Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-24
TREE PLANTING.
\ Subject or Great Importance TO Every
Citizen OF Dakota.

Correspondence rreS and pakotatan.
We regard tree planting and fruit grow
lug as subjects of the utmost Importance To
every cltizeu of our territory. Whether
dwelling In towns or settlements, or on
homesteads. no Que should be indifferent or
careless IN this matter. We know how
every man and woman in y new country Is
burdcned with labor. 10Y each day and
hour is occupied with cares which may not
be neglected, for on them the living seems
to depend; and yet we say, whatever YOU
are obliged 10 neglect do not fail to make a
beginning, wherever you are living, in set.
ting out trees, planting tree seeds. procur-
ing shrubs and vines aud doing something
towards an orchard and a grove about your
dwelling. Whether we consider the profit
font Of the family, or the improvement, that
is made In the appearance of the home, we
are sure that in no other way can 50 much
be done with so little outlay of time and
expense as BY planting trees and shrubs and
vines and ia no other way can the beauty
Of a country I've so much increased. We
would be glad to arouse the attention Of all
to this subject as spring opens. Can we
not have n united etto,t made to do some
thing in every town and in every school
district towards making n beginning In this
good work. We have always found that
when a beginning is once made in this
matter the thing is accomplished. \ love
Of the work g;ows with every tree or vine
what one man does in his garden a neigh
Dor aspircs t. do in his. If one home
steaaer sets out n row of trees or a small
orchard his %neighhorS are encouraged to do
likewise. We are not. in many districts,
able to build costly school houses as yet,
but a little effort % the par, of the directors
or some energetic man or woman in every
place. may Inspire the young people to
beautifv the 'ot where the school house
stands, or is to stud, and plant it with q
few trees, il even Of the most common
kinds. Imagine the difference very soon
in the appearance OF Dakota prairies. if in
every district the premises of the school
house were adorned BY a few we'll tended
trees with hardy vines about the porch.
The effect on the children would be most
beneficial. Nothing tends so rapidly to
educate them in reiinemen, as I, cultivate
a love for the beautiful in nature. Just so
on the homestead. In passing through
a country We do not notice, perhaps, a new
house, even much nicer than its neighbours.
but q sod or log house, with a young grove
near it, a few vines and shrubs and a flower
bed or two, reminds US at once Of the
"home in the east we have none Of us been
very long absent from, aud VI turn to look
az it while it remains in sight, and it comes
TO US afterward as a picture not TO be for
gotten. MANY have the idea that it is no,
easy to make trees grow here, and that
fruit growing, especially, will not prosper.
This is a wrong impression. We are sure
there is no country in our latitude or even
a degree south o. Us, where every hardy
tree and fruit will flourish so we'll. Having
had an experience OF twenty-five years in
lows, and now Of two years here, We Will
try to tell our readers what kind of trees to
plant and how 10 plan, them; also, how t.
procure them with least exposure, hoping
to inspire some with the faith that is in US,
that tree growing here is u be a great sue
cess, and that if we do our part in the matter
Dakota will soon follow the example Of
Iowa and become. not only q prosperous,
but a beautiful state. Z. S. T..
Maple Grove, Lincoln Co. Dakota.