Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-10-15
TREES FOR POSTERiTH


Planting Trees an Easy way 70
profit with Pleasure.
MANY OF our finest trees require
generation or two OF time to acquire
proportions that will make them any
thing like perfect specimens. u 10
hard matter to get people to plah'
thus for the benefit OF those VINO arc
70 come after. However inexpensive
work 1t may be. few, comparatively
are willing to plant for their posterity'
We all know that in buying iaFm' vi
q home In the country, most men VIII
nav extra for any such Improvement
Even those who neglect to plant can
appreciate the value Of the improve
ment when made. A farm that has 5
roadway lined with fine lot OF thrii'y
trees will often bring two or three
hundred dollars more than one equaiiy
eood'in other respects. but which mas
naked front
Sentimental farmers do not create
this value, for even the most stolrd
can appreciate it. Protecting belts OF
timber are OF incalculable benefit TO
AGRICULTURAL lands. aside from the
pleasure and comfort they afford the
inhabitants. Winter grains and all
grasses are much more likely to with
stand a hard winter. II shielded by
belts of timber. than II exposed to the
sweep OF tho winds. In our Northern
climate the snow must serve as pro-
tecting mantle against the intense
cold. and the variations of heat and
cold. For this purpose snow is most
excellent mulch. if We can have 1t
spread evenly over the ground. 10
obtain this equal division the sweep OF
the wind must be checked. Ii there
be nothing but fences and open lands
or roadways. the main body OF the
snow will be piled in drifts along one
side Of the fence, leaving bare spots in
the open field. where freezing and
thawing alternate through the winter
to the detriment of the plant roots
thus exposed.
A few narrow belts OF timber across
the country, perhaps along the d.
vision fences, and the roadways. woulo
change all this, and save untold dol
lars to the farmers. All living Great
ures in such countries would find the
winters, and summers. too, more en-
durable; and much of the tediousnes.
of travel would he removed by this
Tho -tr actin nf
country that he is travelling through
is largely governed by these and like
improvements. 1t should be the ain
of every farming community to draw ~
much wealth and ability into its mids
as possible, for the highest develop
ment OF the material and other re
sources of the country. To do this,
country must be made attractive an
pleasant. One can judge very nearl
of the character OF people by thei
surroundings.
have heard men say that there
no use in trying to improve their neigh
with them. | do not find this state
rf1ent borne ont by facts. AS | said be
FORE the most sto!id, and apparent
the most unappreciative are glad
possess any thing that has been d.
monstrated to be of actual cash value
If they find the market value of far
is increased by such improvement
they are among tile first to avail then
selves of the opportunity for increa
ing the value of their possession
One good, thrifty farmer who is nj
4 afraid to go ahead. will do much t,
ward introducing a better order
things into bis neighborhood. A
S honor to the men who have the cou
e age and unselfishness to plant tire,
" for the benefit of those who are
e come after. Such action will not {
l. without its reward. even in this d.
J. and generation. Beside the mo
d valuable and slower-growing varietie
Q there are many quick-growing kin
:, that may be planted for more imm
IS diate effect The main thing is to g
g to planting. Plant something's
d best that you can get, and then do n
t. let them go to waste for want of ca
o and attention. Ohio Farmer.