New-York tribune., 1868-10-09


OF my i, Is my garden, with slight elevation or ridge
This low ridge have planted with evergreens. as a
shelter or Wlnd-bicak FOR the garden. Part of
them are Iemlocks aud Rel Cedars. trans-
planted from the woods Just 40 hand perhaps as
many are Norway and other Pines. with Bal,am and
oer lro obtained from nurseries. These latter have 'he
more uNuriant growth but all have done we'll ana the
copoe or cnmp. possibly forty rods IN length by three or
fo IN width is at least in Winter the pcasanest object
beneath it, is hanked by strawberry beds, few grape
vines aud room for early vegetables, wmcn sopng gently
SOuhWa, ENJOY average temperature several degrees
the acre or so of level id m sonth is also but less
considerably warmed aud hcltered by this belt of ever
greens, which not only vcrltirs shCeys apothegn thhJ
a thing of beauty is oy forever" but positive re-
enforcement 10 the productive capdcHy OF lht laIIn
hope this narration will iuduce some-l wish II might
Not merely as ornamental drapery To dwellings. but as
mOlers Of the harshness Of our caprclouS climate tnS
have a value as vet too narrowly appreciated \ few
choice trees, Just old enough 10 transplant cost put
tre and whoever plants dozen such Jndlcousy' anu
shields them from injury provided source Of health
ful enjoyment not only for his own lifetime but Tor tha'
of generations yet TO be: ,,, >, .,,. ,,,,s
But we need ireepauing on broader scale than ms
Wherever ledge giant rock npedes thorough cutlNa-
ton there should be tree If not trees Men OF means
and of thrift should buy up sterile tracts mat are o
for sale al low rates and promptly cover them WIN
White Oak. Hickory, White Pine. Locust Chestnut &c
They can otherwise safely ana prOntahly invest
their for the benefit OF their chlldte whe Dehe
ftng also future generations Timber grows steady aear
and deaTer streams become desoatns torrents Ht III
tervals and beds of dry sand ana phhts Tor weeks Ill
Summer and Fa because our bills have been too gener
ally stripped and denuded OF trees: l%t us unltedIy
cease DO cy and learn to do well IN relation to trees
Those who nave read my account Of my farm will have
Judged that II is not we'll calculated 10 enrich IT'S owner
by large easily produced crops aud that II bought
in fun view Of this fact wanted place near railroad
station and too far from the city, my wife wanted
pure air. agreeable scenery reasonable seclusion, but
above all ch1ee 1GNellallhg sptlng, cascade anu
evergreen woods as have already stated Having found
these the thirty odd acres which comprised our orig
nal purchase not unreasonable 10 expect
to secure also the fertility and facility of dry, gently
nectcut O Hudson. We knew that our upland
was IN good part hard, steep, and rocky, and
had been largy reduced by two centuries of
persistent and often excessive pasturng' sheep
nearly as much they take from il not with milch
cows, when their milk is sent away TO some city and
nothing returned therefor that ches the fields whence
that mix in the shape OF grass or hay, was drawn And
so, measurably Of Fruit; whereas Apples have long
betn leading staple OF our regOn-Newcaste having
formerly bOasted Of more applerees than any township
OF its size in America But an apperee cannot forever
draw the bank Of Nature without having its drafts
protested If nothing is ever deposited there TO It's credit
caterpar have long been allowed to strip most
our unresisted, that many have grown prema
VvSatie does NOT crow holf So many apnes as her
trees call for; and she VIII till she feeds her
better and fights their enemies withmore persistent
luton than she has done have seen five thousand OF
with caterpars than remaining leaves per tree:
ana very little reflection can be needed 70 show tat trees
neglected for few years VIII nave Outycd their use
fulness
save Saturday foT the farm try 10 give good part of
it 10 my patch of forest The is the heathiest i'm
plemeut that man ever handled and is especially so for
habitua writers and other sedenary workers, whose
shoulders it throws back expanding their chests and
opening their lungs II every youth and man. from fifteen
to fifty years old, could weld two hours per day.
dyspepsia would vanish from the earth and rheumatism
S Is my doctor and delight I u5e O gives he 2d lust
enough occupation TO prevent its falling into reverie or
absorbing trains OF thought while every muscle In the
body receives Sufficient yet exhausng exercise
wish all our boys would learn TO love the
/ began by cutting out the Witch Hazels and other
trash not worth keeping, and trimming up my trees.
especially the Helnloeks which limbs clear TO the
ground and throw them out horizontally 10 such a
o.
n0pozed by single tree Many Of these limbs die in
course OF time but do not fall of on the contrary they
harden and sharpen into spikes, which threaten your
face and eyes II they bayOnets. These have
gradually cut away and transformed into fuel Many OF
nv Healocks have trimmed to a hight OF al least
fifty feet and mean TO serve many others just If
can find time before old age coupels me 10 stop
But tie hemlock so brstles throughout tn limbs that
can be easily climbed Dy hale till he is and
working with hatchet or light you commence trim
ming at the topthat is as high yOu choose to trim
and cut all smooth as you work your way down without
difficulty. Limbs 10 the ground may be graceful in the
edge of your wood; but tree Will not make timber
nearly so fast as trimmed ana you cannot afford u so
much space as 1t claims III the heart Of your patch of
iii lnger proudly among my trees consider that here
most of farmwOIk has been done, and here my profit
has been realized, in the shape OF health and vigor
When am asked the usual question, " How has yOur
farming paid can truthfuly that mB part Of
IT has paid spenddly being all income and Outgo-
and who can show better balance-sheet than thatl
SerouslyI believe there is money TO be made by Judi
cious planting and forestcultnre that railroads
have so greatly cheapened the cost Of transportation
II any man has or can buy tract OF woodland, or
shut cattle and steadily plant choice trees while
ting poorer-et him cut every that stops grow
ING and begins 10 decay or shed iis limbs let him not
hesitate thin well trim up let him cut out Red
Oak for instance and the acorns OF White let him.
when half dozen or more sprouts start from single
stump away all hut two or hree by-and-by cut
again. and confident that he may thus grow timber
valuable than those that come by chance Nay
If near city, he can make thousand dollars far more
easily, though less quickly by growing Timber than by
The land ultimately bought included part 81 an old
estimated H. Than he
6e-wOOd that might be made OF II: but there was mis-
taken Old Apple-trees never grated or grated with
Indifferent fruit and which have been suffered 10 grow
that caterpillar flourish there with imp1ny are simply
nuisances II YOU buy inherit such cut them down
remOrelessy the moment you can obtain fruit for your
own from others,
on the land first purchased was a young orchard OF
two acres. mainly Russetssmall fruit, but inviting
comes eatabe TIL April or Nay The Rnsset Yields bouH
teousy and pretty constantly so that, If planting
for profit in this region should give this the prefer
should carefully avoid the error (which
| when greener, cOmmitted Of planting many
geher; indeed would prefer TO have but one sort In
orchard for the convenience OF gathering and marketing
My young orchards are just fairly beginning bear
The ground was not powed so deeply "a 1t should be
in fact the ground on which Aperees are to be set
hand.
In the little del or glen through which my brook
emerges from the wood through which it has brawed
the HILL to dance across gentle slope 10 the swamp
below is Me spnng-pure crystal, neyerfailing, cold
thoroughly shaded and sheltered that confident it
never warmed and never frozen Many springs
on my farms excellent but this IA peerless deter
mined the location of my house, which stands little
plateau bench OF level ground halfway down the hill
twenty rods north Of and forty feet higher than
itself never saw sweeer spot than tho little
plat OF grass which my house has supplantcd with tall
woods all around, and thrifty growth Of young hem
locks starting tncky just west aud south Of it, do not
regard this as judicous location; it is much
shaded and shut in II Is too damp Tor health in wet
time 10 tempts the chimney TO smoke especially when
the atmosphere is heavy that the wind beats down
over wooded hill that rises directly the north
east; but me hottest day coO here dust Is unknown,
and 10 rumble from any highway dsurbs meditation or
pques curiosity Ny house II not muc-hastily erected
small slight and wooden. IL has at length almost
deserted for recently purchased and retted the
of the Yllagc inst whore prXate rnad