quently a much larger relative return in money, than if he 

 allows it to be cut clear when the first opportunity offers. 



The best second-growth white pine, 45 years old, will yield 

 about 42,000 board feet per acre, but the same s1#nd, when 

 55 years old, will yield 55,000 feet, an increase of 13,000 feet 

 per acre in 10 years. And this is not all, for along with the 

 increase in quantity comes an increase in quality. Not only 

 more, but better timber is to be had. Counting in this factor 

 of quality, the lumber from an acre of best white pine, 55 

 years old, is worth about $1,000 against a value of $750 when 

 the stand is 45 years old. 



Apple zvood is the favorite material for ordinary saw handles, 

 and some goes into so-called briar pipes. 



The development of quicksilver mines promises to make large 

 demands for cordzvood and construction timbers on the Tonto 

 national forest, Arizona. 



Manufacturers of greenhouses and makers of boxes are get- 

 ting in touch so thai the latter may use for box cleats the cypress 

 waste from the greenhouses. 



Canada has 20 million acres in timber reserves, as compared 

 with 187 million acres in the national' forests of the United States, 

 but Canada is rapidly extending the Dominion forests. 



Port Orford cedar of the Pacific coast, recently tried as a sub- 

 stitute for English- willow in the manufacture of artificial limbs, 

 has been found unsatisfactory. While it is light enough, it is 

 too coarse and brittle. 



Lodgepole pine seeds soiun broadcast on the snow in Southern 

 Idaho last spring germinated when the snow melted, and as many 

 as 60 little trees vjere counted to the square foot. The summer 

 was so dry, however, that most of the plants died, except where 

 sheltered by brush or logs. 



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