Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22
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YANK TON, DAKOTA.
Saturday Evening, March 22, 1879
TREES AND rsee SEEDS.

How 60 Plant and xow the Varieties
Adapted to Our Pratries.
US HOLSTER In the st. Paul Dispatch.
A continually increasing private cores
poodence upon this subject Is our only ex-
cuse for sgain presenting It In the Dispatch.
While many who read this and the articles
TO- Ollow upon the subject may be better
prepared to give than To receive instruction.,
there Is q greater number who are hungry for
the slightest guidance. the simplest dircc.
lions how to proceed In establishing econom-
lcally and permanently q plantation of forest
trees upon their tree claims or other lands.
Tn first question in importance seems
to be, whether they shall sow or plant: or,
10 other words, whether they must plant
the seed where the tree IL to remain, or
transplant the seeding tree to its permanent
location.
10 the old tree planting sections of Eu
rope tho iOrmer plan was adhered to for
many years, but 1t gradually grew into dis
favor, until now it Is an established rule
never to SOW except in cases where it is
almost Impossible to plant" There is much
his rule. 1t is MOI a simple theory, but a
a fact, practically demonstrated. The dis.
lance apart that trees are to be planted TOR
a permanent plantation, while it is Just
right tor proper tree growth after the tree
has grown to the hlgth of ten feet, it is too
great for the right development Of seedlings.
Plant soft maple seed for instance, four feet
apart, the growth is wide AMI spreading (;
the branches start from the buse, aud the
growing tree has no well defined trunk, IN
less rigldly pruncd. On the contrary if
planted six inches apart. the young tree
shoots a single stem straight upwards, AID
II allowed to grow ten years before trans
planting, has u straight symmetrical trunk
established upon which to build q perfec,
tree.
Again, in planting seeds where the tree
liz to grow there is so much uncertainty
about a uniform termination that several
seeds should be planted when one tree is
wanted. In going over a field planted in
this way, in some Of the places ali the seeds
Will be found to have grown, while in others
the seeds have failed or mice or birds have
destroyed them, and there is still much
transplanting to do.
Again, Seeding, of a majority of fores,
trees, and particularly the c%onifers, neec
some protection the first year. either agains'
scorching heat or severe frost. The protec
ton these little trees afford one another
when grown in masses, is Of great value
both in protection against drying winds il
summer and in retaining snow in winter
Another important item is that while you
seedlings are growing in a seed bed, yol
may have unobstructed use of the land yol
intend to plant.
These suggestions are made upon the sup
position that you have begun in time ant
if for a three claim, your Limitation of tim,
is not allowed to catch you without trees t.
transplant. In the latter event, if you can
not afford TO purchase seedlings, by al
means plant seeds Of ash, elm, box elder o
main, and take chances.
BY planting the field to corn, and at III,
proper season planting a tree seed at tn
foot of each corn hill, you are pre- t
apt to succeed, as the corn will afford fail
summer and winter protection.
Our plan for nursery or forest planting
has always been to grow seedlings two O
three years in a we'll prepared bed, givin,
them thorough cultivation, and finally trans
planting where wanted, and when there i
plenty of time this will, in the end, be foune
to be the cheapest plan. 1t may be we'll t
state here that with nut-bearing trees trans
planting is a difficult matter, and tina
acorns and nuts should BIZ planted wher
the tree is wanted. E~vergreens or larct
cannot be grown by sowing seed az for iels
culture. 1t is important that they be star,
ed in seed beds.
TINE TO SOW.
This is a matter not generally under.
stood, as we now have calls for tree seed!
entirely out Of season. All evergreen ,rc,
seeds, as we'll as European larch and 10
Gust. may be sown in early spring. Ais,
seeds of ash and hard maple, if CAREFUL,
kept In SAND or sawdust through the win
ter. Soft maple and elm ripen thei
seeds in June. and should be planle,
soon after, and will make q fair growth tn
same season. Six weeks may be consider
ed the limit of time they can be pre-
served without serious damage.
Acorps, walnuts and hutternuts are hes
planted Immediately after ripening. or ma
be kept in boxes of earth during white
and planted early in the spring.
Box elder ripens in September an,
should be sown in the fall.
Hard maple, ash and Eastwood ripen il
the fall, aud, though as above started, the
may be kept until spring, they are bette
planted in autumn.
Box elder seeds may be kept until plan,
ing time in spring. by spreading thinl
upon the ground and covering with fou
inches of old straw or chat.
mi TO PLANT.
AS a general rule, applicable alike I
rooted trees and to cuttings of willow an
Lomoardy poplar, early spring is the bes
time to transplant all trees. If to exped,t
matters in the spring you wish to dig you
trees in the fall, do so, and heel them i
until spring. The earlier cuttings ar
planted the more certain they are 10 grow
In the latitude Of Minnesota April is ,h
great tree planting month, aud but l,ttl
should be done after that, though evergreen
may be safely transplanted until JUNE
Larch must be planted as soon as th
ground will work.