, 1874-05-09
TREE.PlANTlMG.
How to Plant and Grow Trees.

OMAHA, Nab.. april 30, 1874.
TO she Editor a. Tie CAicago Tribune:
sln; Tho great profit to ~bb derived from tr5o.
planting Is III yet known to only d few. As's'
knowledge Of tho subject inoroauos. men become
moro and more au1ioua to plant; aud alread.
capitalists arc discussing tho proprlety Of nvost.
Ing 1argo anmR In nurseries, nnd making forestry
the fncana Of kcoumhlatihg great fortih es. FSh
bueinossos will pay 30 large nor cent on thu
amount invostod, and there fs not d doubt but
capital will aoon ba abundant for nursory.plant,
Ing OF forost-trooB. ~
Tho rapidty with which timber trcos grow
whom cultivated Ia o matter OF astonislmont to
oil who hav6 tries PLANTING them and IT, is ,ths
object Of this to,hn,1ntcation to afow whit ID ,
turn tho plahtor faay reaeonabl y expoct from hIa
money and Iabor.
An acre Of
20 years old, is worth $3.50 on tho Plains.
An aero OF
IS yes old, Win spt r!aS s7Soo sottA Of iatasir.
Is 1 foot lii dah,etcr. row Of pines il, Doucas
County, Mob, grow 80 inohes last yoar. Pine
planted 10 years ago nro nov 80 fee high and IL
inches through tue butt. Pines, when grown BY
groves, shoot up straight md smooth. Mr..
sdh oaold, LARGE tsee,plantor and good Autho:
1ity on forestry, spya a whito-pno foreat, arti-
aoially grown, viii Id SO Years DO 100 feot high.
md, II " 1la! Hfr. aoholeld says bo correct, il
will orlyI IroqulEo period Of from 80 to rs yoars
In Doagss @ ooanty Nsb Mr. uo,lonb.s ,a
timbor, planted IN 1861 which is now 80 fect
ID NJ Dudd q iSwa, 1Sbofts e '6saGs
grove Of 10 acres Of aAh, thinhod to feet apart,
which, he saya coitafns y, ,o06 trsns: aid, at Il
years OF age, they ero .95 feet high md lnchcs
Of planting and cultivation Ton feet. Of .tha
body Of these trees wore worth 40 conta eneh.
mud the remainder Of, tho tree 10 cents each, Ton
acros Of as ash brought wien cut At IA years Of
M Aa wbeS a !, e5ppea 1GsT low 81 81 55 Se
stump aud. covered with q Light furrow, viii
Bbfout, md, by proper trimming, produce J. noM M
sr1p 1T dor use ~ & nr Dudd
tho row, r,ay be cut At tic ohd or years; and.
at tbs first cutting, will yield enough poles, ct
conss oacl to brink 81 ,620. II allowed to stand
years a more and ot f@G large hoop-poles ba
cach, ,-S3,24o." These calculations. bo says.
are no: gucHa:work but tho result Of actual o1.
pcr1ments: ~. -.,. s....s
TI1E IA WALHuT M
DTCQt4C{6
planters. Three bashelg Of nurs WITH tho huskt
on, or ~ bushelsi If hustled, will plant IN aero
tihboi, ID yearh old, ID WORTH ID tho WaEt; 4
moo moderate fortune Ghd tirst yoar, tho shoota
and, tho third year, or 8 foot. Tie first twi
years the ground may DO planted with crops, but
tho third year tho. trees shnuld b. cultivated
: alone. On account Of their deep roots, tho wal.
nut is tho best tree for dlvlding-lines botweeu
farms: To mako them bear, cut tho tap-root,
Dir. Hollenbcck staten that, Ii d grove Of ii
acres d walnut planted ID tbo spring Of 1SB5 tht
trees averaged "a inohea In clrc,lrference aud Il
feet high III 1878. sono Of them bore nuts IL
1869, and nllite number Of the trees had peel
.s.6oAaii.iiiiApLE:'
may be get down as i fabtd.gr5wlng tfeo. lii.
Pinnoy estiniatas that All actdof mapleb, 25 YEAR
1000 pounds Of sugar annually When tho trers
lumber, worth s2,5oo, bosdes top'is and limba for
s fsei, which wil pay al e3parses 4 peealiaiity
cFcaeea in aize moro rapidly than tho top, and ii
can be planted vcry closely, say 200 to the aero.
ifplanted closely, will ,loao its scraggY nature
fo,est-treo haa been very Eroat, and :nui1erSaa
groves Of yToli-shnped trees arc NOW growing.
that average to feet high at 8 years OF age
In .Aonona County, Iowa, maple-treca grown
ss 1ss@ q qae sSsd Sfs r5Gs rG s RS2asS as 81
rails to the acre. Tho 'demand for i1aplo ,fot
manufacturing purposes makes it 3: profitable
wood to cultivate. ;v.,.;,,,
,plaplo:plaute grow ts; to 90 inchog AZ. dirt
be planted thickly, and as many as 2, 7c0 mny 10
Eet out on I'LL acre. a .Gpccimon of soft mnplo
planted In 1851 is now IS inches III circumference
feet from tho ground. If tie man who planted
TINT tree had set. out 20 acres in 1901, - would
tn.Hny bn a rich n1nn i0HfHn1 of n r7nnr nih
do not grow 90 faat as aomo other kinds Of trees,
but tho wood is vory profitable. There aro two
sRsnss HS pssa & il nts s aas 5 ox % Pssa r. o%ss g.
Sc inches in circunferonee. +, r ,...... -,
Rcd e!ms planted i'll: Nebraska Ia 1861, afGee
now nearly = foot thick as tho butt. :.
H0EEY-LoCuBt: -
aro ,fast-gtow1ng trees. Dr. Wardcr, Of Ohto
statee that ho sold acre of honey-locust trees.
Is yoara old, for 81 006. L. locuut-troe in Omaha,
pa,itul 12 years $50, ,mqasures so inches feet
from II TIC & ground and is Us feet high
planted 10 years ago at NJ. Plcaspnt, arc ndw
making better return 10 the owner than tho
same ,n,unber OF acres il orchard. At :Dos
Mone yoars oa from tAo seed haXe
reduced to 500 p6r acre. Tho trees, At ID oaflys
age, will beur half . bushol Of nnss each, u tho
tap:root is cut. Tho sprouts, aftor, treo: bps
been cut down, will grow UP more rapidly than
tho original troe,--the humorous roots Of tin
parent. Btom giving it much, sap and great
strength Crops of chestnut may DO cut every
IL TO is years, sido-hilg. incopyehient Tor cul-
t!yatiou, are good p!nccs to grow choatnlts
=. 49,; >, :. noX-ELDEIt3. -,
grow from 10 TO 16 inches the first year and, IN
q nurBory, many OF the plants will reach or q
feet high ut the ond Of ths aeeond year, and at-
tain q thiolpcss Of i inch ut tho ground Bpeci.
mems Of hox-c1ler H., ypara' old measured 50
inches in circumf forenee and 80 feet in height.
j.. or cor1oSwnops = ,,,a
40 much is known neod hardly refer to them.
Thoro are treea OF this apoo1es growing in Doug
las County, Neh:, 10 years old, that tnepehre q
tract ot aoyeral eeres, ppt o4t 1ast spring, t1ft
afo foet high from tic cuttings. Tho ire
shade-tfeeB at omaha Barracks have all bcen
plantcl since 1868, aul some OF tloln are utw
oyer 30 feet high. Fow Of them wero higher
than mama hend when Bot out.
i. -->r THE WHITE WILLOW. 49,, ,!.l*:,.,,4:
as. every ono knows, grows ;witA ;aatonialing
rapldity. a farmer in Douglas, County, NJ h.,