Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01

Jury. Nothing DuC a few drops OF
editorial blood will suffice to wipe
out this stain.
PLANT TREES.
Pres. Worst Tells Why Trees Should be
Planted by Farmers.
Farmers can do nothing in the way
of permanent improvement of the
country that will produce a more
pleasing effect for the eye and at the
same time mitigate the severity of the
winds and the probabilities of drouth,
than by planting trees. If every
cultivated quarter section of land in
North Dakota contained five acres of
timber it would unquestionably rev.
olutionize the climatic conditions of
the state and favorably. At the same
tim it would make North Dakota one
of the prettiest states of the union.
It would be worth more to the state
than all the irrigation schemes that
ever will be devised and put into
operation. 1t would put more water
in the soil than irrigation ever will
and distribute it over undulating as
we'll as over flat lands. The salvation
of agricultural industry in the western
and northwestern sections of the state
may yet depend upon the cultivation
of forests. Irrigation is a good thing
so far as it car be practiced, but
forestry is a better thing for it will
benefit all. Let us plant trees on
every farmland irrigate wherever
water can be turned upon land. The
element of risk must be eliminated
from farming operations as far as pos
sible to make agriculture highly pro-
ftable.
The remedy is an easy one. All
that is needed is for farmers to begin
now, this spring, plant trees, plenty
of them, in gloves large enough to
produce forest conditions.
:. PROCEDURE.
Select five arces of cultivated ground
ten acres if possible; plow deep and
drag thoroughly. Mark the ground
n in perfectly straight rows eight feet
h apart. Plant an elm every thirty-two
h feet in the row, an ash or soft maple
q midway between the elms and seven
box elder trees Zone every two feet)
between these trees. You will now
n have trees two feet apart one way and
q eight feet apart the other way.
q Plant seedlings one or two years
" old by thrusting a narrow spade deel
in the row, press the handle forward
10 set tree in the opening thus made,
then lift the spad and press the eartl
down with your foot. Trees suitable
g. for planting can be purchased from
A. nurseries for about So. so per thousand
err The roots of the trees must be KEEP
ke moist from the time they are takel
to up until they are planted.
lie After planting, procure an Acm
cd drag or other shallow c%ultivator seve
feet wide and cultivate the groun
between the tree rows four or fv
&C. times each season, permitting n
ng weeds or grass to grow. Should an
ne trees die, replant the following ses
en- son. After about five years the shad
in from the trees and the fallen leave
NJ will obviate the necessity for turtle
I'm cultivation. The trees will be
J.. thickly set that their growth will ten
upward, as in a forest, but when the
OF begin to crowd each other the be
The elders can be gradually thinned on
Ill leaving the elms, ash and soft mapl
BE- for permanent timber.
for After five years the growth
timber on each acre for fuel, shou:
represent a money value equal to tn
at produced Ivy any grain crop, b
Ine without expense to the farmer.
iu1 the course of years it would becon
re- necessary, upon the removal Of a tire
me to plant another in it's place to co
ian tinue the forest. The trees may
distributed differently than here i
cat Dictated, but do not plant cottonwoo
in a grove. They are not a fore
IN. tree and are too short lived VIII
planted close together. They may
o+o planted in a row around the farm a
will grow rapidly where they
plenty Of sunlight.
be- Shelter belts of hardy trees and W
ms low hedges around buildings wou
ger also improve and beautify the pre-
ted Uses and add comfort and value
the the farm, far beyond the expense
The setting them out and subsequent cul
for walton.
der Success in forest experiments {
Tim ponds upon thorough cultivation