Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-03-22
PLANT Trees
President Worst of the Agricultural
College Urges Every Farmer to
Plant Forest Trees.

printed forcibIe article giving reas-
ons why North Dakota farmers
should plant trees. The writer said:
..",There used to be popular fallacy
among a cestain class of people to
the effect that utility was the first
consideration and the more homely a
thing was the greater its value.
Happily people have now come to
realize that a useful thing can also
be made attractive and the more at
tractive the more satisfaction it gives
'sTrees in North Dakota are not
only ornamental but useful: Consis-
tent tree planting by farmers would
soon result in a fine shelter belt :. be-
ing established in few years.
president Worst of the agricultur-
al college is most enthusiastic on tree
planting and is one of those..inGerest:
ed 10 the upbuilding of the state
who takes the opportunity to urge
such actions on the part OF farmers.
I'm an interview before leaving to
JOIN the G. N. seed train president
Worst urged that every farmer make
arrangements to plant a few trees
every year.
e Every farm should have from
Ave to ten acres planted in forest
trees said President Worst.
1T would greatly improve the ap-
pearance of the landscape and In a
short time become source Of profit.
It has been demonstrated that five
acres planted with the right kind of
trees and properly cultivated will. at
che end of six or eight years be more
profitable than the same area plant
ed to wheat or other grain. After the
trees are we'll started they need no
|other attention than that necessary to
prevent fire destroying Them
" 1T does not cost great deal to
plant and care for five acres of tim
Der and the investment is one Of the
best land owner can make. For
looks alone it is worth more than
the cost and for future fence posts,
fuel, etc., five or ten acres of timber
will prove of great value Such
varieties as American elm soft maple
white and green ash. blackberry and
Carolina poplar do we'll and box eld-
ers answers good purpose as nurse
tree, to be removed as soon as the
trees begin to crowd each other. The
cultivation required is about the
same as corn should have, but culti-
walton becomes unnecessary in about
five yeats. By that time the shade
and dead leaves will be sufficient to
keep the soil in a loose, moist cop-
dition, such as trees require
~" Il feel certain that, all other
things being eQuala quarter section
of land containing five acres Of good
healthy timber five years old, as
against quarter section with no
trees on it will out sell the latter
three times the total cost OF the
trees. II it will not. then the buyer
we'll the less said. perhaps the bet
ter. But plant trees. They beautify
the landscape they make both sum-
mers and winter more agreeable ;they
make the growth of small fruits pos.
sible and they elevate the minds and
hearts of men. No equal expenditure
Of labor and money will SO improve
the farm as that used for the pur.
chase planting and cultivation Of
trees for future fuel supply. shelter
belts or for ornamentation. For ex-
plicit Information as to species that
will thrive here, where obtained,
how to prepare the soil, how to plant
and how to cultivate them, write to
the agricultural college. Bullet fns
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