[Magdalen] Another "worthless" food.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Apparently Michigan is now (and perhaps for a while) offering tax rebates for planting acreages  with various pine varieties. It was quite lovely to see random wooded acres with large stands of trees. I'm not sure if they may eventually be harvested or thinned but I do think that it is partly a green imitative for air quality. 
Lynn 



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On Oct 2, 2016, at 3:40 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:



In a message dated 10/2/2016 3:09:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
polycarpa3 at ckt.net writes:

I got  several hundred dollars from some  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
40 years ago -

I had my "wild 80 (acres) in Wisconsin which was mostly
covered with mature 80' - 100' Eastern White Pines (Pinus
strobus) and Red/Norway Pines (Pinus resinosa).  They were
awfully crowded, and I had an expert lumber guy look at them.
He arranged for a very talented lumberman who cut out
$8,000 worth of trees with amazing surgical precision.  there 
is a good market for such pine, and when stained well is
virtually identical with Western Red Cedar which is double the
cost.

It was an unexpected bonanza back at a time when I was putting
two children through college.

I should hasten to add that this was not a virgin pine stand, but
rather a fine second growth grove.



David S.