Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-05-23
TREE PLANTING.
Groves on Prairie Farms Worth
$1,000 per acre.

Nowhere in the United States, per-
haps, is the need of forest planting
greater than OH the prairies of Mime
sofa and the Dakotas, and nowhere
is it more profitable for commercial
returns. Protection from wind and
storm is essential for the we'll being of
the family, the stock, and the or
chard. Indeed, in many cases it is
the presence and shelter of belts of
trees about the farm buildings, with
their continuous supplies of fuel, that
mark the distinction between the
comfortable home and the one where
in comfort is lacking. Owners es-
innate the value of good groves, on
an average, at 81 900 an acre, on the
basis that their property, if placed
upon the market, would be increased
to that extent by the trees. Bankers
and land agents take special note of
thrifty groves, for they have learn ed
that buyers are ready to pay for the
protection and comfort of grove.
The effectiveness of the grove as a
windbreak is determined largely by
the number and kinds of trees plant
ed and their relative positions.
When building for direct profit is
contemplated, inquiry becomes neces-
sary into Cd the market, (2) the cost
of production, and 60 the species
planted. AS result of the absence
of natural supplies, posts, poles, and
fuel wood are shipped into this re-
gion from northern Minnesota at
freight rate of 10 cents hundred
weight, or about $3.50 a cord. This,
with the original selling price and the
dealers profit, brings the local SELL
ing price up to from 81 to 81 a cord.
The value of the land is usually the
largest item in the cost of producing
a wood crop. Although the best soil
will produce timber most rapidly, yet
rough, sandy, or occasionally over
flowed situations can also usually be
! utilized. In selecting tree for COM
mercial planting its hardness in the
climate and situation is most import
ant. After that, rapidity of growth
and the quality of the wood, es-
pecially its suitaSility to serve local
demands, are considered.
Cottonwood and white willow are
profitable on the deep, porous soils of
the river valleys Seven cottonwood
groves yielded is number and fuel an
average annualfa net return per acre of
$10!67, while eight groves of white
willow gave products of posts and
fuel l.equal to an average annual net
! return of $24 per ecre. European
larch and Scotch pine produce, re-
-spectwely, an annual net retG1rn per
acre of $11. .93 and $3.50 when plant
on upland, and woRld do even better
in the river valleys. White spruce,
Norway spruce, and western yellow
pine are also adapted for planting for
windbreak purposes. In species for
park, lawn, and roadside planting,
symmetry and graoe6alness are i'm
portant considerations. -.
Cuttings are usually used in estab-
lishing q plantation of willow or cot
tonwood. The expense is little or
nothing. Seedlings of broadleaf trees
are easily procured. Unfortunately,
eoniferous stock is expensive. Con-
sidering, however, their high pro-
teetive value in the winter, and their
ability to resist drought, heat, cold,
storm, and snow pressure, and the
quality of the wood produced, eOnifers
have proved more desirable for per-
manent plantations than broadleafs.
The foregoing facts and other i'll
formation and directions about plant
ing are contained in publica tion en-
titled "Forest planting on the North
ern Prairies," !" recently issued by the
Forest Service. This publication can
be had free upon application to the
Forester at Washington.
Gard of Thanks.
To the friends and neighbors who
extended many kindnesses and
sympathy in our recent sorrow in the
death of our daughter, We desire to
extend heartfelt thanks.
Mr.. AND MRS. ANDREW JOHNSON.
Foot Rot In Sheep.
For treating foot rot in sheep remove
the dock to high ground Clean cut
the hoofs Of every sheep chat shows
any lameness. II the horn of the foot
Is too long or broken, pare it down to