Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-11-09

80 a. Nss.tsite ffsus
Warmers Isek 10 Jeaf Interest
Plant trees tres hif timber, ~
mel, nbr ornemsas NJ shelter and
for profit The sasi pfalries N Eos
ss have besa settled bat fev years,
vet how maay farmers are there
who to-day are running short OF lin
Der fbr any purpose whatever You
need timber constantly for lmproy-
ing and making repairs about y-ur
farms-You need II for hrowood,
you need II for shelter for yonr
stock from the searching rays ofthe
summer's sun, aud in winter ffom
the chilling norther, You need II
around your farms and orchards TO
b, .ak the fhrce OF the wind nom
your growing crops and frnit treca'
ron need II us source ofproht. a
dollar saved IL a dollar made, DO
Won wish to improve place to sell'
Then plant trecs-fruit trees orna-
mental trees, timber trees, shrub
berry and roses in abundancoi for,
10 assured, everything else being
equal, the place which is best i'm
proved in this way, will command
The highest price, and will be first
sough and purchased. Do you wish
IN make your prairie home the most
pleasant and attractive place In the
country Then plant trees and or,
namcntal shrubbery with a liberal
hand. Do you wish to have your
wife aud children satisfied and hap
nv in their homer then make 1t
pleasant and attractive.
Our labor system is broken up,
and we do not need such large farms
now as formerly, Many Of us have
much more land under fence than
We can cultivate. Then lot us plant
the surplus, and most eligible parts
for that purpose, in orchards, tim
Dor and ornamental trees; and make
she small farm moro valuable and
attractive than it was before. But
perhaps you will say you cannot
grow fruit trees. You are much
mistaken in this.-There are few
countries that surpass Texas in
their adoption to fruit trees. Our
black, rich, alluvial prairie lands
will DO the home of the peach. pear,
plum, apricot, almond, grape, black
berry, raspberry, ounce, and straw
berry, and with tho Same labor, care
and attention that you would be-
stow upon a hill of corn, you could
have a thrifty growth of bearing
apple trees. Most, if not all, the
hardy evergreen trees-such as red
cedar, pine, juniper, larch and mag
nolia-will grow here; and you
have but to make the effort to grow
plenty of timber and shade trees
from seeds and crtting-such as
walnut, pecan, tho different oaks,
sycamore, cottonwood, ash, china,
cataIpa and boisd arc. Put forty
acres of large farms in such timber
rs l have named, beside many 9TH
crs you can got in the forest, aid in
twenty years you will have made
Your place worth double what it is
now worth and in five years you
will have firewood at home. What
better legacy could you leave your
children !? Ten acres Of boisd'arc,
well cared for, will be worth more
twenty years hence than many OF
tho farms upon which it might be
planted and successfully raised are
now worth. But you will say most
of these trees will not bear trans
planting. In this you are mistak-
en-. They will all bear it and grow
readily. sm
Set about it in good earnest, and
with will to do, and you will sue
coed. Nursery raised trees are tho
best and surcst, but any is better
than none, Go right about it this
winter and do not put it off. Plant
trees, They will grow while you
sleep. They will be a permanent
Improvement. Many of you will
live to need and use the timber thus
grown. Your children will need
md must have it; your mech9rroin ~
will soon need it to , ,,ons , md
plows and buiLi J"ur wagons anu
a, ma. other purposes; and as
.nach will your towns nsed it for
firewood. Be assured that lie who
acts upon the foregoing hints, and
lives twenty years, will be richly
rewarded for his labor
The prairies for trees, and trees
for the prairies. VIM. d. DILLON.
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