the mrAiTA srmvr bek: afrit, 2. mo.
Wonderful Change Wrought in Nebraska Growth by Tree Planters
t
He H. KAPIUHON.
President -rf N.-Ith.k.i Park And Foisi i y
n 3 -
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..u.ii.-j n.. ccnainiT produced a
"T" 1 mrvimin transfrn-nasiun. I
J I mm l.i Nwinulu in tha fail
or ix... inn whole land was var.
infltnlv ,,f nrani. The .mrni.l
tl" "'.111 IlllUhlvl I'l- hln.
of the lii-avi-nn m t:,.. rB, y hor'r.on.
Willi nothing to minv-Hpt meeting.
Your vimf.ii Wfar1.fl at the vast and limit-
xoans. wtfi n a tnm fa grt your
VP. Yllir Vision -mtii an,i ,, p,,
kept looking for something- that wns not
there.
Ami all this while the r-rh -oil vrm bun
r' ',r '""p; when planted and c;uM f.ir
their grow-in. was istimiHiiing. I stand on an
tnmenea '41"' look over York, and se what
tr"s have done for this nlai-o and thin is a
sample of what ha been done for other
lnril1i. When I cim her there wu nit
g -i"e or ih on tin. town site. It was
1 t a bat prair-p. .v;:i nlentv of rontn for
a Kiwi. There w.-r" six "iinm:nv. tnrw of
hem mddie. and ml of -loon of t.ie pi -
at constriirt :nn. ! mined. aie'v ve began o
r-ant. I remember I brought im n-hi
willow statics and ft them out. '"'ipv tvpis
bout ix for: ia,l. 1 planted t!ion 1.-ii.
aid how thee criv' Thev made a comnie'
wind break around hv liiiif block. T'lev
all P'lt a.v.iy fifteen years ago mil
averaged two fe-t in diameter. They urT
o fast thpv thr"utrnrd to devour the. rti;
thev inv.idrd t!ip garden and the garden
or the trees liud lo go.
f ' aaipaa which I planted thirty years
V would maxe 'sir saw log. There
r several eottonwoods here that wriuid
put nvpr 1.000 fpp of lumhpr aplio himI
thv liavn Just begun in srow, Anti. K'.m.
maple. linxnldiT .nd hunry IncuKis )iav
ma.ln ainazunf growth. York ia now t
forest oit', t'omplptply f-mhowprPd wii!i
rand t !. Wirn tint f rf Kaieo hi p
hiowuitf. I rpinpmbir how t!i" a nun
swnpt thivitiBii thfi town and rapd ovpi
th prairies Now in a hiu:i wind tliern
!h poinparatlvn ralm. su i-nmplptn ia t;i
yrolfictlnn afforded.
Tap Tfimr of thr Ynraprrman
"Notlunit lint rvprhrowns." Raid an oid
HPttler. "You ean't rais BvpnTrppns in
N'runwka." Wo am mislnff thrm hprn by
t!m InmilieilH of thnujnuida. TTiry ari thn
terror of t!i ntirsPirman. Thry must he
no Id yntinic or (ft on the brush pile. I
have had tha famoun hull pine grow two
fpt In four ypat-3 and then !t was juai
ready to make from one to two feet a
year. Here are splendid Auntnan pines.
I planted myself, that would make pood
saw loss. We hav touched In ail thesa
years our posaibllltief. we have found with
the dpereaains; lumber supply that In a
few years we can raise evergreen barns
which will afford fine protection In our
dry winters, two rows of trees around a
fourth of on acre will soon sive fine
shelter, away ahead of the barbed wife
fence, so generally used.
TVa find eversreerxi well adapted to our
oil and climate. Tha pin us ponderoaa or
hull plna la a Xobraska product. Once
established it will resivt any amount of
dry, weather. The A list nan makes a fine
growth. For tho eatern and northern
portiuns of the state thu pack pine is giving-
great satisfaction.
Trees have dune wonders for tha sand
hills, proving" what can be accomplished.
Ones established, even on bare sandhills,
they are now making two feet a year and
In thirty or forty yean will make good
saw logs, ho that lands now worth only
n or S2 per acre can In time reach a value
of 0.
There are almost limitless poKsibillties
of wealth hero. Wo know a young Kln-
kaider who raised 12,009 bull plna trees
from two pounds of seed. These he raised
In the open as easily as he would raise
peas or onions. Experiments made by
several persons provn that with a little
outlay a man can raise forty acres of
pine tres which will soon give shelter
to his stock. So with evergreens you hsve
choice specimens for your yard, fine
groves and shelter bells for your farm
yards and splendid wind breaks to krep
out the fierce north winds.
The Despised of toa wood.
In thousands of Instances the despised
cnttonwiod has proved to be a great
muney maker, in thirty years returning
to the owner KfuO worth of lumber to the
acre, besides an immense amount of fuel.
Here ia a rnntal of HZ per acre per year,
with lumber at paut prices. Rememhrr
lumber 1s going up all the while. Cot
tonwood is far better and stronger than
puie for boxes, bridge planks, sheathing
and framing. 3u many successful experi
ments show thm criminal waste of allow
ing rich bottom lands worth $100 per acre,
;o grow nothing but weeds, when they
could just as well no to raising houses
and barns.
The Norway Polar or sudden saw log
Is the most rapid growing tr?e In our
northern states. It is probably of the
coitinwood family, the maie type, as It
roaunwood family, the maie tyr
i-,'''no cotton. It somewhat r
thy' 'arnlina and yet it is diffe
resembles
ferent. It
reUuns Its siza as it nounts upward. It
Is hardy in Manitoba, where tha Carolina
cannot live. Here we '.live raised hun
dreds the first season eight to nine feet
tall from spring plant 1 cuttings. It
makes fins lumber, with a smooth finish
and is suitable lor puip and excelsior.
Trees grow rapidly from cuttings and
tiitire is no rfuui why Uiey should not
be grown by the million.
LrwuB for thu Pniar.
The splendid successes of the past should
bat an encouragement for the future.
Kvery farmer should plan for planting
treea" fur profit. Native timber like tha
awh and oak is not alwa-'? pror.taoie. Ths
quirk growths; trees give returns in a short
time. A ravenous hunger for lumber is
devouring our forests. Teinble fires- sweep
througa large tracts, leaving a fearful
MiriTtir a Campaign Hit
There .a a story .on a r""" going
the rounds which might ts well be
Warned on one man as another any one
running for office will do.
The story is that this man went to a
meeting computed larci'ly of Norwegians,
many of whom could not understand K"g
l!fh, while he didn't know a won! of Nor
megtan. Anxious to please, ho said to the
tiairmsn:
"Now please Rive me a good npiiing due
In Norwegian with wnni 1 can close my
speech .something that will create en
th usiasm."
"Tha chairman comptu-d. wnt'ng a lina
ut carefully, rrhcaisang the speaaer In
prnnuncittitnu and showing mm w'lei ae
oratorical per'od should nmi The sneaker
went through the usual i..lk and then,
oommg to tha sMitence rui'mmed bv tha
ahairmati, roac-d out.
"Yil dure a. Is samuien vac re to amlla it
gaa ned eg have lldut fui frivkuuig paa min
brkostuing- I aaionen nedRiiunder!"
There was a yell of delight, a vociferous
mund of appiaus. a shrink of Joy and then
a f-tampedn of it" eager men for the door.
Gee! It ita nil"' exclaimed tha
neaser. "Wn.-Sr-'S It ill; an in English T"
"Why" said the chairman, "you aked
'limn ad to go duwu stairs and hava a
aJina, at your rxyeiii" I'aul Difpalch,
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"ATALPA FENr-R P'" ST3 OK
dffxilaJlnn. Urpak tlip onal tr-ist 'w miHintj
vfiur own w.Mid. H.np y.mr own luinhfr
mil savo fri-iKht and prtrpft dfiulnr wlmt
yon ar now payout. Hlant i-atalw.s for
pots. tpifKrinh pfilp and ra-!road tips. In
K.'iiiKHH Mipy .up ni:;inf fhi'vp trp.-s to Take
Thp plarp. ill A-n;t niii. Thpx' sr'iw rapidl4'
Tl'p hinih.- :.ii;p t !i-a;niful roi;.h ;uid it
in the -irnni"! 'iL'.it ivoml ti.at iii-ows. hp
itii; as"d fur 'onl !iand!"S and p en fur ;i.,;
hamilpv.
he spprloya
'aionahly harly.
worthless hevoud the lfMh mendHii. as t
an not stand the drouth and it is h.i:vily
hardy enough to go north of Nebraska.
Catalpa Tree's Value for Prairie Planting" is Demonstrated
BY FRANK J. PHILLIPS.
Head of the Forestry Department of the
University of Nebraska.
UlUNli the la:t :hre moiitiis
D tne turesiry nepanmuni oi um
I Nebraska university has been
I In reeplnt of over 200 Inollirles
concerning tho planting of
hardy caialpa. Most of thce
iiuiiiuies have come from Nebraska, from
men who are anxious to establish forest
plantations varying from one to ten acres
In sise. At tho present time this tree, is
considered the most Important one by
praine planters, and yet there is a great
deal of misinformation concerning It.
One of the most frequent questions asked
is where good stock can be obtained and
how it can be recognised. It has often
been claimed that from 90 to 95 per cent of
the stock sold has been common catalpa
Instead of hardy catalpa. So far as my
own experience la concerned. I have found
few indications that Nebraska nurserymen
of long standing are selling poor stock.
On tha other hand, many of tha agitators,
who have claimed that they are the only
authorities on hardy catalpa. hava pro
duced small results on which to base their
claims. Many such men have gone Into tha
business of raising catAlpa seedlings with
the sola Intention of charging exorbitant
prices by claiming that their seedlings are
the only true hardy catalpa.
Tha difference between the hardy catalpa
and the common catalpa may be briefly
stated as follows: Common catalpa winter
kills and forma a more crooked growth
than tho Lardy uataTpa and hence is al
most useless as far north as Nebraska.
Common catalpa usually lias a flaky bark,
flowers without purple color in the tube,
poda five to ten or more in cluster, the
pods usually varying from eight to ten
inches in length. A very pronounced dif
ference is also apparent in the seed, as the
Omaha Woman's Officers
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HEN tha biennial eonventlon of
W
the Ueneral Federation of
Women's clubs meets at Cin
cinnati. May 11 to IS. Nebraska
wt'.I be represented by on of
the largest delegations It h
ever sent
women s
to this laraest of all the big
meetings. Notwithstanding tha
cry i-aised so persistently the lset few years
thut the woman s club movement Is on tha
di cline. the Nebraska fHderatlon !- larjer
now than ever before in Its histurv, hav
ing a membership of 14 clubs, and also
has ten more clubs affiliated with the
ilenira! Federation than ever before.
U is true that Omana Woman club will
send a smaller delegation than preciously,
but the shrinkage m us membership ia
rendily accounted for. It rpaihed tha high
murk during the exposition years, when
membership afforded sppcial advantages.
When the expositions were over and thesa
advantages bud passed those who sought
them withdraw. Five years ago. bernuwi
necrreary restriction of the club prevented
the expansion they desired and tha broader
work they hud become fitted to du, a
maiorily of tha membura uf tho art de
partment withdrew lo organise tha .society
of tha Fine Arts, a club the Omaha
woman's club is proud to call Its off
spring. These have been its chief biases
In membership. Naturally the personnel
of tiie membership baa changed to soma
extent, but r, laiga majority of the women
w no have born active in us - ami
retain their membership, although manv of
thrm si a now devoting their energtss to
mul a avacif.a llua uf uj that hava
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THE PtANTATTON OF i". D ROHIXfON.
But where it in lie grown it is a money
muKer You .onk on and see it grow, and
it tilings in a yearly rental of ttt to $16.
morn than you can get for a;l your swrait
and toil thrown :n.
Theie is i iIIhpusp of r.'M lessticss which
t.'ikcs possession of the ua'.i' o horn
t..rnipy He dees not hind Ins land for
himself anil uilrti-pn and children's children.
Ho sell? and moves mio town. Hence lie
.Ines not improve his piace. I-et hnn fix it
ip. plant a lot of trees and have a vearly
income from his crops, fruits, wood and
lumber anil he has a Kingdom of his own
by divine r'ghu reaching down to the cen
common catalpa hns a flat spmdlo-sliaped
seed, while that of hardy catalpa is
ci i.kled and rei tangular in shape. Com
mon catalpa has :5.li0 to seed per
pound, while hardy catuipa has O.iXO to
2.0PO seed per pound.
It would seem from this description that
it would be comparatively easy to ilis
tinKinsn between these two species, hot
unless one has remarkably tvpical trees
before them, it is very difficult to tell the
trtf-s or pods or seed of huidy catuipa
from those of common catalpa or the hy
br.ds. In fact, there is every possible
gradation from trees of the hardy catalpa
to those of the common catalpa. I know of
two specimens which have all the charac
teristics of hardy cataipa with the excep
tion of the bark, which is flkv on one
and ridged on the other. Yet, I am con
vinced that they aro both of the hardv
sort. Freiuentlv I have noted this in re
gard to the other distinguishing character
istics, and when one remembers that the
two species cross promiscuously and that
the sire on which the tree grows greatly
affects pod and seed characters, it will be
apparent that there is a great deal of
difficulty In telling whether a definite ex
ample of seeds or pods belongs in one
species or in the other. So far. no real
authority has laid claim to being able to
distinguish tho seedlings. The only fair
basis Is for tha seed collector to know ail
the characters of bark, flower, pod and
seed, and then collect only from such trees
as are of high class.
There are two general methods by which
the prairie planter may protect himself
and be fairly safe. One is to study the
cataipa trees In his locality and learn to
select his own seed from high type hardy
catalpa trees only. Tho other method is to
buy seedlings from reliable, lung-estab-Ilahed
nursery men who have taken pains
to select seeds from trees with which they
developed in Omuiia and tua stain
ft.
tha beginnings maua by the moilu-r club,
A thesa older uoinuu hava turn! Uiwr
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TC AVa T .tfJaM- Vmw las. . an sa ' -tT .iaV
PAWTTEIi: CITY. NEB.
ter of tho ear'ii and up to tho itars. Lt
him keep :t and keep it woil. Let mm dlsj
amid Hurrouiuiing.s uiiich he iumseif hasi
made, ilo through mot our towm ...nil see
our young meiL sons of fai-ners. must at
tlicm; tiipv srifnd as th' "i. !a -mc tip
noilnng. if they niiirrv, .onl iip;p thesr
families. Tliev jwoiil "luoiKh on a-3 to
sunport wife and ".'nlilrcn. No pr .vimoii Is
made for oid ac. lr!f.y ; fnon now
you will see a might:-' aim'.' of vagabonds.
I' liig in utter imn-viy, lim cl hv thu pub
11c. Wheji these very men ;uid their wiveav
if ketit on the farm, wouhl ii- ornaments Ua
society :uid loved, hunurod .uid rspp-' tel.
are acquainted and ai" wiiling lo naran
lee that their seed has been collected from
trees which show ilie caaiacti ristics of
hardv cataitia and have proven hardy.
Alany planters huvo little knowledge of
tho ease Willi which hardy catalpa seed
miiv be grown in the home nurserv. Ths
pods should he collected from shade trees
or wind hrcaky. since- trees m t.ie open
lvar comparatively much larger amounts
of seed than those growing m plantations.
."'Ingle trees ' yea::; old ol'.eii hear fifty
to seventy-five pounds of Ti.uls, 'vhich will
yield five to ttcen pounds of clean sfs-.l.
according to tne cam used ;n collecting ail
pods and in cleaning "he. "d. Caiaipa
seed usually sells at tl to C. per pound,
while the cost of collecting and cleaning
usually ranges from 13) to .".0 cents per
pound. Collectors of small amounts who
iive XL home may readily collect it at 15
centa a pound.
If the seed Is to he sown at home, it
should he sown in drills twelve to eighteen
inches apart if it is to be hand cultivated,
or twenty-four to thirty-six inches apart
If a horse is to be uned. Tho need should
bo sown one-half inch, deep and should be
distributed thickly enough so that tho
seed will overlap. A well-drained sandy
loam is to be preforred as a seed bed. but
heavier soils may be used with consider
able success. The soil should be cared for
much the same as is necessary in good
gardening. The trefs will be ready for
field pluming one year after the seed is
sown, hut occasionally are left in the
seedbed until two "v-ars old. Fw species
may be grown at home as easily as tins
one.
In fieid planting It should be remembered
thut so far the hardy catalpa has not been
ennhidered a commercial success nurth of
the area drained by the Piano river. The
tree makes its greatest profit, both rela-
and Delegates
uUent.oll to oilier UllUss. the .illgcr
women m tin. c!'.ili nave come f.rwaid to
issa their places and lua uia.jiity uf li.a
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1LY.ND ILE OF TirQ ROAD.
tive and absolute,
drained soils, and
on rich. deep, weil
in several plantations
in Nebraska and Kansas it has made a
profit that is eiiual to or greater than the
average profit from farm crops for the
same number of years. Judging from
plantations made In Kansas and Missouri,
it gives promise of being a very valuable
tree for planting on flood lands where the
water is not stagnant and wherra the drain
age is normally good. One such plantation
had been known to have been covered by
water to a depth of one Ui three feet for
a month without killing the trees.
Tho trees should be planted on plowed
land and should be cultivated until they
ar large enough to form a fair sliado.
Ordinarily, cultivation may be discontinued;
after thu second or third season. It has
been customary to out the trees back to tho
ground after tiny were - years old, in
order to secure- straighter growth and to
eliminate the lower branches. This prac
tise has been followed to a conslderanlo
extent in tho large Kaiujaa plantations, but
recent experimental work has shown that
to G. F. W.
Of Lt 4 ATE.
lie y e't
of fi.e'e
ii.s ii
1.1 '-I'.U'- .1." tl-ou liie ran J
oiingi-r int-.-iiiiei
U. Cai.lt-1 OH '.' tllo HOW oies.UL llt,
STSTHODS WITH BCXi, PET3 IX THU B
k..le
MONT.. SHOWtNTJ IUDST.T.TS OF TIUTH
such practice is at least questionable. If
it Is followed, the owner should thin out ail
except one sprout to tiie stump at tho end
of the first year after cutting back.
Sparing; Dfitwrni Row.
Spacing may vary with tho purpose of tha
plantation. Mont of tha successful com
mercial plantations hava had an original
spacing of 4x4 feet, while some have had a
spacing 4xti feet and others 6x6 feet. A
fow men hava recommended an original
spacing of SxS feet up to 12x12 feet, but
when tha plantation is to be managed for
tha production of fence posts, such a spac
ing is to be seriously questioned. In one
Nebraska plantation, in which one part was
spaced 6xi'. feel and the other part l"x!2
foet apait. th 6x6 feet spacing yielded ap
proximately twice as many fence posts per
aero as the greater spacing and the in
creased quality more than offset the extra
cost of establishing the fixS apc-ing. It is
woil known that three or four crops may
be harvested by property earing for the
sprouts which spring up from the old
stumps, but the writer has found tout the
C. Convention
rcRs.E.Hurn:
has airnudv errrf1 tha club on Its execiltiva
commttew as recording secrptary. and Mr?.
N. H. Nelson, trie new rrcor-iing secreiarv,
has served as treasurer. In MieRe offices,
both women have demonst.-atffd their f!t
neKs and their abilllv to serve the club
In its important offices 11 rs. C W. Hayes,
the nrw vice president, and Mrs. L. J.
Ileaiey. the new sec.md vice president .
hava boih hern trade a of tho current
topio depar ment. while Mrs. flrfirgo
Bonner, lhe new irorre ponding secrMap',
has served as chairman of the membeeshtn
committee and s a char'er mrmher of 'he
club. Mi's. E. H. Hume, the new treasurer,
has irrved as assistant trr-asursr during tho
last two yeais.
It la the custom of the club to send its
president as Its first ileietrs'e to tha bien
nial convention of the 'leuerai Federation
so that Mis. Cameron will head its tepre
sentat i "S. Urs. V. P. Harford, the sec
ond delegate, is a nasi piPfident of tho
club. Thut office sin filled with distinction
during the Tratisnijesisiapin exposition -ind
has s.nce sen "d .n many adx'lsory oanscl
tirs. .She is at orpsrnt president of tha
Omaha Young Women's Chrstlan assoei
i.iion and idrnilf'ed wuh much oilier
pulil .- work. Mrs. .sterling IT. Mct'aw and
Mia. dlirar Allen are 'he other delegates
and Mrs. N. II. N.lson. Mis f J. Hesirv.
M... umii'-l Rees and il.;a Jeauclto
Jrs.,,i. the aitemales.
In i ma rppre: email ui tiie Omaha ciub
w.il live tin i-a ut :U ti.ccul.v office) a.
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LACK HILiJ COCNTRT.
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PLANTING. SBW RANCH ON riili aiOiHT
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sprout growth in 4x4 spacing was not so
thrifty as in a greater spacing, although Uie
first growth bad been fully as strong. It will
be noted that a -1x6 spacing in tho plantlnti
will allow the owner to thin out to tfxS feet
after the first crop has been harvested. It
is hoped that soma planter will also try
cultivating ons part of tha sprout grown h
and leaving the other part uncultivated In
order to determine whether cultivation will
not assist in improving tho second crop.
The plantations may be harvested in
twelve to twenty years after belli g estab
lished and if the sprout growth ia very
thirfty, a second crop may bo secured in
two to four years less time than tha first
crop. Some plantation owners cut their
sprout growth after eight years, but it is
thought i hat a slightly longer growth,
wouid tarnish a relatively greater profit.
Profits from hardy catalpa plantations
vary widelv. but on tho best plantations
net pmtits of & to $7 per aura per year are
nuL uncommon, while greater profits have
been reported. Plantations of MM to L(W
or more acres hava been established in
Kansas and in soma of these there has
been three harvests from one planting.
Practically ail these plantations have mown
that the fertile soil pays a relatively
greater profit than the soil poor iu fer
tility. Nebraska has already had several ex
amples of successful planting, and it is to
u hoped thut the future planting of tha
species will proceed along rational lines
and yield excellent results, 4uch remains
to bo known concerning the portability ot
extending the pluming range, the value of
tho species on overflow luiiiiH. and of tha
various possible methods of management.
The principle value of the species ;n Oils
region at '.he present time is for fence
posts, with the liad culls and the small
stuff going into the f iel pile.
Suppose Disease is Banished
Many things are called . unc i .-ut-p and
few are chosen, but Prof. Ruiniioldt of the
I.'nlverslty of Pavia is nut a quack and he
may have achieved such a remedy dr can
cer as Hie knife is f n appendi- ::xr. or such
a preventive as vaccine is for smallpox.
If every hune bus us amatol. cam rr s
not exempt; and why nol i lie f.iine of a
dikcoverv of Its autldule to Rainpoldl as
weil as anyone else. Al !aM ;:ic viitoiy
niav be won.
llut what Is g Hug to happen to the human
lace .f. m tiie progress of medical scienea,
a sprciiic .s "ound for e erv .;i tun; uu.nan
flesh IB lifr lo excepting extreme oui age.'
Precisely liut -s what science and h giene
are striving for and .slmvlv suoceedlug in.
There is now a senun for the black drain,
and no lunger dors the plague slay its
uis'riuds. Cholera may he conquried, its
victorious foe is cleanliness In housing,
clothing, eating and draining. .Smallpox
no lunger smdM whola commoniiies s. urry
uig lo covhi. Millions of dollars are bring
spent in the fgnt against tuberculosis
and. in moderate cils, not without suc
cess. Diphtheria no longer seals .Is vic
tim with the b gn of death. No evil of tha
system irema to be wholly beyond Uie area
of cure.
Now. supposing that tho doctors keoS
us ail well until tha Urns of senile col
lapse, will nut tha rmca so nuiiirr iiit.y in
crease and so press upon ths means of nub
sisieni e that w shall ail be at each otiiefs
throats? By abolishing war. pestilence and
famine. India is bauoaung ana vast human
congeal ion which may ona lay invite a
famine that outsiders, thrinsrivra w'h the
many mouths to feed, may not be able to
allay. At iho present rata of Im irase of
Ui earth's first family ad the aialne laud
Will be used to its natural capacitv fur tile
production of food la 11 years, liui sup
pus tho present growth is accelerated"
Then we may be at the end of our rtiimr
In five generation!?, save us intensive farm
ing and the Intrusive cultivation of sea
food may prolong the period and eke out
ths struggle for existence.
And al this raises tua debating school
question if ths race will ba any tne better
off in the lung run for the cure or allevia
tion of lis ills tlian it will be if natur
taacs us usual course, keeping nutnb.i
down lu lhe puint where men will not liuv
tu uuiUu fur toU. cau Frui..wi Chronica.
