Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-04-28

as fuel Acorns possess more value as
stock food than most people suppose
they do. In Great Britain they are held
in high esteem for feeding to both pigs
and sheep. The OAK Is aliberal bearer.
is hearty and longlived. The wood OF
several varieties is very valuable for
posts, for handles to tools, and for ma
ierials for barrels and casks. Some
kinds of oak make most excellent and
! all kinds make a very fair quality OF
f. fuel There is no more valuable tree
than the chestnut in places where it can
be grown. Ii pays TO raise IT on broken
and rocky land for the nuts it bears or
for the timber or fuel furnished by the
wood itself. Nut bearing trees are al
ways useful for two purposes, often Tor
three. and sometimes, as when they
. furnish good shade and serve rs Orna-
. ments to the farm, are valuable for no
/ less than FIVE distinct uses. Nut bear
/ ing trees generally prefer broken. rocky
/ land. which is not adapted to the pro-
ducpon of annual crops, or the banks
of streams and lakes where the pillow can
not be employed to good advantage.
Many persons object to nut-bearing
trees because it is difficult to transplant
them on account of their tap roots,
which are quite long, even when the
trees are very young. 1t is easy. how
ever. to raise them by planting the seed
/ in the places where the trees are de-
sired, and by adopting this course the
expense of purchasing trees is saved.
All the varieties of the ash are valua-
BILE for other purposes than fuel The
wood is used in the construction of a
large number of agricultural impie-
ments. for finishing houses. for slaves
and heading for barrels and casks, for
making baskets, for dimension timber
and rails. Most varieties of the ash
flourish best on land that is too moist
for most agricultural purposes, and is
unsuitable for the production of the
better kinds of grass. a few kinds of
trees, as the Eastwood or linden, pro-
duce large amount of blossoms which
secrete honey. A Eastwood forest is OF
great value TO bee-keepers. The wood
of these trees is now in active demand
for materials for boxes and other pack
ares for berries and other small fruits.
The linden grows very rapidly. Is read
ily propagated by seed or suckers that
spring up around the main trunk. The
Young trees stand transplanting well
and flourish on variety of soils. The
trees east a dense shade. The trees
when placed in suitable situations are
highly ornamental. When of large
size they present very stately and
picturesque appearance.
Two points should never be lost light
of in attempting to raise forest trees
with a view to profit. One is to place
them on land that is of comparatively
little value for general agricultural pur-
poses. On nearly every farm OF consid-
cradle size there is some land too
rocky, broken or moist for general cul-
tiyation This land is always adapted
to the production OF one or more varie-
ties of valuable trees. By planting
them on these waste places the appear
ance of the farm may be improved and
its value increased. The other point is
TO plant those varieties of trees that
arevaluable for more than one purpose.
Before expanding money for trees 20
set out. il is best to ascertain if they
are likely to succeed in the locality for
which they are designed. Large sums
have been expended in Northern Hi
nois for chestnut. hemlock and beech
trees by persons who were accustomed
TO them in other parts of the country.
and who desired 10 have their old
friends in their new homes. With rare
exceptions their time and money have
been expended in vain. Chicago Times.