MANAGEMENT OF WOOD LAND. 1*^ 



furrows through the ground, and whenever the roots are cut 

 hy the plough, new trees will start up,& stock the whole ground 

 ^ith a plentiful growth. This tree has beenbut lately intro- 

 duced into general use in France ; and it is there valued more 

 than any other in that country. 



The Lombardy poplar grows very rapidly, and is easily 

 raised from cuttings, and when dried, answers well for fuel. 

 It is cultivated extensively for that purpose in some parts of 

 Europe, and has been introduced into some parts of our own 

 country for that purpose. It acquires its full size in about 

 twenty years, by which time ithas been said a tree will contain 

 abouthalf acordof wood ; it is believed it will contain more. 

 It will not make wood equal in quality to locust ; but as it 

 grows more rapidly, its inferiority may be compensated from 

 that circumstance. In France and Italy it is trimmed up for 

 beams and other timber for building. 



In most parts of the United States of America, wood for 

 tueJ and timber is yet plenty, and bears but a moderate price, 

 except in the vicinity of our large towns and cities, and it may 

 always be preserved so as to supply all the necessary purpos- 

 es of our citizens, if we practice that system of economy which 

 has so much distinguished the policy of France. But we 

 must change the conduct which has marked the progress of 

 our new settlements generally. Instead of running over so 

 much of our new forests, and exhausting the strong vegetable 

 mould which has been accumulating for ages, we must bestow 

 more labor in making durable improvements on such as are 

 cleared ; and m bringing our waste and barren land to as hio-h 

 a degree of productiveness as they will bear. Farmers wfth 

 large tracts of land half cultivated, and which yield little more 

 than the value of the labor bestowed upon them, as is too often 

 the case in many parts of our country, are but poor ; and their 

 condition is not much better than those who earn their bread 

 by their daily labor. In our older settlements, if our forests 

 were made extensive, and our improved lands more highly 

 cultivated it would promise to our future generations more du- 

 rable blessings. 



The following observations respecting the economy of using 

 luel is worthy of consideration. 



It is well known to philosophers that when water commen- 

 ces boiling m the open air, no additional fire can make it any 

 hotter. A contrary opinion prevails,& those employedin cooking 

 victuals think they cannot make the fire too intense.' The fu? 

 ei added for this purpose is, in fact not only a wanton waste, 

 but by causing a violent ebulition it forces from the victuals^ 



