Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-26
What varieties would you advise me to

What varieties would you advise me t.
set?
The kinds that do best in your locality
| if there are any plantations, or native tree.
about you.
There are no trees near but the cotton
wood.
Then set the black walnut, butternut
green and white ash, soft maple and box.
elder, (ashed-leaved maple) and the cot
ton wood also, if you like.
Shall plant each variety by itself?
Yes, with the exception of the walnut
and butternut. To make valuable trees
these latter must be set from one to two
rods apart each way. The other trees act
as nurses to them. Walnuts by themselves
do not succeed set four feet each way. In
after years, in thinning out, you leave the
walnuts and the timber becomes valuable
Deciduous trees are never seen CROWN g
near mature walnut trees. They die out OF
themselves if not removed. ssa
Can grow any kind of.Fcrops among
my young trees?
No, sir.
Shall Cultivate them in any way?
Cultivate for two years as you would
corn-just as faithfully, but no later thar
you would corn, or you will get an after
growth that will not mature.
Do the black walnuts transplant well?
Yes, sir, if you cut the tops down to si1
or eight inches before planting.
Do any or ell these varieties of trees
need after pruning?
But very little. If more than one lead.
er, cut back all but one to within six inches
of the body. This will give you a well
shaped tree. Do the pruning after the
leaves fall and before freezing?
Is it not better for me to plant seeds
where I want the trees than to plant the
seedlings?
| My experience is that it is not best. If
you want to plant the seeds, plant il
| nursery rows and cultivate one season be-
| fore transplanting.
hear a great deal about the catalpa OF
late. You do not mention it IN the list
| you gave me. Will it not do for me?
| Your location is too far north. It i:
doing we'll in Green and Ida counties, Iowa
| about the latitude of Milwaukee. would
| not recommend it farther north, though il
| sometimes does well.
With my plantation nicely established
begin to thin them out?
growth.
How many should remove?
Every other row running north and
south. This will give the remaining tree:
| more air and sun.
At what time of year shall I do this thin
| ming!
Do it in August.
! Why!
If yoa cut in August and let the trees re-
| main nntrimned until winter you get bet
! ter wood for fuel or any other farm pur.
pose. Besides this, the young suckers
from the stumps will start and be killed by
| the succeeding winter, and the next year
| none will appear to amount to anything.
To what economic use besides fuel can
put these saplings?
Use them for fence posts to spike on in
place of boards to complete the fence, for
poles and stakes and other uses. .
When will it be necessary or useful to
again thin out?
In four or five years begin thinning the
| other rows, removing every other tree, OF
the weaker ones.
Of the different kind of timber you have
advised metto plant, (which, in your opinion
will prove the most remunerative?
u Ash andLsoft maple will give the quickest
returnsza The walnut will be the most val.
liable, but.it will be later.
I have a. few acres Of rather low, wet
and. Can I plant any kind of trees
to advantage on this land?
Yes, the willow, either the golden or the
gray, sometimes called white. Cultivate
| and thin. out the same as the other planta.
ton. You may drain the land and plant
the other varieties as have told you.
Can allow any kind of stock to run il
my timber lot?
After the fourth year you can admit
either sheep or calves. You must protect
from stock when young or your plan tatior
will be rnined.