, 1874-05-02
sprang. Plant the saeds "a foot spart, whore
they ars to remain. A tall-growtng troe can bo
planted between tho rows Without dotriment;
iudeed, thoy grow bettor with than without

spring. Plant the saeds q feet spart, whore
they are to romaln. A tall-groNinB troe can be
planted between tho rows Without detrimenti
insloed. thoy grow bestor with than without
- THE COTTONWOOD. "-
. beginners naturally turn to the cottonwood,
because it can bo obtained almost anywhere, ID
ponso. For tuol and nholtor il noou oornos to
nnturity, and. nfter nl1, Is vaunblo troe. Poo
plq living Oh tho oron prairio oaunos do bottor
than plant grove abo,i! their houses; aaa those
tham wiz bsit ., ootsonwooas % .os soon as pos.
eiblo.
, WITH WILLOW.
The beautiful, green, graceful willow, who
hail It as lliH frlond and delight to sit ID It's cool
ahAdo !? It grows almost spontaneously, eholtcrs
from heat OF cold. koops on wind, rnin, or sleot,
and is = grecn spot on which to tost tho eyo
whom all around iB deHo1hte, barren, and desert.
It grows from shoot without rootB, and for
ostors alwaya prsiHe Its rapid nnl grateful return
for the slight 1abor they boatow upon It,. a tree
OF this kind attains height ofton Of GO or 10
troos along highways, 1t is unsurpassed, repellnE
heat, Wind, and cold and no dfivo can DO tlner
than that through m avonue. OF willowB. Tho
ar1na may bo wovon and intorleood at q yeara Of
form pnrfoot wtnd-broak and jonce.
Cuttings should be mado In the fall. tied In
bundles, aud blrlad foot doop In tho earth.
Tho plaats ahou4 20 ltept eool By placing them
furrow, and sct tho cuttings against the land-
aldo, whloa second man follows with apndo,
filling in the earth, and pressing it firmly. with
his foot. Pack the earth closely about tho plants.
or s.tnohoa ont Of the ground. II properly
planted, not over per cent Of wlllow-outtinga
fail to grow. The willow aud cottonwood aro
tho onsiest raised Of I'll trees, and commend
nsosn farmsr Tsy g. rapd and Wsoa
valuable kinds Of timber can bo grown nearly aa
rapidly, but they require caro-. II might be
allowed to adviac, would say plant botter wuoda
but still. il tho farmer will not take tho trouble
to raise laroh, box-eldor, or walnut, by all meanB
1ot:him plant cottonwoods and willows. DetIor
any kind than none at all.
had intended in this letter to any aomothing
about tho rapidity With which trees grow, and to
show the commercial value Of onoh hind of tim
Der, from the timoit is plnntod Until It roaohes
maturity; but tho letter ts already too '1onG
drawn oat to admit Of anything more being eatd
perlenoo OF 4 number Of planters until nnother
time. hope onr. farmers. will plant llboralIy
this spring, and any legitimate Inquiries for ter
benefit Will cloorfully be answered by myself or
Nebraska Btate horticultural Booioty. Yours
truly, JAMES B. bn1sB1H
CONVECTION. -
In my former letter.. tho typos made mo say,
when what should have aaid was. "Tho rail
roadB hayo usod 1Go, ,0O0, 900 Of TICS" How tho
world annually crept In cannot aay 1t may
have Inadvertently beon placed In my manu-
wrong, and put It In, for just below ho adds an
9, making 2,ooo. 900 OF what intended for 2oo.-
Chicago "Lumberman," thinking he had
found mares nest, ruHhea into print, and uRes
much space to provo that was wrong. I am
much Obliged to him, and. when I ehllI state
that the intoraat on 510 900 at por cont for
onp year will equal $40. .bOo, 900, ahnn oxpaot to
por cent could not in one year amount to moro
than tho principal. But the correspondent OF
tho Inter- Ocean Is very far from correct IN his
figures. After charging mo With extrayagance,
7s, ,660 miles Of railway IN operation, and there
WAS used in tho construction thereof aomathing
oyor 900 900 600 tes:" Not foeling sure OF my fig
urea, I addroaHod a note to Mr. eiokels Of the
Union Paolao Railroad, and take tho liberty Of
= uaios pAu1r1o RAILROAD COMPANY, - y
. .~'' GENERAL 6uprnrNrENDrhT's OPTION, p
o.,: $ prt,se. Htadauart.f' Department. @ ii.
DH1n SIN: nm in receipt Of your nots making in
anry as to ths tica consumed upon ralroadg, etc.
Tue aggregate number OF nlcs OF ratlroad noT buut
Ths average humber Of les usea in laying ths above
About one~so7snth of The ties require to 10
Three Thousand ties Per milo wero put in tho traol
| from Golden to Central. Col. Yours truly,
| TIE s1oKRIs, General Superintendent.
It appears from Mr., siokela' statement tha
the Inter- Ocean man oyorHtated the number o.
miles OF road by 1000, or distanco nearly eaua
to the diameter Of tho globe on which ho lives
He also says We have used 200, ,000, 600 ties t
We haye uaod 184, 600, ,000, "a little mistake Ii
the arithmotico Of tbs Sucker OF 49, 400 000 havt
| no no'objection to being corrected whom nm wrong
| but always like the lpan who attempts to cor
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