but a dangerous and wasteful way to leave the land.

Their great lumber manufacturing plants would from sheer necessity be forced to cease operations after the last Long Leaf Pine had been felled. It is a true saying that "Coming events cast their shadows before.' That phrase was the more forcibly impressed upon their minds when considered in connection with the above conditions. And it applies not only to the LongBell Lumber Co., but to all other concerns of a similar character; people, and the country in general.

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This is not written, or based on theory, but constitutes cold facts which must be met in the very near future. What is to become of the country, and the many thousands of people who will be thrown out of employment when we have reached "the parting of the ways"? It will take many years for the country to readjust itself to the changed conditions, so in order to take the greatest advantage

of future possibilities it behooves us to take time by the forelock, and begin now to solve the many problems which will enable us to successfully meet these conditions when they come about.

With these thoughts in mind the Long-Bell Lumber Company began several years ago to turn their attention to the utility of cut-over land. An Experimental Farm consisting of over four hundred acres was established in 1906, since which time a considerable sum of money has been spent in experimenting and demonstrating what varieties of fruits, and different truck and field crops are best adapted to the soil and climatic conditions of this part of the country. As a matter of fact, in making these experiments with fruit, truck and field crops, many disappointments have been encountered. On the other hand, some experiments have been highly successfuleven beyond our expectations.

In footing up results, and beginning with fruits, our experiments cover, at present date, sixty-four thousand trees and vines, in nursery and permanent orchards. This does not take into consideration the many thousand trees which have been condemned and destroyed on account of failure, or

some other objectionable drawback which caused us to withhold our approval of them as successful commercial fruit trees.

The sixty-four thousand trees embrace the following varieties; Peaches, Plums, Japanese Persimmons, Paper-shell Pecans, Cherries, Satsuma

A Four-Year-Old Vineyard

Orange, Duncan Grape Fruit, Kumquats, Magnolia Figs, and ten different varieties of Grapes.

Without going into details, according to our experiments, we have condemned Peaches, several different varieties of Plums, Pears and Apples from a commercial standpoint. From the same standpoint our most promising fruits are, Paper-shell Pecans, Oranges, Grape Fruit, Figs and Grapes.

Many people are surprised to learn that Citrus Fruits can be successfully grown in this latitude. Our lowest temperature in the past ten years was experienced here in 1910. This was twelve degrees above zero. The Orange Trees

by weather conditions (as in all other sections) rather than by adaptation of soils, etc., but to foot up results of these crops, barring unfavorable weather conditions, we can grow Irish and Sweet Potatoes, Water-Melons, Cantaloupes, and Table Vegetables successfully on a commercial scale. Tomatoes also do well, but are subject to "Wilt Disease." Among the field crops experimented with, Corn, Oats, Sugar Cane, Sorghum, Cow Peas, Peanuts, are all successfully grown. Cotton, the South's greatest of all staple crops will be experimented with the coming

season.

After devoting seven years to experimentation the management of the farm will be gradually turned toward commercial lines, at the same time being governed by our past experience with the various fruits and crops.

All experiments have been worked out along plain and practical lines, and records made of successes or failures, which is about the only sure method of

stood this without artificial protection, which demonstrates the hardiness of this fruit in withstanding cold.

Our success with truck and field crops has been governed more largely

demonstrating the real value of cutover lands for horticultural and agricultural purposes. This should be of inestimable value in the future development of this section. Whether or not

these things work out as we would wish them to, we cannot ignore the fact that the Long-Bell Lumber Company is certainly deserving of praise and commendation in their efforts to give to the

country a permanent backbone, through developing natural agricultural resources which will endure long after their mill sites have been obliterated by time.

CORRESPONDENCE

DEAR SIR:

I am taking the liberty of writing this letter to you to see if some reader could not help me by giving me the desired information.

I was a practical wood pattern

maker at one time and am now a teacher of shopwork in the New York City Elementary Schools and a reader of your magazine from which I have gained a good deal of knowledge, which I have found very useful in my work.

I was interested very much this month in the "Lumberman's Life story, from Tally Boy to Lumber Baron," especially in the part where Jerry Casey (the foreman of the lumber jack gang) tells Jim about the different cuts of timber and the names, growth and qualities, and heartily wish that one with Casey's experience

some

would continue with the names of the different cuts of lumber and timber giving names and dimensions of each and the different qualities and how one can tell same, also how the different checks or shakes occur in wood.

Hoping that I may see this taken up in your columns.

With thanks, I am, Yours respectfully, (Signed)

A. LICHTENSTEIN.

No doubt there are many of our readers who can give this information desired by Mr. Lichtenstein. We will be glad to publish a letter on this subject and hope some of our friends will write us in answer to this request. The story referred to by Mr. Lichtenstein appeared in our September issue.

A USEFUL LETTER

I thought "E" to be the most unfortunate letter in the alphabet, because it's always out of cash, always in debt, never out of danger and forever in hell. But after I became better acquainted with "E" I found it was never in war and always in peace. It is the beginning of existence, the commencement of it there would be no meat, no life, no ease and the end of trouble. Without heaven. It is the center of honesty, makes love perfect and without it there would be no hope.-Totem Pole, Seattle P.-I.