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May 1, 2025
135 YEARS AGO
Preserve the Forests of the Country—The destruction of our forests, especially in the older states, should claim attention. There are hundreds of farmers even in the County of Otsego having more or less land that could profitably be devoted to the growth of forest and other trees, the timber of which is steadily growing in value. Immediate revenue would not be derived from the moderate investment, but the children of the present owners would be enriched thereby, and the value of the farms largely enhanced. The farmer who today has a large pine, black walnut, hemlock or locust tree to sell realizes a handsome little sum of money for it. And the wise farmer of forethought does not clear off his wood lot, but occasionally cuts a few trees that have reached their maturity and can be spared.
May 2, 1890
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