Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-11-25

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| From the American Agrcuturist
! Climber for lEs4 E'rairics.
Tree Culture, tor timber, for fruit
for fencing or hedging, and for shaa,
| OF windbreak, is enc of the most i'm
poitant subjects now engaging the at
tention OF our Western farmers.
will speak in this article Of Trees to,
Timber. Two objects are to be kept ii
view N selecting trecs-r;rst, the kind
! OF product desired tor mechanical pur
| poses; and second, the usefulness oil
! the trees while growing--in ameliora.
| ting the rlgor OF our winters, the
| breaking-up ct our sweeping wind
currents, ana thus creating greater
uniformity OF temperature and moist
ure, and promoting health and com
tort. The second consideration is
hardly inferior to the first. What
trees, adapted to our soil and climate,
viii bests curethesetwoends: practi-
cal men differ widely, even in the same
locality. l gave the result OF my own
experience and observation.
Tie Dhite a. The Gray UH'ow-the
ill-used, the mueh-abused wil!ow-de-
serves a first mention. No other tree
is SO easily propagated; no other grows
50 rapidly; and no other deciduous or
leat-shedding tree forms so perfect 4
windbrcak. Their is scarcely a rod
OF ground in Iowa, if in any other
prairie STATE, where it can not be sue
ceSstuIliy grown. 1t bears abuse adj
niraby. both III culture and in print!
(Onr correspondent has not and never
has had any interest in selling willows.
We have seer how well he and his
neighbors grow them for their own
use.-f.ps) The timber, like all 9TH
or very rapidly grown wood, is light,
but it makes very good summer tucl,
and is useful tor a great variety OF
other purposes upon the farm. 1t
should not be planted near dwellings,
as it is liable to be infested with a
species OF aphis, which sometimes gets
possession OF the house, and is worse
than the old beabug to get rid Of
In z future article upon Hedges, | will
give my experience nth the willow,
and observations Of it as a Hedge
plant, both OF which are conclusive TO
me that 1t Will make n good fence.
Tie Cottonwood and UhHe or Soft
Wapie are both valuable trees, though
perhaps not SO in the order | have
named them. II necessary to give up
either, Ishould hardly know whichto par
with. The Cottonwood makes n re-
narkably rapid growth, and on &C
count OF its ability to stand croMdng.
and ample foliage it is valuable as
windbrcak. Like the willow, it is
easily propagated from cuttings
1t is not n desirable door-yard tree,
as it is liable to be stripped Of it's TO-
liase by beetles, which are annoying
around a house, and the trees become
bare and unsightly. The comparative
value Of this tree and the White Viii
low, as timber, is about the same
Tie VAite Iap{eis in great favor withus
though | learned recently that in some
parts OF the State it is being attacked
by borers. Itths is true, it will be a
serious objection to it. | would like
to hear from any locality where this is
the case. 1t is hardy and thirty, free
from yermin, and just the thing for
the road side or the front yard 1t is
easily propated from the seed, which
should be sown rs soon at it falls, in
mellow soil, and be treated very much
ike corn. Ard just here, farmers OF
the great West, let me entreat you to
set out at once, il you have not already
done so, Il row OF these trees on the
road side, against your premises, Set
the fence, as the law OF Iowa at least
allows Tor such purposes, six feet into
the highway, and plant the trees four
feet within the fence, SO that they will
stand two feet from the line when the
fence is no longer Beeded for their
protection. At the end of ten years
the trees will be invaluable.
The Boz Elder (Ncgundo) and Ea-
ropeau Lareh should both have place
liz our gounds. The former has not as
yet been sufficiently tested for IN
qualified prairies, and tie latter, though
superior tor timber, is too slow Il
grower, and too tender to be recon-
mcnded tor extensive cultivation.
The few of OH" farmers who plant
out groves at all make great mistake
in planting only one kind OF tree. We
should initiate nature here, and have
more rmioty. White Elm, Linden,
Black and White Walnut, Black Cher
~, and few hardy Evcrgrccns, such
as Spruce, Pine, Dir, and Arbor Vitae,
should all have place, not only as a
matter OF rHaltty, Tut of beauty. Upon
the subject OF cultivation nothing
need be said, as every farmer well IN
derstands how necessary it is to all
vegetable growth.
BY an Act OF the 10Th General AS
sembly of Iowa, ever taxpayer who
shall plant and suitably cultivate one
Or more acres Of forest trees tor tin.
Der, shall be exempt from taxation to
the amount of 500 for each acre, and
the Board OF Supervisors OF any Coun-
ty may increase the exemption to
$500 per acre. The Board may also
exempt in like manner for every half
mile OF hedge, and every mile OF shade
trees. Finally, do we OF the West
sufficiently realize this one great cant,
1recs2-t'ees for timber-tor tuel--for
shade-tor fiuit-for fencc--tor
health, beauty, profit? EVERYTHING else
Nature has given us in abundance and
perfection. She always wisely with