. American forestry. Forests and forestry. FORESTRY WORKERS OF LOUISIANA Hon, Newton Grain Blanchard, of Shreveport, Governor of Louisiana, 1904'1908, an Earnest and Consistent Advocate of Forestry and Conservation of All Natural Resources !}? liglit weight and ease of working, as to tit them espeeially for the use in construction which requires tlie largest amount of work. They grow ]irinci- pally under conditions that make their exploitation easy and i)rofitable. They are easily reproduced and are moder- ately quick growers, and when one pine is cut another should he planted in its place, es
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. FORESTRY WORKERS OF LOUISIANA Hon, Newton Grain Blanchard, of Shreveport, Governor of Louisiana, 1904'1908, an Earnest and Consistent Advocate of Forestry and Conservation of All Natural Resources !}? liglit weight and ease of working, as to tit them espeeially for the use in construction which requires tlie largest amount of work. They grow ]irinci- pally under conditions that make their exploitation easy and i)rofitable. They are easily reproduced and are moder- ately quick growers, and when one pine is cut another should he planted in its place, especially short-leaf and loblolly. and as they grow ou the \'er_\' jxtorest kdnd of land and are of the greatest value from the stand])oinl of nationnl economy, their reestahlishment should 14 be encouraged in our different states by replanting flenuded ])ine lands. Our cypress, which grows principally in the southern \rdrt of the state, and in some of the low swamps of our north- ern parishes, is of extremely slow growth, but is the most lasting of all wood, and mider water is practically in- destructible, .'-^ome of the present-day giants of our cy])re^s t'orests have ob- tained the enormous size of forty feet in circumference, ;md are over 3,000 3ears of age. This tree has always taken a uni(|ue place among our eastern. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Forestry Association. Washington, D. C. : American Forestry Association
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