Tree Farming: From doors in the house to beds, chairs, tables, and all kinds of furniture are made from the wood of different trees, but do you know from which wood matchsticks and pencils are made? Let's know the complete details about it.
Trees have great importance in human life. They make the environment better by giving us oxygen. Trees also have an important role in changing the weather. You must have seen that where there are forests, there is more rain.
The environment gets many benefits from planting trees, but do you know that you can earn money by planting trees? Yes, these trees fulfill our needs ranging from oxygen to fruits, flowers, medicines, rubber, oil, animal feed, and wood.
All types of furniture, including doors, beds, chairs, and tables, are made from the wood of different trees, but do you know that there is more consumption of matchsticks and pencils than furniture, which is a special Made from kind of wood?
Yes, where match sticks are made from Poplar and African Black Wood trees, then pencils are made from Deodar trees. Only the trees of these species can fetch big money for the farmers.
There is no need to encircle the entire field to plant these trees, rather if you plant these trees on the boundary of the field, you can earn crores within 10 to 12 years. Not only this, you can grow vegetables and medicines under the shade of these trees, which are always in demand in the market. In this way, there will be special help in earning extra money.
poplar tree for matches
These days the trend of planting poplar trees has increased in many states. Farmers now cultivate vegetables by planting poplar trees in the one-hectare field, so that they don't have to spend separately on tree cultivation. Let us tell you that the poplar tree is used for paper making to make light plywood, chopsticks, boxes, and matchsticks.
This tree thrives in heat ranging from 5 degrees to 45 degrees Celsius, in between which wheat, sugarcane, turmeric, potato, coriander, tomato, and many other medicinal crops like turmeric, and ginger can be grown. Poppal wood is sold in the market at the rate of Rs 700 to 800 per quintal.
A single stick made from this tree is being sold for Rs 2,000. If the farmer wishes, he can plant 250 poplar trees on one hectare of land. From this, after 10 to 12 lakhs, there will be a huge income, and in between, there will be additional income.
Deodar tree for pencils
Everyone started writing with a pencil in childhood. The wood in the pencil comes from Jammu-Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and other states bordering the Himalayas. Deodar i.e. Cedrus Deodar, which can be grown only at an altitude of 3500 to 12000, is the main source of pencil wood.
Deodar wood is used to make valuable furniture and its leaves are used in Ayurvedic medicine. Apart from this, pencils are also made from teak, red cedar, and ebony wood.
Acacia tree
Acacia trees will be easily seen in the village. Its thin branches have thorns, which are removed and used as teeth. Now the number of acacia is decreasing, but since ancient times, acacia is also considered the strongest wood tree.
Big wooden doors, beautiful furniture, and thatch of kutcha houses were also made from it in the olden times. Even today it is very useful. Please tell us that the wood of acacia becomes very hard after drying.
