Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-16
Injudiclous Tree-Planting.

siderable number Of forest trees ON every |
farm Tbev are always wanted for orna- |
ment and shade On most nrairic farms
some treos % are wanted for protection |
aoa;nst tI,e wind Il a sunolv of nuts |
sn;tahle for tho wants of a family ;s almost |
no dcsirable nc a sunnlv of fruif. n is n |
great convenienoe 10 have an opportunitv |
70 nrocnre fnel. nosts. stakes and poies |
On ones own Ground IL occas sion reo,,ires.
a farm will sell for more il IL contains a
ooodlv humber of fine forest trees
Nost nersons are aware of The great |
inconyenience of goine long distance
to nrocnre a few nosts rails or sunnorts
for vines and trees. Although coal is
yanerallv used for fuel in tbe west. still |
Some wood is reouired for kindlinp fires
and IL is often ouite difficult to obtain.
A nrairie farm entirely destitute of trees.l
ia MISUNDERSTANDING place. except
duing the time crons Are growing. II
gives The same impression q desert does.
There ia nothing TO remind one that the
soil is productiye or that the place Is ever
visited bv sonp-birds. Forest trees
brealr tbe monotonv Of n prairie farm.
They add to its beauty as well as to its
value. They afford crops that do not
reouire constant labor to produce. They
rive the place the appearance of home
where peonle enioy life and expect I,
remain.
Still il is possible to spend much time
and money in planting and cultivatipg
forest trees that will simply .scumber
the ground" It is true that the value
and appearances of many farms in ILL.,
nois have been injured by iniudicious
tree-plantinp. Good soil. capable of.
! producing twenty bushels OF wheat
or eiobty of corn per acre. has been
planted to trees shat are of scarcely any
value for any purpose. They afford
yery little shade and supply wood that is
very difficult to burn and productive of
little heat. The trees do not beautify,
but, on the other hand, disfigure the
premises. They attract MANY insects
but presents few attractions to birds.
The trees produce no nuts and their
blossoms are devoid of beauty or fra
GRANGE. The trunks and branches of
| the trees are of no value for timber, be-
ing lacking in strength and durability.
| The wood Is hard to split but very easy
to rot. The roots, however, are en-
dowed with wonderful vitality. They
will live though persistent efforts are
made to destroy them. They will ex-
tend into places where they are not
wanted. and win occupy the land to the
exclusion of all kinds of valuable pro-
ductions. They will stop plows, break
cultiyators. and throw up sprouts that
will prevent the use of the moving
machine and the horse.rake. They will
prove to be inexhaustible mines, not of
wealth but of trouble and ANNOYANCE.
Most farmers who settle on the prairies
desires to have some trees of considera-
BILE size as soon as possible. They ac-
cordinply set out willow, poplars, locusts
and cottSnwoods. After the trees have
become somewhat mature tbey see their
mistake, They find some of the trees
they have planted to be vegetable nui-
sances. A Colorado paper paws this
notice to tree that has been very ex-
tensiyely planted throughout the west:
"The cottonwood is the hog of the for
est, gross. rough, thievish, ill-mannered
and filthy in habits: splitting its cotton in
yonr face. over your clothes. ON your
carpets-everywhere. The thievine pro-
pensities of its roots. feedino on the rich
est soil, will allow no well-bred plant or
tree to GROW, near. This tree is the
Chinese In tree society. thriving under
the worst treatment OF thriving in the
| poorest SOIL. w nile III draws ltS enIlrG
/ support from the soil at the expense of
crops and the better class of trees. in
return it giyes nothing back again to the
soil" Millions of Iombardy poplars
are planted out every year. Its difficult
to ascertain the object Of the person who
| set them out or who thrust sprouts into
the ground. The trees produce about as
much shade as telegraph poles, but are
not as ornamental. They afford no pro-
lection AGAINST the wind, which blows
them down. causing the destruction of
the objects on which they fall. They
commence to die at about the time they
have sent their roots abroad sew
eral rods on either side. The
wood is of scarcely any value for
any purpose. As fuel. it ranks
with green corn-stalks. If one wishes
to raise large crop of worms he has
only to set out number of willows. II
he desires borers he can easily obtain
them by planting locusts. Only few
parent trees are required. Their prog
eny will be numerous. These trees, once
introduced, will keep possession of the
soil as long as it contains any nutriment.
The roots will work under ground like
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