The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-05-28
Hallway, Of Alexis, Ill, 3l,2z5: Glen
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Duke of Andrie. To- j. B. Sanbern. 81
Port Huron. $4,000. 5@@i ',..<f}
Tree Planting In MtnDssoss.

There is l,ttle doubt that the. subject
Of tree.planting has excited.a general in.
terest throughout almost evsry section OF
the State, and particularly in those re-.
lgions where timber. of oil the; lavish gifts
Of nature, IL alone wanting. Now that the
lpracticability of tho heretofore unsclved
|problem Of tree.planting upon the bleak
|prairies has been fully demonstrated by
tho energy and enterprise Of tho St. Paul
ID Pacific Railroad Company, (Main
Line) the people. not only along tho line
of that road, but elsewhere, have awaken.
ed from their long lethargy. and arc be.
stirring themselves to accomplish by in.
dividual exertion, what they are aware
has been most successfully done by cor.
Iporate enterprise. As consequence, in
many sections. each and every land owner
in the treeless regions, has gone
into the business on his own hook.
The general interest thus excited will
certainly be productive of immense bene.
fit to the State and in . comparatively
brief period.
L. B. Hodges, tho energetic Superinten.
dent Of tho Treeplanting Department Of the
st. Paul & Pacific Company.-the gentle.
man who is emphatically the parent Of
the system in this State, and has accomp.
lished more than any other man in de.
monstrating its entire practicability-say
him as to the amount of work done this
spring and elected the following facts {:
The farmers, Notwithstanding the unus;
sually cold spring, and other dispiriting
circumstances, incident to tho general de.
preston Of Buses, have taken hold of
the matter in dead earnest, and
in tho regions along the main
line Of the St. Paul ard Pacific
have set out not less than 100000 young
trees this season. Last year they hesita-
ted about planting one thousand cuttings
per man, but this spring many of them
became ''enthused'' and set out ut least
5000 young trees each. A sort of a gen.
erous rivalry sprang up amongst them
and they We'd with each other 10 to who
should be declared to be tho champion
|planter in the neighborhood. Hart Bar.
ton, son of Hon. Ara Barton, Of North
field, Mr.. Hodges says, to his knowledge,
set out on Saturday, tho first inst, o,720
cuttings. And 30 with many others who,
although planting less number, were no
less spirited and enthusiastic in their
work.
The company, on Arbor day. planted
100000 young cuttings, and during
the season which closed on the
18Th inst, not less than 100000. Mr..
Hodges further ventures the opinion
that in twenty years the now treelsss
prairies of the State along the line Of the
St. Paul and Pacific Road will be the best
timbered section Of tho State. Incredu.
'ous As this may now appear, tho predic-
ton is not at all improbable when we
take into consideration the present tcm.
per Of the people of the prairies on the
Isubject, the remarkable success which has
thus far attended all experiments, the
surprising rapidity and vigor of growth
of the young trees, and last but not least,
NE fact that the timbered section is being
daily but surely depleted to supply the
increasing demands from all parts Of the
State and elsewhere. Taking all these
matters into consideration, tho cenclu-
sion Of Mr.. Hodges is far from improb-
able,