Show Unproductive Idle La Land d Made to Yield Profits Idle land like Idle labor is a detriment detriment detri- detri ment to any county Taxes must must be paId on all land Why not not grow a crop of timber on worn out sandy broken or wet lands not needed for tor agriculture ThIs pertinent question for tor farmers is answered by W. W It R. R Mattoon Mattoon Mat Mat- toon extension forester with the United States Department of Agriculture Agriculture ture who remInds us that there are several million acres of such land which should be producIng Un timber ber because because be- be cause It Is the most profitable crop that can be grown on such lands TImberland that has been cut heavily and burned over usually has hasso hasso so few tew seed bearing trees that It dOes not get well set In young growth All sorts ot of weed trees come In like sweet gums sassafras persimmon and others often preventing the more valuable trees from coming In Pines are easily propagated and denuded denuded de- de lands can be made to grow a full tull crop ot of pIne with a little effort ExperIments show that slash pIne seed can b be successfully sown on wet lands such as savannah or crawfish lands A A out t two two pOHn pounds J ot of s seed e J per er acre shou e p used d. d 5 Owings on with one years year's grass have given better better bet bet- ter results than on freshly burned burned- over o land |