The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-04-12
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PORTION so its size. At any rate, we had
enough 10 warrant us in calling it the Forest

PORTION so its size. At any rate, we had
enough TO warrant US in calling it the Forest
C.ty.p
California pays premium of enc dollar to
an one who plants a shade-tree by a load
81 lie. That is good law, and no douot mapy
tire IS will be painted in consequence Of 1t.
such a law had been enacted in our State fsi.
t. years ago, we might now have hunoreds of
ir principal highways lined with large m
and maple trees which would add CT all,
the beauty OF our landscape. Nothing
more beautiful than large, thrifty trees VI n
our roadsides. And it Is strange that S, b
work has been I'D is now so much neeectG !
somehow we don't like to work tor the nel {
generation; especially in matters OF on :
ment merely. True, parents will work ba d
TO hoard up money tor their children %
squander after they aie dead.
The truth Is, trees are OF such slow growth
that our farmers and Others think that II they
plant trees they shall not live to re resh them
selves under their shade But surely ycupG
men may live to have that pleasure, and vet
they neglect such work just as their lalLcrs
have.
writer in the Country Gentleman SAYS:
II am becoming day by day more Convinced
OF the necessity and utility OF planting trees,
especially belts OF evergreens, and am glad
to see so much discussion on this important
subject" Trees are most excellent wlrd-
breakers and good barriers against drought
from which vegetation often suffers, evel Ia
our own State. They also protect o-coards
from cold north wi.tds. 1t IS lamentaLIe to
think what waste the WOO llnan's axe IS ntw
making in our wood lots and iore5ls. anllo
one thinks OF supplying tile pIaces OF th. q
that are so Ielentlessly cut down. Tae W.T. :.
sr aforesaid remarks: Every year there II a
new opening. g.through the intervening wo,Gs
through W llch the winos oil spriua summer
ana, autumn may come to blast the prospects
Of the farmer and dry up the tsoder pants
which were to have Yielded 10 bin der
abundant frultage." He advises farmers 10
take heed in tine and Us, rev dollars eath
year In guard ng their fields BY eyercre. n
"ind-breakers. Spruce fir, hsrnlock and c.
Jar will grow rapidly IL properly planted ,nI
cared tor, and soon form hardy belt that
VII inciease the productiveness OF orchards,
vineyards and lie ds many iold
Judge Murch oil Vermont Understood ibis
more than halr ce"tury agu he inclos.d
some six acres with triple rows OF cellars.
FLe land thus inclosel vas on the shore OF
Lake Champlain, iertiie soil, but exposed o
the winds that sweep over the lake Wi.hIn
this lnclosure were his house. garden, vne-
yard and fruit orchard, and more be. uh ul
and ferti spot Is seldom seen any whee.
The cedar trees-some twenty ieet n he. ht
had vigorous growth and completed, plo-
tActed his garden and Iruit trees, OF wh Gu he
had great variety. His cherry trees Lcie
abundantly, but the robins colne in Tor their
share, and the old judge OF gigantic folm,
weighing nearly three hundred pounds, won d
sit day alter day In his big chair and shoot
them down. II was cruel business, but be
loved cherries and said he could not save any
Tor himself In any other way His farm con-
tanned two thousand acres, and no waste land
on it, and the probability Is that these e.u-
tiiul birds would have done so much sood in
bis fields that be could have Afforded te Iced
them on cherries tor orief season. Bu. uol
He commenced shooting as soou as the chez
Iies began to turn red. he was good sho
Tor IN his earlier days be laid the Ioundal,on
Oh his fortune in t1e wilds oil Canada, aud
made money from the iur OF animals. When
we visited bis iaIm some twenty years aso,
he possessed two thousand sheep ard LI..-
dreds OF cattle and horses. But .e would
shoot the robins.
But to return from this episode to the sub
ject in hand. This Let ot cedar tieef tLst
surrounded and guarded this central
spot in his iarm af,rls a doe Illus
tration OF the value OF trees as wiud-5reakers.
AMI protectors of orchards and feds. Now
Is the time to plant trees, and we trust our
,ouns farmers at least will engage in the
work OF raising trees as well as o.ber crops.
Begin the work this spring and not post2oua
1t TO a more convenient season., TOR the
time seldom comss. Fnmers have the pow
er OF making moIe enduring marks on the
earth, aud leaving grander monuments Of
their Industry ard good taste than a.m,st
any other class. Let them begin then in
good earnest and devote a few days every
year to the planting OF trees. The ex5en.e
will be trIhIng, and they can always find
time for such work, ii they will only properly
| appreciate 1t.
AGRIcoLA.