302 The Journal of Forestry. 



Growing Wood tor Fuel. — A Canadian farmer, about twelve years ago, 

 planted six American Cottonwood trees (Populus monifilera, black Italian poplar) 

 and one silver abele poplar, on seven square rods. Lately cutting them down 

 and preparing them for fuel, he realized four cords of nice wood. An acre at 

 the same rate would have yielded eighty cords. 



Liverpool Timber Market. — The quantity of timber and deals which con- 

 tinues to be taken into consumption is somewhat surprising, when not only 

 the general state of trade is taken into consideration, but that in nearly all the 

 districts which receive their supplies from this port, strikes among the work- 

 men are prevalent, and that the building trades are therefore more or less 

 crippled in their operations. The marked features in the trade is the avidity 

 with which sawn pitch pine timber has been taken by customers, the quantity 

 delivered being almost double that of last year, while hewn pitch pine logs also 

 are in more demand than was the case during this time last year. Prices of 

 both have probably now touched their lowest, and sales at prices current a 

 week or two ago cannot now be effected. Stocks of Quebec pine continue 

 large, though a slightly better demand is existing. In birch, elm, and other 

 hardwoods there is very little doing, and oak of prime quality only is saleable. 

 Spruce deals have been largely sold, merchants being now desirous to clear off 

 old stocks, so as to make room for the import of the coming season under the 

 pressure that exists for more accommodation, which the extent of the trade 

 now demands. 



Land Reclamation in Morecambe Bay. — A project is on foot, aiid, indeed, 

 in process of execution, for the reclamation of a large portion of Morecambe 

 Bay from the sea The Warton Land Company are on the point of reclaiming 

 about 10,000 acres of land, stretching from Hest Bank Station on the south 

 and Arnside Point on the north. A fine sea wall is to be built, and it is pro- 

 posed to carry the river Keer through sluices. It is thought that this scheme 

 will afford a shorter route to Barrow by highway and railway, and will form a 

 more efficient connecting link between the two parts of Lancashire on the 

 north and South of Morecambe Bay. The. cost of the works is estimated at 

 £150,000, and the estimated value of the land to be reclaimed is £iOO,000. 



Prices of Timber in Lancashire. — The following prices have been 

 obtained at recent sales, both public and private, of home-grown timber in the 

 district of south-east Lancashire : — Oak, Is. to 3s.; ash, Is. to Is. 9d. ; elm, 

 lOd. to Is. 3d. ; beech, lOd. to Is. ; poplai', lOd. to Is. ; horse-chestnut, 8d. to 

 Is. ; birch, 8d, to Is. ; lime, lOd. to Is. ; alder, lOd. to Is. ; willow, lOd. to 

 Is. ; larch, Is. to Is. 6d. ; and Scots fir, lOd. to Is. 2d., all per cubic foot. — 

 D. D. H. 



John W. Evarhart, of Marion county, Virginia, chopped down a chestnut 

 tree the other day that contained 31 gallons of nice honey a distance of 10 

 feet from the butt. He afterwards made 600 rails and 1,000 shingles out of 

 the tree 



Wild Cherry Timber. — A Massachusetts correspondent of the PlougJiman, 

 referring to Cerasus serotina says : — " You cannot have for many purposes 

 a better tree than the wild cherry, and it is a rapid grower. It is found in all 

 our forests. And what is better or handsomer for the interior work of houses 

 and for cabinet work than the wood of the butternut tree and this, a rapid 

 grower on rocky soil as well as good, in any part of our State." 



