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78 MANUFACTURES.
favored by the small value of land in early days, there haa beei
waste of forest resources,°and in spots accessible for shipping and ne;
ments, as in Santa Cruz and San Mateo, and in the mining belt, thcr
timber left, large districts being entirely denuded. Before the U. S
tion, forest fires regularly devastated large sections, owing to the
among Indians especially, of thus gathering insects and other a
food. This is one of the evident checks to forests in the valleys,
quently shepherds and hunters were in the habit of firing large
promote the growth of pastures. Sheep in particular have kept
renewal of forests by eating the shoots. Yet after all, the inroads up
do not affect more than one fifth of the entire area, and most
renewing itself, so that the supply is practically inexhaustible. Th
bly the case in the redwoods and partly in the mining belt, and it i
that the Truckee region will also revive. Laws have been passe
protection of forests, but with little effect. U. 8. Gov. Doc., Cong
3, Sen. Misc. Doc. 71; Cong. 42, Sess. 2, H. Ex. Doc 326, p. 218-
45, Sess. 2, Sen. Kept 122; Statutes, 89-91; Cong. 47, Sess. 1, H.
6, p. 370; H. Misc. Doc. 38, p. 290-2; Cong. Globe, 1877-8, 32,2P>9,
Agrk. Soc., Trans., 18C8-9, p. 28; 1872-3, pp. 339etseq.; U. S.
Rept, 18C5, 26, etc.; Cat. Lumber Scraps, 43-9. So far the privj
Bhip of laud has Berved best for protection, by rousing private h
check fires and renew the growth. There is a further compensai
artificial planting of trees, fostered by the state, and latterly ty
festivals. This is extended not alone to roads and settlements,
screen, and embellishment, but to entire groves of forest dimensio
and industrial purposes, notably for remedying the lack of hard
ficient to supply in due time the demand and to balance destruction
The sycamore, willow, and cottonwood grow readily, for fences ai
Lombardy poplar, but the black locust and especially the eucalypt
widely planted, the latter promising to prove very desirable for el
hardness. One party planted 100,000 in 1875 near Florence. L(
Hist, 63. The olive and mulberry will no doubt receive atteni
Lumbering, 1-107; Sierra Lumber Co., Prom.; Van Dghe's 8taL, I
Colusa Annual, 1878, 80; Overland, xiii. 242 et sea.; Harper's
1873; Nov. 1878; Jan. 1883, with cuts; Hawlci/s Bumboldt, 13-5
PkL Cat, 95-108; U. S. Land Off. Hepts; Kellogg 8 Forest Trees
145; U. S. Qeol and Geoq. Survey of TerriL, 9; Sargent's Forest 2
In connection with lumber manufacture have sprung up a
planing-mills for preparing frames, casings, doors, sashes, bolus
nices, and other ornaments, with special factories for several bra
redwood is admirable for these purposes in being easily workc
does not warp, crack, or Btain. the export demand extends to
factures. The first planing-mill is ascribed to Hutton on Marl
the second to Meiggs at North Beach, both Boon after 1S50. T
and door factory is claimed by Marysville for 1854. There wei
score of mills, with a capital of $1,000,000, employing 1,500 XB
during nearly $5,000,000 worth of articles. Petaluma claims a i
building factory. The progress of San Diego finds an illusti
rapid success of the Enterprise planing-mills, although establi
1885. The founder, Henry Allen Terry, born in Huron co., N. "!
1843, has been connected with the city since 1873 in various cox
The mills are sustained by the general predilection for wood<
brick being objected to on account of dampness and a lurking i
quakes, so as to be virtually restricted to business houses, ii
greater stability and security against fire. Even in the south adc
ing to light and handsome wood buildings. The apparently flim
Chicago frame structure is the favorite, with elaborate facade
remarkable for the use of bay-windowB for catching the sun ax
view in comfort, piazzas and balconies being here too exposed
and chilly atmosphere.
With an extensive and widely settled coastline, full of n