Southern good roads . y much longer to haul over thep lor road Imt the size of the load is co)-res|i mdiiigh re-duced. Ihe eiMiil also meal! an increased value in theland after the jiimliei cdiiipany has finished cuttingoiil Ihe merehaiil able liiiilM r, and the better conditionhe 1( a\es I he land in the price he will receive forit. Ill many siclidus iinw, h iwever, where there arelid gddd i-diiiieel ing these forest areas Avith theoutside wdiId. llii Iniidier cdiiipaiiics eoiisi<lei Ihe landworth little or iiotliing and ari often glad to get ridif it at almost any
Southern good roads . y much longer to haul over thep lor road Imt the size of the load is co)-res|i mdiiigh re-duced. Ihe eiMiil also meal! an increased value in theland after the jiimliei cdiiipany has finished cuttingoiil Ihe merehaiil able liiiilM r, and the better conditionhe 1( a\es I he land in the price he will receive forit. Ill many siclidus iinw, h iwever, where there arelid gddd i-diiiieel ing these forest areas Avith theoutside wdiId. llii Iniidier cdiiipaiiics eoiisi<lei Ihe landworth little or iiotliing and ari often glad to get ridif it at almost any price. Thus, it is seen that in nuui\ways gddd rtiads will \itall\ affect the lumber eom-[lanies ami llie owners of the tiiiilier land, and will (hiimire Inward liriiiging aboiil i practical iiiethod ofconservation nl our timber resources 1han any otherone Ihing that can be ddue. In coiineetion with Ihis|ihase of the subject. I wish, lo ipliile from the rejiiirtof the stale Forester of Xdilli (aroliiia. regarding the. Section of Macadam Road Between Blueheld and , West \ iigmia 14 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS April, 1911 cost of hauling forest products over the roads of oneof North Carolinas mountain counties-. Last year it cost the people of iMitchell county ap-proximately $130,000 for just the hauling of their for-est products to the railroad. AVith good roads, thereis no doubt that this cost might have been cut in same county has a forest area of iipwards of 175,-000 acres. If this area were protected from fire, andlumber conservatively cut. the present large t)utputcould be indefuiitely maiutaiued. so that an annualsaving- of $65,000 to the people of this county c nild besecured as long as the good roads should last. This is not an exceptional case, and the illustrationis just as applicable to many eonuties of Carolina. Georgia and Tennessee.
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