Items of Interest August 29, 1914 Issue

Items of Interest

Over one million trees are expected to be sent out from the New Hampshire state nursery this year. The forestry commission is arranging for an increased distribution of trees this fall for planting on waste lands. White, red, and Scotch pine and European larch make up the quantity prepared for this fall's needs. Last fall over one hundred and fifty thousand trees were distributed. Since the forestry commission started the state nursery in 1910, the amount of land in New Hampshire that is reclothed with a valuable stand of young trees is increasing annually. In 1910 sixty thousand trees were distributed. This small total jumped to two hundred and fifty thousand in 1912. Last year four hundred and eight thousand trees were distributed. In the spring of the present year six hundred thousand trees were sent to different parts of the state, and it is expected that the fall shipments will bring the 1914 record to over one million.

Sixty car-loads of raisins, comprising one train of twelve hundred and fifty tons net weight, valued at one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, said to be the world's record raisin shipment, has left Fresno, Cal. The start was made the occasion for a great display of the Fresno business men and boosters. Placards on the train say the shipment totals three million packages of the fruit, most of which is seeded, and is the residue of the 1913 crop, recently sold when the association made the announcement of the fall prices.

Passage of ships to all nations through the Panama canal began Saturday, Aug. 15. This is more than four months ahead of the date set when the board of consulting engineers in 1906 estimated that it would take until January, 1915, to complete the work. The fee for passage through the fifty miles of waterway is $1.25 for every ton (net) of cargo, crew and passengers free. The canal has cost the United States nearly four hundred million dollars. A year from this time, it is figured, the government will have to show receipts of some fifteen million dollars to pay the operating cost of the canal, which would be about four million dollars yearly, and the interest on its huge investment.

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