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12 Conservative * DESIGNATED DEPOSITARY OF THE UNITED STATES. National Bank of the Republic OF CHICAGO. CAJPITAJD , OJVJB MILLION DOLLARS. JOHN A. LYNCH , President. W. T. FENTON , Vice President and Cashier. j J. H. CAMERON and H. R. KENT , Asst. Cashiers. R. M. McKINNEY , 2d Asst. Cashier. FORESTRY AS AN INVESTMENT. EDITOR CONSERVATIVE : In THE CONSERVATIVE of July 20 , Mr. O. T. Robinson of Pawnee City , Ne braska writes of his forty-acre post farm. Had Mr. Robinson started out to grow sawing timber , he would now be receiv ing an income far beyond what his post farm brings him. Taking his own estimates , supposing all to have been catalpas , his forty acres would by this time have at 7x7 feet , 26- G64 first class post trees with at least ten posts each , worth much more than his four-inch posts ; say $5,382.80 , while the 8,888 permanent trees left 14x14 feet apart , would at this time be worth ten times as much as his fence posts are now valued at. Had he planned for cross-ties , they would now be worth $26,664 in addition to the sale of posts as above. It is utterly impossible for 2,700 catalpa - talpa trees to thrive on an acre of land only 16 sq. ft. per tree. They will live , but cannot increase in size until nature , after years of struggle , kills out the weaker , giving room for the stronger to finally get a start. If friend Robinson or the hundreds of your noble men who have been planting trees 4x4 feet through a mistaken idea that they could develop at that distance , would consider the root system of a tree , how much water it requires to form the wood growth , how much food is demanded , they would see that 16 sq. ft , or even 36 sq. ft. of 6x6 feet will not support a tree after it is eight years old. I dug a tree on Governor Furnas' place , a four-year old catalpa. The length of root which ranged from 1 to 4 inches in diameter was 104) feet. At four years old it occupied entirely 100 square feet of ground , filling every portion of that space with fibrous roots. But it had grown to a height of 24 feet , with a diameter of five inches. At four years old it was much larger than farmer Robinson's trees at fifteen years' growth , which were thickly planted. This is the most important feature of forest planting. The great Farlington , Kansas , plantation , 1,200 acres of catal pas , is another and most complete failure. 10,000 fence posts have been taken from it worth probably $1,000.00 , while if it had been properly thinned Parched Rolled Oats. "QUAIL BRAND" mark a great advance in the character of Breakfast Poods , having that Tine , Presh , Fruity Flavor , which has so long been sought for. USB QUAIL , RObbBD OATS and you'll pronounce your Breakfast a success , the Deli cious , Healthful Oats bringing harmony of body and mind. USE ONLY Parched Rolled Oats. "Quail Brand. " OBTAINABLE OF PROGRESSIVE GROCERS. MANUFACTURED BY Nebraska City Cereal Mills , NEBRASKA CITY , NEBRASKA. ten or twelve years ago it would now be supplying cross-ties by the hundred thousand. The farmers who would try to keep ten hogs having only food for one , would not get rioh by the operation. From 7 to 8 feet each way for the first ten years , and 14 to 16 feet afterwards , is as close as trees should be grown if success is desired. Yours truly , JOHN P. BROWN. Connersville , Ind. MB. CAFFKRY'S DECLINATION. In declining to stand as an indepen dent candidate for the Presidency , Sena tor Oaffery in effect lends the weight of his influence to McKinley. Like J. Sterling Morton and many other gold- standard anti-imperialists , he regards Bryanisui as so much the greater of the two evils as to 'make the re-election of Mr. McKinley decidedly to be preferred. This was the substance of an authorized i interview with Mr. Oaffery in these dis patches some months ago , of which his present declination is but a logical sequence. As a Southern man , with strong democratic leanings , this prefer ence is significant , and will be of con siderable service in influencing doubtful voters. N. Y. Evening Post. H. W. Johns Manufacturing Com pany , 100 Williams Street , New York Oity , recently secured a contract from the Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. , Ford Oity , Pa. , for furnishing and applying their Asbestos Fire Felt Covering for their factory No. 8 , in which plant they are now installing twelve new boilers and the necessary steam pipes. The contract in question will amount to over $2,000.
