Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-03-05
oTTUMwA WAPELLo COUNTY IOWA, THURSDAY, MARCH

be procured from reliable nurscrymen
and the trees used should have bcer
previously transplanted. Avoid cx-
poaure Of the roots to sunshinc OF
dryink winds. Plant larch early.
TIE seeds of Aahi 1caf maple and the
green mAp'e may he planted % late Al
March Let, and sometimes later, and 4
moisteusd . little BY spreading thinly
OvUt tA6 Kround, and 30 freezing lit.
He win 6e almost nure to grow. I.eeF
seods oUveei while upon the ground
These seeds, and indeed all other tree
seeds, ahOuld be planted early. These
two st9eS ahould be planted early
These Two treee grow quite generally
Pupea stte bottoms and boriersv d
stssams but they will CROWN any lo'
Silver maple and red maple, bcttei
known % S6ft maple, and all the elms
.rlpeu sheif eeede ia May and june
san6 thslr seeds nust be planted, soon
aftce ripe or they viii fail to grow
Yoang cottonwoods OF the yellow
scDttonwood, which ID the most profit.
.ab1e spocle6, grow MAturAlly By mil.
'ljou1 o. tholsuaa6 6ofs and sloueha
'boca9ingg ihe Niselseippi and Mis-
lsonri, ard Other riyers, and they. may
:bo pgncnIpd at very small cost. AL!
poplaxs QncIuding c0tt0nwocds) and
elf W160W1, VIII grow readily from
6uoe101ocsi p ssisw b1EaE as., QsA "a Il!
/ Mainefa bptternuts,s and / all other
uute end acoGna are best kept over
winter In shallow piles, say four or
Ave Inches deep IN trenches or on the
eut11o0 Of IT, grOundsiu q sheltered
dtan1iOa, or h 8 thicket, under,a shed
ee On q south-side hill, covered with
Hitter oe with hay, and so arranged
that Weser win not stand among
/ Rihnt anta or saeorns in drills from
o. tos three inches deep, planting
deepest In light or sandy soil, and
planting smaller nuts shallowcst.
6ec1s Of lsh Leaf maple and hard
n1aF1ia ana thc asAes, may Be- gaahsf-
- n tAoa f11k oaHny from October Let
% Novemhee 1T, end kept in sand or
earth, moist. but not wet, and should
~ prot0cted nom iscverc ff0cziue.
Can6 snnot be AalEnn not to have too
nsse AZ Z 2s.1 = e ssed together, /, = y si vii
Hossy LoooSt bssed smsy be kspt
1no1ak 011roGeo 0vsr wintar, but viii
1ct alvayS crow that way the first
yoof. 70 Se64f9 their gto&th Che l1Sst
yeoRs theymuge % teoo1o6 ~ hgA Acwas
~ neeriy boillee until they show
elgus Of swelling. All tree seeds
ehould 20 into the grou.d early, say
Wheu wheat and oAlb Are being sowp.
! 6nall treee plank Sariy iHd rapidly,
olfA6t an <r6atA tAes made bya paow, 81
Nm 8 sspaAe Ahfusl into ihA soilsana
lasnea feeQard @ - 10, leave q speco
eeA61A IL spa1e. for the root OF The
(xpe; !, when Wlthdrawing the spade q
pfe16ufe Of the boot win secure tho
1yUe 1Nsp3aeo. Sc Easf8s ~ asil ssc
lkm1now col! this plan. has worked
we'll Coed clean culture always pays
T is;s bSI e & Hoped that All Who can,
win plant trees for permanent groves
Nheeher tkey compete for tho premi.
oaae o6efed Or not, for enough has al.
fsdy bcen done To demonstrate that
soyescen 10 planted with excellent
aQet-ss Indeed, Il appears from, data,
- 1Q0 19ye, that no crop can be pro-
au0ed ax11 great profit. Indeed IL
- what 1ata We now have
thAt No crop can b4rroduced at 20
srsat profit - Q 1eQ1 of trees, il wc
Eiyo time enough 70 allow tho trees
9 come to . marketable age, sAy ten
y tWoa4y yoafes s' So ss'sss ~
An AeWSpapoEs ID the 6tate Of Iowa
No eespeetfnlly sgequcsted to puhlish
this circular and 20 to aid this mOst
Important interest.
HENRY 81. NcAFkr, Prof. Horticul-
Iafs FoFsstry; Tows Agricultural Col.
legc. shfsfaa- say gse ssezgesf sEst
G. e. WMrrHe, Vice President Iowa
Hoeticultural Society,
pDUDLEY ". ADAMS, Grand Master
Pstrons Of Husbandry.
i g. b 1RACxE1ss President.
! JAMES L. BUDns Secretary. ...sg
n L > Pity To- haypsS ono, of Mr.,
Evaxts rood storiss mAngleds BY the
tVRerteFos q. u The scaee 10 the reports
Of hls A1ecdOto about tho donkey, told
At the Harvard meeting last week.
The stofy, really was q follows: a
faw Oummers since Nr. Evarts, at the
eAgpeeE roqueg Of 0ue Of his younger
Aters, seat up to his cointry
p1aea II Yermpo6 Q donkey for her
own ne. She had read about donkeya
but wns not faIniliar with their pecnl-
lar yocalisU. The animals strange
noises inspired ber with the profound
ese pity tor his evident distrcss. So
she wrote 10 her father Dear papa.
I 10. wteh you would come up hare
soon, my donksv y 80 losscsoaaep A.
NJ. Evarte renders this pathetic cps
peal. II i irresistible- Y. Max 4,
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