A PICTURE "PAINTED" WITH WOOD 



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left hind foot, Circassian, pine knot ; stumps at bottom, 

 amaranth, ebony, Georgia knots; title plate, "Pals," pet- 

 rified hickory, ebony, thorn ; to left of stumps, amboyna ; 

 bird, Zanzibar blue, thorn, ebony, red gum, tulip; flower 

 bud, palmetto, and grain; leaves, wild coffee, laurel, 

 thorn, satin and balsam. The bottom and sides of the 

 boat are of tulip ; ribs, thorn ; seat, rosewood ; gunwale, 

 white holly, ebony and thorn ; thwart, Bahama mahogany 

 and rosewood; oars, red gum. 



The cat-tails are of amaranth and poplar ; bird's-eye 

 maple at each side of boy, also Hungarian. Directly above 

 boat are rocks in the water, shadowed from timber above. 

 The lower right-hand corner is of English oak, then 

 above, twin stumps of Circassian and pine knots ; vine of 

 bird's-eye, pine heart and light tulip ; purple boulder is 

 amaranth, a very hard wood ; above that is Circassian, 



imboyna and a very handsome specimen of the lights of 

 the Asiatic vermilion. 



The boulder behind the dog is Circassian, lined with 

 rosewood. The stump is of the same family, with main 

 body of the mahogany of East Indies. The tree beyond 

 is of curly birch ; leaves, of vermilion and Hungarian 

 ash family ; road is rosewood below, curly birch above ; 

 house, white holly, rosewood ; chimney, vermilion ; water 

 beyond, of hazel family. 



In addition to the work done on the picture, the artist 

 has completed a large amount of hand-made furniture 

 of carefully selected woods. His home is a veritable 

 treasure trove of unique articles ranging from inlaid re- 

 cord cases to carved chairs. His hobbies are music and 

 art. In early life he did much work with the artist's 

 brush, which accounts for the wonderful harmony of col- 

 ors in the "wooden painting," as he calls his work of art. 



A TYPICAL STAND OF WHITE PINE IN NEW ENGLAND 



IVrOTE the dense stand of young growth seeded from 

 ' ' the older trees in the rear. White pine is one of 

 the most valuable timber trees, and is adapted to a wide 

 range of soils. It is usually found on sandy or light 

 soils, but will thrive on any land that is well drained. 

 White pine plantings are a safe investment if currant 

 and gooseberry brushes are first destroyed within 200 

 to 300 yards. The cost of protection from the blister 

 rust may be reduced by selecting planting sites as far 



and labor of planting, was $35. The timber today is 

 worth on the stump something over $1,500." 



"The farmer had this strip of practically worthless 

 side-hill, and with some spare time on hand dug up 

 1,400 seedling pines growing in a thicket and set them 

 out. About 20 years later the farmer died and among 

 his assets was this small tract of young pine for which, 

 much to her surprise, the widow was offered $300. The 

 second owner retained it for about 15 years and then. 



WHAT WA.S FORMKRI.N- WOKTll I.K.SS SIDK. II ILL PLA.NTED TO WHITE PINK AND TRANSfORMKD LN'TO A BEAUTIKUL STRIP 



OF VALUABLE TIMBER 



removed from cultivated currants and gooseberries as 

 possible, and where the wild bushes are naturally few or 

 absent. The following example of profit in growing 

 white pine is given in Farmers' Bulletin 11 17 of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture: "An aban- 

 doned, side-hill pasture of about three acres in New 

 Hampshire was planted to white pine 44 years ago. It 

 now contains about 90,000 board feet of lumber. The 

 total outlay at the time, counting the value of the land 



wishing some money, sold it. Soon afterwards it came 

 into the hands of the present owners, a lumber company, 

 for something over $1,000. 



"Assuming a land value of $5 per acre, and a charge 

 for taxes and oversight for the period averaging $2 per 

 acre per year, the operation has yielded a return of 

 5 per cent on the total investment in land, labor, and 

 annual outlay, and in addition a neat sum equivalent to a 

 yearly net profit from the start of over $5 per acre." 



