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Show THE FENCE POST PROBLEM. In fifteen tn twenty jeirs from tip present time thi question of feme rflsts will b a seilous one to Hie fnrm-trs fnrm-trs In lllnli Aire id) the supi ly nf cedar ce-dar posts Is hemming limited and nun ill oils ot i ulna Is jie being annual!) shipped lino tin initi mountain country fiom Oiegon uul Washington The ptesent .Ionian I fir fence poms Is nl most Inceinsldenhle In compulson with thin which will exist ten soars from now The free open range for nil classes of stotk and the herd laws In force lu all the v ille) hilt operated to render the minimum amount of fencing sufttil nt The eomniunlt) plan of pnslurliiT the farm lands dm Ing thu fall and winter has. In a grtai measure, obviated tho i.eccsilt) fnr dl vUlon fi me lietwtiu farms Hut nlCi the smaller sub-div islon nf farms that the intensive fanning nf the future will make necessni) with the leclamation if the thi usands nf aires nf sw imp land that will be accomplished by means of tlto drainage mil with the reeding nf the foothills that must of necessity be done to make pastures (or the future herds of IHnh, there will como a demand for fencing rn""'al that Is almost Inconceivable at tne present time Whereas, hw n "ri" around a squnre mile of land In the valle) encloses perhaps a dozen forms with nn division fences between, the time will soon come when that square mile of land will constitute thlrt) to forty small farms, pasture, ""-harts and gardens, with a fence around the boundary of each Mile after mile of fence lines will bo required to enclose and sub-dlvlde the pastures that will be established in tho canons and on the foothills Taking this view of the demon I for fencing, It becomes apparent that where now nre required hundreds nf posts there will be thousands needed during tho next quarter of a centun It must be equally npparent that the supply of native cedar posts cannot nearly equal the demand that Is coming com-ing In consideration of these facts, It b.omes urgent that Immediate steps bo taken looking to the situ itlon that must soon exist As a business imposition there nro fen Industries that prorrlse n more certain satlsfnc-tor) satlsfnc-tor) Income than a plantation of black locust or cuttlpa trees after fifteen jeara fiom elite Not a gieat amount of tnpllal would be required by the man of mid lie age today tn guarantee himself n competency In oil age Illustrative of tho cost of planting nnd the profits derived fiom ten ncres of locust trees .Mr Albert Melson, In I'orestry nnd Irrigation, gives figures based uton his own experience, ns follow fol-low s lliwlng and preparing tho ground KbriKrw,,, m'pfrl'.'ntr'eplant-. r trees 5c . 31 I a or planting W acre; III! " Labor for wotklng nn 1 cutting for 3 viars ! It per )enr per ncie Ijtbir trimming for 3 )eais 0 Jl per jo1 acres' Vfaml nt a valuation of in ier acre ! Interest 0 per cent Icr ear, lis for M )ears Total " Or n cost of v w per ncre At Ihe end of the llrst 1. )ears some imisis m tv be cut I oles could I cut iooner but 1 believe It would be much more prontnble to allow the trees tn grain In Is or -il )eirs of age I itilniito th it !'0l,I0nVrenn.",llV.r.. ie'Me,' ir1,,oq,ichnr,u!rBuie,f.rs,i"o lime grnilos-lnortlsed posts boird fenco and wire fnieo pons Prom these ihe lliianclil return woult be ns follows Mil mortlxcl Jtt l ine Mot i biard fence t osts ft .-V . IJJ" ml wire fence posts ft lee . " 1 Irewood per acre, $10 l'" !' I.ess cost of making Pt. mortised ftnee posts. W 12e l-lpo no bojrd fence osts fl tc Jul j.i1 wire fence posts. B le " JVM1.) Or n profit of v per ncre If tht timber shoul I he cut for ernes-ties ernes-ties and posts we woult halo the following fol-lowing rcsiills mm cross lies first grade, fl Mc ni :iini posts at an average net prlco of 10 ... VCo Cordwood and poles I"1) ' 17720 I,css cost of making &vi cross ties Of iK l"l Cutting wood nnd poles W ?I2 J-070 Or n profit or about I'm per ncre It Is probable thnt tho above llkurefi, which nre given fnr a jlintntlnn In Mar)land, would hold good In Utah While the llrst cost of the land would bo more out hcte, tho stand of trees would be better and the growth moro rapid, because of Irrigation nnd the selling price of the product vvoul 1 be greater than In Marylnn 1 The Intcrmountaln Tanner nni Hnnchinan desires to c,o upnn iccord ns uncqulvncnlly fivnrlng the planting nf fort st trees for economic purisiscs an 1 we unlu'sllntlngly commend tho practice prac-tice tn all whn would provide an Income for nl 1 nge or who would t oufer n valuable val-uable heritage upon thtlr posterity. |