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

What varieties would you advise me Il
set?
The kinds that do best in your locality
if there are any plantations, or native trees
about you.
There are no trees near but the cotton.
wood.
Then set the black walnut, buttefnut
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 n 49,
Can grow any kind ofsEcrops among
my young trees?
No. sir.
Shall I cultivate them in any way?
Cultivate for two years as you would
corn-just as faithfully, but no later than
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 six
or eight inches before planting.
Do any or all 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 we'll
shaped tree. Do the pruning after the
leaves fall.and before freezing?
Is it not better for me to plant seeds
where want the trees than to plant the
seedlings?
Ny experience is that it is not best. If
you want to plant the seeds, plant in
| nursery rows and cultivate one season be-
fore transplanting.
hear 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. 1t is
| doing well in Green and Ida counties, Iowa.
| about the latitude of Milwaukee. would
| not recommend it farther north, though it
sometimes does well.
With my plantation nicely established,
| with trees four feet apart, when should 1
begin to thin them out?
Eighth to tenth year, according to
growth.
How many should remove?
Every other row running north and
south. This will give the remaining trees
more air and sun.
At what time of year shall do this thin
ming?
Do it in August.
Why?
If you cut in August and let the trees re-
main untrimmed 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
| pat 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, or
the weaker ones.
| Of the different kind of timber you have
| advised me to plant,which, in your opinion,
| will prove the most remunerative?
Ash and soft maple will give the quickest
returns. The walnut will be the most val
| liable, bat it will be later.
1 have 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 in
my timber lot?
After the fourth year you can admit
either sheep or calves. You must protect
from stock when young or your plan tation
will be ruined.