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  • From: "Franklin W. Davis" <Parsons2 AT attbi.com>
  • To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Scratching My Head
  • Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 11:41:26 -0500

Hi Jay...nope don't buy all of it..:-) A good forester doesn't remove all
the big trees....and the older trees get they get buggy and rotty and
develope spider cracks in the trunks...rendering them bad news for loggers.
Franklin
----- Original Message -----
From: "jay gee" <jgj23 AT mindspring.com>
To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Scratching My Head


> marc wrote:
>
> >strawberry. Guess I'll ask again. Why is old growth important?
>
> Having been allergic to strawberries since childhood,
> and never having heard one make a sound, I hope my
> comments have some value.
>
> Think in terms of ecosystem totality and general forest
> health. In a big, old forest, many trees get more fire
> resistant as they get older. Fire is a natural part of
> forest life. Occasional fires provide new growth areas
> and open spaces for meadows which feed birds, and
> so forth.
>
> When all the old trees are cut down, forests burn down
> more easily because most of the trees are similarly
> aged and Nature's randomness has not had time to
> work its magic.
>
> You may not buy it, but there it is.
>
>
> Jay Gee
> not a farmer - but interested in farming
>
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