND ACACIA GOOD GOODAS GOODAS AS MINING TIMBER ER ERI I I In China Tree Ranks With Pine and Cedar for This Use A Vice ice Consul Ernest ot or Tsin- Tsin tau furnishes tho the following Information thou tion ton concerning the tho growing of ur acacia wacha acla trees on barren land and aint tho the use uso oCthA of oC th thA timber for Cor mining purposes purposes- alt During the tho ten teu yearn years of German oc occupation oc- oc cup ton of or the colony clony one OlO of or the most mot act branches of tho the government gov gov- has hRs been ben the tho forestry OT depart- depart After ACer experiments with a largo large variety of trees to determine what would grow gro beet best and amI quickest here the acacia was chosen a n M tho ho tree to lo lobo tobe tobe be bo used usell most In the the of tho the bare baro hills lilis surrounding tau The Tho reasons for fOl this selection were l twofold twofold two two- wo- wo fold Coll A tree was won wanted tel to make mako shadi and cov r the tho hil hills as at soon as possible regardless of or ll Its Il value and nud the poor ioor soil soi precluded the Iho Ut use of ot a I variety which would not grow crow In al almost nl- nl most any sort sorl of or earth While hlo these acacias la have b en en grosing 10 valuable W woods of ot all ul sorts adaptable adl to the Uw climate W were being constantly constanty planted In Iii II tho winter of or 1006 07 acacias planted in 1 1902 and 1913 n were cut for tho first Urft time All Al timber up Ul to five centimeters 1 ln 7 Pieties Indies diameter was wa sold old to the the- Shantung Mining company for Cor mining timber This Tills company ht has hins the tho made extensive experiments with wood In and now reports that for mining purposes the acacia l Is as a good Soul as a or cedar varieties va Va- better than the pine and celar boter now hOW being Imported from from Japan The he demands of or the company aro aru growing grow grow- In lag ing from rom year veal car to year and are now at cubic c meters cubic feel feet per pel annum With Ith the satisfactory re results ro- ro of or these tests tho tio German Germun government gov gov- HUlt has decided to go o heavily Into the raising business here a as thoro are arc lar large c tracts of land apparently worthless fur for anything else Tho TIo enl also have many TrIniTy other uther good points tho tIo pities pines they are not subject to disease Java ravages cs b by Insects furthermore to the tho entire cost of oC production tion I Is covered by y tho the sale of oC refuse reuse eo twigs ton s. s etc to the natives for rot firewood while whilo the tho mining company has agreed to tako talco all timber offered at al about 5 per cubic al meter cubic feet |