A Foolish Waste

The followjng artkle going the roumls of fh papers, treate of a eubect tiiat ought to receive far more atenrion tlhan it does : Many farmers are tooWtihiy eutting iway all t'he timber on their farms. They justify the act on the ground that it is clieaper to burn coal than wood and tttiat a few acres of woodmd wh"ii cleare'1 and put into cultiva t Ion will pr-odute ornps whicli wlll ell l'or more tibian enouiíh to supply i ii. in i t li ïiicl. ïliis nmy le all very trne now but it will not always nnaiii so and bsldes tïiey ought to sake a deeper and broai'.r view of t!he subject. A farmer needs timber for feiicJiig and ttiundreds of different purposes about the place. A good ■.:,■■! of tim'ber adda gi-eatly to the ncncral atirai-tlvencsB and valuo of "very fkirm, in the fourse of a fvw yeairs, fanners wtkO havo ent away all tlieir timber will find 1hfinlv(s at the mercy of trusts, combines, and grasiiing monopolies of coal mine own■i- ,iii(l dealers and wire (ence manofarturers, they will wish they had dept aooM of their land In timber. The uttinii away of all tlhe timber gives tihe wind a greater sweop and has a great inílmnce on the climate, produc'im'irreKular ramfall, and all sorts of s.udden hti1 extreme cbaagefl in the weattaer. There ds no to what exbent the evil will be to the people of tlhils state when the timber is all gone.