Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1903 — FAMINE IN TIMBER TREES. [ARTICLE]

FAMINE IN TIMBER TREES.

Growing Scarcity of Wood Baltable , for Maanfacturlngr Purpose*. It will be but a few yeara before durable timber becomee very much dearer than it is at present. Good chestnut and white oak posts are worth now fifteen cents each, and red cedar posts twenty cents apiece, undressed, and are hard to get at that. Ten years from now the supply will be much less. No more profitable use of land can be made than to plant wab nut, chestnut, oak, hickory, spruce, ash, maple, poplar, willow, locust and other trees that*have a value In the arts for their timber. Plant the rough land to trees. The eucalypts are now grown In the southwestern portion of our country more extensively than any other exotic forest tree. These trees are originally from Australia; they are known there under the name of antifever trees, as by their rapid growth and large amount of foliage they absorb the poisonous gases of the swamps, making the air pure and the climate healthy. In California, Kansas and Indiana tracts of land several thousand acres in area have been planted with seedlings of the eucalyptus rostrata for fuel, railroad ties and for windbreaks. On account of their rapid growth they make desirable shade trees for the dwelling and pasture lots. In many parts of the southwest the eucalypts are utilized to advantage to furnish shade In pastures. If set along the fences and along the Irrigating ditches they can be made to protect the cattle In the pasture without at any time Interfering with farm work. Seedlings may be had from the nurserymen In 100 lots at five cents each. There are some thirty different varieties, and all of them are said to grow equally well in the middle and southern States. Plant the hillsides in forest trees and farm the low ground.—Baltimore American.