The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-03-12

2. Kinds, and number of each
kind.
8. How many lived and grew
well.
4. Cost of plantation.
To which append name and ad
dress.
NOTES ON PROCURING, KEEPING AND
PLANTING SEEDS AND TREES.
Evergreens and Larch should al
ways be procured from reliable nu,
serymer, and the trees used should
have been previously transplanted.
Avoid exposure of the roots to sun
shine or drying winds. Plant Larch
early.
The seed of Ash Leaf Maple and
the Green Ash may be gathered as
late as March lst, and sometimes la.
ter, and If moistened little as by
spreading thinly upon the ground
and so freezing a little will be al
most sure to grow. Keep seeds COW
cred while upon the ground. These
seeds and indeed all other tree seeds
should he planted early. These two
trees grow quite generally upon the
bottoms and borders of streams, but
they will thrive in any locality in
Iowa.
Silver Maple and Red Maple, both
known as Soft Maple, and all the
Elms, ripen their seeds in May or
June, and their seeds must be plant
ed soon after ripe or they will fail to
grow. Young Cottonwoods of the
Yellow Cottonwood, which is the
most profitable species, grow natur.
ally by millions on the sand bars and
sloughs bordering the Mississippi
and Missouri and other rivers, and
they may be procured at very small
cost. Persons away from the rivers
and who may not know where to get
them may address Judge G. E. Whi.
ting, of Whiting, Monona county,
Iowa, and enclose stamp for reply.
All Poplars, (including Cotton
woods) and all Willows, will grow
readily from cuttings.
Walnuts, Butternuts, and other
nuts and acorns are best kept sover
winter in shallow piles, say 4 inches
deep, in trenches or on the surface
of the ground in sheltered situa-
ton, or in thicket, under a shed, or
on south side hill, covered with lit.
ter or hay, and SO arranged that wa
ter cannot stand among them.
Plant nuts or acorns in drills from
one to three inches deep, planting
deepest in light or sandy soil, and
planting smaller nuts shallowest.
Seeds of Ash Leaf Maple and hard
Naples and Ashes may be gathered
in fall, say from Oct. lst to Nov. lst,
and kept in sand or earth, moist but
not wet, and should be protected
from severe freezing. Care must be
taken not to have too large a mass
of such seed together as it will heat
and mould.
Honey Locust seed may be kept
moist and frozen over winter, but
will not always grow in that way
the first year. To secure their growth
the first year they must be treated
to hot water, nearly boiling, till they
show signs of swelling. All tree
seeds should go into the ground ear
ly, say when wheat and oats are be-
ing sown.
Small trees plant easily and rapid,
ly either in trenches made by plow,
or with a spade thrust into the
ground, and leaned forward 30 as to
leave a space behind the spade for
the root of the tree: when withdraw
ing the spade, pressure Of the foot
will secure the tree in its place.
In mellow soil this plan has work.
ed well. Good clean culture always
pays in forestry.
1t is to be hoped that all who can,
will plant trees for permanent groves
whether they compete for the pre-
miums offered or not, for enough has
already been done to demonstrate
that groves can be planted with ex-
cellent profit. Indeed it appears
from what data We now have that no
crop can be produced at so great q
profit as can crop of trees, if we
give time enough to allow the trees
to come to marketable age, say 10
to 90 years.
HENRY Fl. MCAFEE,
Prof. Horticulture and
Forestry, Iowa Agl Col
G. E. WHITING,
Committee. Y. President Iowa Horti
cultural Society.
DUDLEY w. ADAMS,
Grand Master Patrons OF
Husbandry.
q. B. BRACKET, Pres.
JAS. L. BUDD, Secretary.