Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1901 — TO BUILD FOREST. [ARTICLE]

TO BUILD FOREST.

Wealthy Chicagoan Plans One for His Indiana PossessionsJoseph Adams, of the stockyards’ firm of John Adams’ Sons & Kitchin of Chicago, has arranged to plant a forest on the land owned by him in Indiana. Mr. Adams’ scheme contemplates a forest that within a few yeais is to resemble the primeval woods through which walked the aboriginal Indian. The property is situ aled near Thayer, and is in the Kankakee river bottoms. It embraces 4,100 acres, a considerable part of which is already wooden. The f >rest, is to be laid out by experts, the state forestry officials and experts from the 1 alioual commission having prepared the plans and selected the tree . iNoar the river oak, elm and asli are to be planted and heavy growths of maple, birch and willow a e to be sacrificed. \'l'he best oaks are to be retained, but the less valuable trees are to be cut away and European Kirch and hardy eatalpa substituted. When in need of sale bills remember that the Jouknal can get you out a good bill on shprt notice and at a reasonable price. A free notice of the Bale will be given in the Journal *