, 1874-02-07

into THO value Of our prairic-tarms, US they will
do In tho future.
Tho raronla begin to 400 that tlrov tnust on
courage tho farmers to plant lnrch for
FENoE-rosTs AND T1ER,
a. thoso must DO grown noar tho lines OF road.
III the building Of tho indianapolis, blooming
ton y Woatern Railroad, larRo quantities OF
homlock tics wore used, aud now these arc civ
The Illinois Contral Railroad was mid through
thus firm In 1154, Or noar!y twenty yoara ago.
The Ties wero OF wliitc md burr-oak, dim, b1nck
walnut and hackborry. all Of those have dis
lott. All Of those Ties woro sawod about Z
inches square. Tho hactborry gavo out frat
noxt tho elm; then tho white oak, a,id the black
walnut and brrr.oak followed. think some Of
yoara; whilo In Europe tllo 1arc1 has not Ind to
first put to That usc.
Tho wny tho railroads havo used tho tree.
courage troe.pantnC OH 1a,go scale. hut to in
]ure oil Of the local nurscrymon. They lavo
made AL
ALMOST rnon1BrTonY TARIFF
bales at double flrst-olass froighf. Tnoro Is no 10
roaaon In this. Treos III boxes should paaa ns
lcnst as low aa grocerlos or dry goods in boxos
and In balos first-c1ass Ia a high ratio. III car-
loads, tho tariff at present is-tllo owner loading
md unloading rataa for merchandise. claHs
A.; whilo similar goods nro ratod worry much
lower. II these roads wish to encourage troo-
planting, lot tlaom chango this classification, 10
that forest soodling trees may bo grown in our
toen aste o fs'fS 5 %ano e HS 9S1 s naa sSa d the
missionora to this ratc on troos; but, as they
have followed In tho aamo narrow groove az q
matter Of right md policy, nothing could
roads begin to 800 that something m,,st
be done to encourage, tho Planting
Of troos for toH and posts, thoy ,nay bo induced
to look furthor, md soe ifHa little encourage
mont, or, at leaBt Justice,
MAY NOT rAY BErrEn ~
in tho ond than this narrow policy: The freight
on o ton Of troes, from Now York to my part Of
tho State iH loss than tho game would bo for
200 niloa IL shipped from m Illinois nursery.
Tho truth is that tho railroads cannot afford to
plrsuo this narrow polioy,s for, In tho ond, they
are the losers It il tlioir policy, or Of least ii
should be, to build up local business along tho
line of their respective roads ; md, though tho
nrosont Railroad law is against this, yct
Goods lontlod Of Keokuk, Burlington, Daven-
port, Lafayotte, or Totro Haute havo an advan-
tago over those from points milo or two inside
Of our State line.
Perhaps II will not DO out of place to say few
words III relation to the
HANDLING AND SETTING
Of larch-plantH. Wo must bear In mind that the
larch is conifsrous tree, or dceiduous over-
| groom; and that 1t must be treated In similar
luhnuui3 HuA tukt IL III uGALu 10 tllG pllQt 10
! nftow tho roofs to become dry. In tho noxt
place. 1t Ia plant that puts out worry early and
that 1t is not aafo to attempt to transplant it
aftor tho leaves begin to appear. II this respect
it differs from nnoat evorgfoens. For these rea-
it tho land is fully prepared tho autumn provi-
| oua to planting. As soon na tho trees arrive
from tho nursery, and II possible, before tho
buds haye '., commenced mn swelling, they should
common spade, by thuratiug It into tho ground
aud. BY working backwards and forwards, a llolo
ia nnaho for the plant. whero It ia put in place,
| and tho earth firmly pressed back with tho heel
| OF your boot. 4 man to handle tho spatle, md I.
boy to carry tie plants In pail OF water, and
| set them in ia
| THE nEsT ADVANCEMENT.
and these will set from !, 900 to 1000 per day.
They should bo foot onch way, or about elk
tho rows with pecos Of 1ath, end then lay limo
along this row Of lnth and set tho plants on noar
| 4 foot In tho row aB I cau guoaB tho distance,
which ought not to vary much from the actual
foot.
Tho first year they may be cultivat-
ed with q fiding-cu1tiyator. md for two
or tllroo years more with q double-
shovel plow or y flye.tooth enltivator: Aftor
t., THE H. they VII need Ig; g. further s@tontion
posts, half Of tho troe should be cutout, in order
ITO give moro room for tho others.
| Two-year.old plants are the best for Betting,
| and thus cost 81 por 1000 at Waukegan, whilo
iaye nb doubt that any Of The ronds lending out
of Chicago will carry tito plants free, If applied
to when tho plants aro to be set near their
roads.
| III practice hive found on scrlous difficulty
| in tho handling Of those plants, and that Ia
| SENDING THE ORDER TOO LATE.
It is surprising how early this plant starts In
tho spring, it bcins nearly equal to the
| willow in tlis respoot. For this reason, would
lnalsing up orders for those plants, to get them
in on time 30 NJ to avoid tho loss that must fol-
low in tho late planting.
I have several letters Of inquiry in regard to
tho farmers bnying the seed and growing thoir
plenty Of soed for eato; but it is much the
best AND CHEAPEST
in tho end to buy the plants. In order to grow
seedlings Of this kind, the conditions must be
favorable and tho management ekillfu1; both Of
theso are generally wanting on tho farm.
Nuraerymen prefer to buy young plants, to tho
trouble md oxponso OF growing them. Hundrods
of boxes Of evergreen trcos, from to feet high,
nfc annually shipped from New York, the young
were grown at Waukogan, in this State. Tho
soelling plant-growor sells the young plants TO
tho nursorymon, and they, by repeated root
pruningH or transplantings grow thom for tho
not bcen ropanted when young, would DO .
difficult troe to ship distance and make good
growth aud the same may bo said OF all other
evergreen trees. Tho tranaplanting gives them
nn additional quantity of hbrous roots noar tho
baso Of tho plant, while those not thus trans-
planted lose their tibrous rootB by the digging
up with tho spade.
In Scotland aud England, there Is no great
1itlicultyin tho handling Of the laroh- plants
for, in February and March, when the planting
ia done, the weather is damp and foggy, and tho
plants do not dry out; but, in our drying oimato,
TIE GREATEST CARE
must bo exercised.
It cannot bo expected that every farmer ia able
to plaut half-dozon acrcs Of forest-trees, and
wait tue long ten years for tho Drop to mature
but he may plant few each year, and, with this
now Club and Grange arrangement, will bo able
to got them ut reduced pricoB. .-eyon lesa III somo
instances, Than l havo named. Five hundred or
1,0O0 plants will cost him but tritlo, and, in tho
setting aud care of tllcHo, bo will learn to mall
ago tllom to better advantage; for MI mon, at
tleir first attempt ut setting. will commit some
Of operations il Of advantage. You may toll a
person how to do piece Of work, and yot he will
lind, when he comes to do 1t, that
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