. Canadian forest industries 1882. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. PUBLISHED } SEMI-MONTHLY. ) The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Timber Industries published in Canada. ( SUBSCRIPTION "(* PER ANNUM. VOL. 2. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., JULY 1, 1882. ISO. 13. DESPISED TREES. The Western catalpa, formerly little known beyond the region of the lower Ohio, except as a few specimens have been grown for the sake of their beautiful flowers, which resemble some- what those of the horse chestnut, has lately been found to be one of o
. Canadian forest industries 1882. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. PUBLISHED } SEMI-MONTHLY. ) The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Timber Industries published in Canada. ( SUBSCRIPTION "(* PER ANNUM. VOL. 2. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., JULY 1, 1882. ISO. 13. DESPISED TREES. The Western catalpa, formerly little known beyond the region of the lower Ohio, except as a few specimens have been grown for the sake of their beautiful flowers, which resemble some- what those of the horse chestnut, has lately been found to be one of our most valuable trees. What chiefly commends it, in addition to its very rapid growth, is its remarkable durability. No tree is known to be equal to it in this re- spect. It seems to be almost imperishable when exposed to moisture, and was formerly much used by the Indians for canoes. It has been a favorite material for fence and gate posts, and posts are now to be seen which have been in the ground from 50 to 100 years and show hardly any signs of decay. It promises to be a very valuable tree for railway ties, and some of our railway companies, especially in the west, are planting it extensively on this account. Hundreds of acres of prairie land, with not less than 2,700 trees to the acre, are now being set with catalpa and ailanthus trees. The Iron Mountain Railroad Company, whose road runs for hundreds of miles through a heavily timber- ed country, have made a similar contract for planting near Charleston, Missouri, one hundred acres of the catalpa as an experiment. This they do because, while they own some of the finest white oak timber on the continent, catalpa tie6 have stood on their road for 12 years en- tirely unaffected by decay, and the demand for ties and for posts of this wood far exceeds the present supply. It is estimated that the new railroads built in the treeless states in 1879 re- quire over 10,000,000 ties. RAIDS ON U. S. TIMBER BY CANADIANS. A special from
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