Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-13
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Growth 81 Various Varieties.

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Growth 81 Various Varieties.
Pioneer Press.
The tree planting act raises in value st
once every tree claim in the west. From
forty acres with trees twelve apart it il now
reduced to ten acres four FEET apart at time
Of planting, and nine hundred standing trees
ct the expiration Of eight years from the
date Of setting. This 10 4 reasonable Law
and there is much more hop: Of Minnesota
getting . supply Of timber than under The
four times the amount now called for. And
now We wish to say . word e those whe
next year, or the year after, Intend 70 set
out their groves.
There are other trees that will do we'll,
and grow fast besides cottoawoeds and soA
naples. Some years ago We were on q farm
been carried on to . greater extent than We
have ever sssn it elsewhere, and in order to
test the rspidity Of the growth Of The differ
ent varieties planted, We took the mssaure-
ments and hei ghts Of . large number. with
the following result:
Two Norway sprucsa, get twenty years,
were Eve feet and . half in circumfsrsnos.
forty feet IN height and had . spread Of
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black spruce set fifteen years was twenty.
I've feet in height and propsrtionately large.
Two balsan irs, ut sixteen YEAR, vers
thirty feet high.
A European larch, ret seventeen years,
was forty-two feet high and four in circun.
ference At the base.
A Scotch pine, Get eighteen years, was
twenty-six feet high.
A kand nine AT .avau%>>~ ~>.~ -.
three feet eight inches in circumisnsncs and
twenty-five feet high.
A white pine, Get eighteen years, was four
feet in circumfersncs, while an Austrian,
ct fourteen years, vas twenty feet high.
A Russian spruce, ct fifteen years, wa
about fifteen feet in height.
The red esdars and arbor vltses. set four
teen years, averaged tweaty feet in height
while Z hedge or wind break, Get entirely
around an eighty acre farm, was composed
years, which averaged 6hssn feet, nsxt Z
row Of Scotch pine twenty-five fsst high,
and outside Of this . row Of e., maple.
ranging l.om twenty-five 70 thirty feet ii
height. These formed . perfect security
against high winds and reduced The temper.
ature in the enclosure several degrees.
Hard naples, ut twenty Year,, sysraxei
ever thirty let In Insight.
One soft maple, sst eighteen ysars, va
fly feet in height and ok feet in circumisr
snce at the base.
A black walnut, ct sixteen year,, VI,
four fest three inches in dianstsr, while
sycamore, transplantsd twenty years bsfors
from the timber, was seven feet in circum.
ference at the bass and fsrty-sight ,feet d
height.
A silver leaf poplar, ct twenty year, VA
seven feet two inches in circunfafsnce and
thirty. Eve feet in height, and . gcldsn vii
lev, that twsaty Year, before hid besn stuei
into the gfeund . switch, was sIsvsa ~
eight inches In circumstances and ever ferty
feet high. \,
There are many other varistiGs-soms .
then rare specinsns-but enough has bssl
IihsWn to prove that eva our slow ssSwini
varieties, II carefully s~uitivaSsl, villph /
few years. BECOME Qrsat trse.. But tho
thsn jsst . clsssly q II they wers otcAsEt
trsss, II The - results ass y 10 sscdssa.t
An intases Of Geosasful tiobes gzsWind
in Ninnsssta nay b sssa % ths fsa :
E. Chamberlain, Of Kassoa, in Dsdgs CO.
whore ten acres Of soh timber hat kav,
bssa carefully tended for afv ysass q,
now show spscinsas seven inches il dan
etsr. This grew falplsha Hin III II I'D
cd h probably ~ aow q he deoe - u
. wood pile - any nan IN ths state outidl
the timber district But hk grove weak
hsve kAd tWScs II valus II ~ tsoss Asl
hssa partly of hasa nd pastly q 49, ~
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