How Timber May Be Multiplied

One óf our exchanges has tüe following to say in referenco to this important subject : Muoh has been written about raising tiinber, but all the light that can be shed upon the subject by all tb e arborioulturists in the land wül not be amiss. There is no want in the not dislant future which has so forbidding a look as the increasing scarcity of timber Our forest8 are not producing one-twentieth of the supply we are annually consuming or are destroying. More attentiou should be given to its propagation and preservation. It was said by some philosopher that he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before is a benefactor to his race. If this be true, and none will dispute it, how much inore credit is due him who makes a landmark by the cultivation of tree? Reference to this subject brings back to our recollection a suggestion we saw some time ago in regard to a simple mode by which timber may be increased on those trtcts of land upon which it is being cut away. It is as follows : Plant the ground in the fall with acorns, black and white walnuts, butternuts, the seedg of the ash, etc. The nuts should be covered lightly with the soil and decaying leaves, so that boys and squirrels cannot find them. They will come up in the spring, and if cattle are kept out of the woods - as they should be by all who would pieserve the young trees - they will make a rapi growth under the immediate superintendence of Dame Nature hereelf, who has been pretty successfully engaged in the business of tree culture, more or less, ever since the Silurian age. In the same way cuttingg may be put out in the timber in the spring. The mulching of the ground by the falling of the autumn leaves ia the best dressing that can be put arouud such young trees, which, in a year or so, will surprise you with theirrapid growth. We would discourage no one who can do so from planting out groves on the prairies, which is one of the best works a farmer can do ; but these hints carried out will enable many to utilize places now going to waste, and get a good return for their efforts.