Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-10
PLANT TREES

l1lIANA AAALU
To Dakota Farmer: Section 1882
of the North Dakota tree. culture
law provides that any person plant
ing trees, not less than one acre or,
more than ten acres. shall be entitled
to three dollars per acre per year for
a period Of five years. II also pro-
rods planted along the public high
ways, provided that the trees are
planted not less than eight feet
apart and are kept in a thrifty, grow
ing condition. The bounty mem
toned herein is to be deducted annu-
ally from the real estate tax. In
other words, IL you planted trees in
1906 you were entitled to bounty on
your 1906 real estate taxes, and il
you plant trees in 1907 it win effect
your taxes the same way for a period
of five years. This tree culture law
took effect in 1906, and should be
taken advantage of while it lasts Tt
is not necessary to plant expensive
trees. IL you have a few willows or
5cottonwoods or Norway and Carolina
poplars you can simply cut a few slips
from them, making the slips eight or
ten inches long, and stick them in
the ground, leaving about an inch or.
two above the surface so they will
have a chance to leaf out after TAX
ing root. These slips. If planted
about the first of May, will take root
rapidly if the ground is warm and
moist, and while they are somewhat
slower than threes planted with roots
on them, vet. If they take good root,
leaf out some the first year and pull
through the first winter, they make
Just as good trees and, after the first
year, vii grow Just as fast as though
planted with roots on. But il you
can afford to get young trees already
footed, do so. as they will grom
much faster the first year, and If
they are yearlings or two years old.
they can be planted 50 much faster
and with less trouble, and they are
surer to take root and grow larger
than older ones.
ALI that is necessary In this case
is to p1ow the land as deep as posi-
BILE, narrowing it while it is still
soft and mellow so there will be no
Jumps Of earth. If you want to do
the work quickly. you should have
two men or one man, and stout
boy or girl, one to use the spade and
the other to carry along tho trees
and plant them. When planting,
simply push the spade into the
ground as far as you can with your
foot, pry it slightly backward and
forward to make a small opening In
the ground, then have the boy put
the tree down in the opening At
the same time, take the spade: out,
which will permit the loose, mellow
dirt to fall about the tree Then
tramp the dirt down firmly but not
too hard, and pass on to the next
tree. In this way man and boy
can plant many hundred trees on
day. Do not make the common mis-
take of planting them too close to-
buildings or you may get covered UNI
necessarily with snow because Of the
trees, The snow always gets ia be-
tween the trees planted too close to-
6gether and stays there, or IL they are
planted too close to the buildings it
will form drifts there. Therefore,
At is necessary to have some sort Of
shelter or windbreak for the grove
of trees such as three or four rows
of willows planted some distance
away from the grove proper. Plant
your windbreak as far north and
west of your buildings as you please,
then leave an open space, and plant
your inside trees between the Others
and the buildings. Then the wind
break and the vacant space will catch
most OF the snow. In this vacant
place, timothy or bronze grass might
be planted, which would make an
ideal hog pasture in the sumner.
James g. Murdoch, Wells Co, N. ID.