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A Rr.ORl CULTURE 



Kocky Mountain Conditions. 



Extracts from "Report of Examination 

 of Lands in Colorado," made by John P. 

 Brown duriny;^ 190J. 



The system of cnttini; timber hereto- 

 fore pursued seems as follows. A saw- 

 mill havinij been located, all the mature 

 trees suitable for lumber are cut and con- 

 verted into boards. 



-Next those trees of les.ser size are made 

 into crossties. Then follows the Mexi- 

 can wood choppers, who, clean up the 

 remainder, which are small, immature 

 growths, making them into mine tim- 

 bers. 



Inferior trees, and those remote, arc 

 made into charcoal and cordwood. 



Thus the entire forest growth is des- 



troyed, no trees being reserved to re-seed 

 the land, while very few small trees re- 

 main for future timber supply. A more 

 rational method would be to reserve a 

 sufficient number of good, healthy seed- 

 bearing trees, which, in time, would in- 

 sure a succession in forest growths. 



It would be wiser to cease cutting very 

 small, immature trees, which have a slight 

 value, permitting them to increase in size 

 for use in future years. 



BABY TREES FOR MINE TIMBERS. 



Conifers, when mature, contain a large 

 amount of resinous, antiseptic material, 

 which to a large extent counteracts the 

 microbes which cause rot or decay in 

 wood. 



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