The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-05-29

FORESTRY ExPE RE NOE.
I~nippssttRA W NOU Are AbOUt ~ liz.
AiA tlpDNiDA humber

NfFtH tbf hl6fPFi lslHhltNhN NEuf UNI
tAtloDs oD farms, for rough lands and
FOR ppfopestlng tho hills mud valleys
where once stood tho mighty oaks
elms and hlek0piea are tho white ash
ana 0alAlpa spoolosa, In its native
forest this oalnlpa often renehps n ~
nmetep VI three ~ -Four and n bnll feel
nn1 sometimes plspa straight for 30
fnat without a llmh hive had II
grow 10 u height Of tyn foot IN ono
ynAr from seed plNniel tho previous
autumn and M i've yppps 10 slNDd IN
10 10 feel high, hnt slngly II oftpn bn,
comes a solaggy, misshNpnn llpo, but
when sal IN groves Dp IN single mws II
generally shoots straight up, IN groves
u should ba planted about llyo foot
ApAll ia lDWs seven or olgbl foot npnpl,
And u lille pNpe md pruning tho first
three OF four yenps VIII insure straight
Trees,
The Wood ~ CLOSE grained, pnslly
worked anl mixes u tlpp polish Dna IN
suitable for Tho ynpy bpsl onblDpl work,
~ Well ~ for MI huilllng purposes,
ono ~ ~ mosl valuable qmllilps Nv
~ durability Posts hAyn boon kpOwn
10 AlnDl Ipp hpnlly n ppnlupy W tho
OLD lDrla and ~slopkAlns bulll by lhp
nNply Aplllnpa Nnl pnmnln sound hDlh
above ana below ground, II hAs benn
lsnl IDI railway Hos alongside OF the
best White oDk, Inns stood np undpr
lAn non West lWlllp, lrMly holl Tho
spikes md h Sill sound, though lpp
DlR Hos hive hpon replaced three
times, II h u lrnn lbDl MI who nye
Wlsn enough ~ begin growing lumber
pDn confidently plant,
The white nah h \ tppe lhNt ~ nNslly
Rp0Wn from seed, ana " alAnds INNS
PLANTING an Well ~ my lrp0 know
II ID y plnnlh mpll grower Npd pnn be
anl uNllR closely, u h y better grower
HlDHlp lhnn tNlAlW spnplOsN, going
hlInlghl np lnslpnd ~ lOpplng his way
nnl lhNll The wood IL used Tor III N
door work, for lWplemonls md fUpnI
lnVn " works wei, looks wen HNd IN
alp0nR and lRsllng, When perfectly
ilpy, tho wood weighs about 10 pounds
~ The cubic Foot While sUgNr mNplp
GENERALLY supposed 10 he y much
llhnylnp WNAdl WplRhs inlp pounds, For
fnnnn posts II N not yAlnnl highly, hnl
u mnkna \ good fnpl Nnl N excellent
for mflNra md MI Indoor work,
Probably the best WNy 10 obtain \
stock nr those Two trees ~ 10 SOW tho
Aneda ~ ploNh mNlloW soil ~ eaply IN
lhn hprlnH ~ Ihn gp0nnl onn be work
nh SOW lhlnly In drills Two or three
fnal npArll The trees NpA 10 hn this
nn OH nflap one yanr'A growth 1--WE
tpAl N fAr enough npnpl for the drills
" Tho soil N rloll Nnl IN kopt Glenn
ma well cultivated, tho seedlings VIII
mike \ growth NJ TWO 10 Ave fnnt, md
lhny ApR most easily handled and sol
ont when thAt aiaPy " one d0ns nol
w GROW tham from sep0, they pnn
III. 0linnpd from my lnpge nursery m
\ law lntn would, however advise ,
fApmnPs 10 sp0W thnlr own trees, Send
am hA procured from my lending
scotsman NOpA mol cost mnnh,
n hnallY Rlnnlhn, AHd there IN lIllln I
N0rk nh0Nt naplng Yer the seedlings, +,
lhnn one uannlN gets \ nnpr I'M NJ
ynnHl nnn lhnN oan no dug and aat en-
when n@0nYnnlnnt
IN setting nnt TN seedlings Wonln {
~ hnYn Tho r00tA about AlA lnphna /
0ng, en- nT n branches, hnt don't ON |
no hnpk M Tho tree would not them I
M m Anply ~ could work tho soil
INV. llmn nllPr lha M ~ March, Tho
.npllpp I'M better. W they nrn ant on !
0Nah Op hrNahy lNnd, would begin :.
nA Work m soon ~, Frost ~ ON, ~
hNy uVoW knoU the lonlDp uoinu