The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-12-27
PrattIebOrO Local
ste LAND BEING RECLAIMED.
nat Some Local Men Are Doing
With Pine Seedlings.

r.r prople have any knowledge, or
last any realization, of what half a
III AN Brattleboro business men have
IA a. or are planning to do in the way
~ what might be termed the reclama'
!, of waste or pasture land in and
& amid Brattleboro, Mention has been
no of the apple orchard of Il. b.
T rovs Of this town, which is locat.
in Marlboro, and of the orchard on
me. hill. owned by Il. l.. Hildreth and
l. French of Brattleboro, but the
biect Of pine tree planting by these
4 other men has not yet been touch
mon. Four years ago Mr.. Hildreth
IA Mr. French began setting out pine
& seedlings on their Ames hill farm,
M they have continued the work
sr since, so that they now have
0O handsome little trees growing
4. Fch are a delight to all who see
ON, others have now become inter
ned in the subject of pine tree grow
I, and henceforth thousands of pine
ceilings will be set out ON farms
1.tbin or 10 miles of Brattleboro vii
ge each year. From 10000 to 40
a b seedlings will be set out the com
s spring. and in addition a large
a,mber Of seeds which have been col
ted from the cones of native trees
4 ill be planted.
Harry l.. Emerson, who has recent
bought about 400 acres of land in
4, town and in Marlboro, has placed
order for 10000 seedlings, which he
I'm set out in May. The farm which
has bought is the Charles Bartlett
'hrm. half of which is in Brattleboro
md half in Marlboro. A large part of
he farm is growing spruce timber and
eber varieties. but there are on the
arm $50 acres or more of open land.
mr. Barrows owns 500 acres of land
mining up to about half mile south
h Marlboro south pond. 1t is located
90 Warren hill, and about 100 acres
re available for setting out trees. lie
Eill put in from 5000 to 10000 pine
seedlings the coming spring. Clarke Z.
Etts will utilize the open land on the
Ward Estey place in Dummerston,
which he bought several years ago, for
Pine tree growing and will set out
ll00O seedlings for a starter. Luclus
richardson and his son, Charles W.
Richardson, sold the timber on their
vood lots in the southern part OF the
own. near Guilford, recently, and the
timber is now being cut off. There
are 40 acres in the lots, and the TIM
Ter is largely pine. The Richardson's
lave saved the cones from the ola
rees and have secured a large amount
f seed therefrom, which they VIII
liant with a view to reforesting these
ame lots, and in addition to the SEED
hev will set out large number OF
ceilings. All these men are prom.
ent business men of Brattleboro, and
7hile the matter of reforestlng these
lDds is but a side issue with them 1t
etrays spirit of enterprise which is
ighly commendable. They will en-
" seeing the trees grow, though the
laterial benefits may go largely TO tne
lcceeding generation, and, while 9th
IS are devastating the forests OF New
gland, they will have the additional
.tisfaction of knowing that they have
attributed something to the country
large. They intend to keep on set
ng out seedlings year after year TOT
veral years at least.
Pine forests are Of course in danger
, fire and blight, but while the result
not certain the cost is not heaVy,
,e cost of the seedlings and the set
NO being around $l2 to $50 an acre
he seedlings may be procured at the
rrseries and experiment stations, ana
400 of them will pack into an IN
redibly small space. They are READY
, be set out at about two years ola,
nd at that age they can scarcely De
cen above the grass, but after TWO or
5ree years more they will grow rapid
= increasing in height IL inches, 10
ocbes. 90 inches and even more than
hat in single year. They are SET
* feet apart or about 1900 to an
ere Height rather than thickness Is
bo end TO be attained, and if the trees
NO set farther than six feet apart
bev will grow stocky rather than tai,
from 90 per cent. to 80 per cent; ol
he seedlings live, and in from 81 "
10 wears, depending upon condl ,r
be timber is ready to be cut. lhere
: a nine timber-lot of about three
,cres on the Putney road and another
If about the same extent IN ohes'e SUI
field where there are good sized Trees
moving from handset seedlings, puI
these are the only instances OF tne
sjnd in this locality. Besides Their
2ipe seedlings Mr.. Hildreth ana MI,
French have set out 5oo locust 'i0''
IN their Ames hill property.
Mr.. Barrows's apple orchard, 10
which he has given considerable at'e 20
tion in the past five years, is now ~ ~
acres in extent and includes n oyvD
trees They are mostly of the BAD,
win variety, but he has five otner va va.
rieties Mcintosh, Wealthy, Northern
Snv Sutton and Fameuse, on his com
mercial list. The majority. OF the trees -
are still young and not in bearing "a "
and many others have been g saa vet
over recently, so that they are not y ,ts
nrodnc;no any fruit However, tho
6roGord yielded Mr. Barrows more
than $1,000 this year, and it is aPpar,
ent that he has paying Piop +be
ahead. The orchard is just over N.Y. Mr.
Brattleboro line in Marlboro. MI !,
Rarrows believes no young man can