Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-04-23

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I and weighted down makes a good
towering. This must. be removed as
soon as the little seedlings begin to
snow above ground. After they are
up they will need no further care
except to keep clear of weeds. If
seed is sown where you want trees
to remain they will not need to be
ltransplanted, but If you want to move
them from the seed bed to a perma-
nent location you will need to trans
plant them two or three times before
doing so. In transplanting take the
seedlings up at one or two years Of
full length Of the top root. In plant
ing out it is best to make a furrow
and place the long top roots carefully
|lengthwise in the bottom of the fur
row. The little seedlings will grow
very slowly for the first two or three
years, after that they will make q
growth of from one to two foot in
height each year, and will be a
thing of beauty and JOY forever"
gladening the hearts of many sue
ceeding generations long after you
have been gathered to your fathers.
Every farmer should plant a belt
ofaevergreens around his farm or at
least a wind-break on the north and
west side of his buildings. Ever
greens are of great value both for
shelter and ornament. They add
much to the attractiveness of country
In vnyhn
are destitute Of foliage, they give to
the scene an air of life and anima-
ton which moderates in a large
measure the severity and desolation
of q cherries Dakota winter. The
saving in fuel alone will defray all
cost and trouble of planting in few
years time. If you should want to
sell your farm you will not need to
hunt buyers, the buyers will hunt
you. i.appy will be the farmer who
decides to set aside small portion
of his land for tree planting. He not
only, adds to the beauty and value
of his own land but confers bless
ing upon his neighbors and every
human being who lives near him and
just think what blessing he will
confer upon posterity. And this re-
minds me of a little anecdote dur
ing the war of the rebellion; a rebel
soldier was bewailing his hard lot
Stonewall Jackson happen
ing to overhear him, remarked: my
man you should be glad to fight. re-
you are fighting for poster
ity;"" the man replied, II don't see
why5I should fight for posterity, pos
terity never done anything for me-"
Now don't be like this old confed-
crate and take refuge behind the fact
that posterity never did anything for
you, but get busy and plant ever
green's in order that your children
and your children's children may
rise up and call you blessed. If any
one cares to test this way of growing
Ponderosa Pine and will send Csc in
silver or P. o. order to cover cost of
postage and trouble I will send
small quantity of seed sufficient for
testing purposes.
what do we plant when we plant
the tree?
We plant the ship that will cross
e the sea;
We plant the masts to carry the
sails,
We plant the plank to Withstand the
gales,
The keel, the keelson, and beam and
knee;
We plant the ship when we plant the
tree.
What do we plant when we plant the
tree?
We plant the houses for you and
M me, =.
We plant the rafters, the shingles,
the. floors,
We plant the studding, the laths, the
doors,
The beams and siding, all parts that
Z be;
We plant the house when we plant
the tree. ..s~
What do we plant when We plant the
tree? j.. -. II. .%.
A thousand things that, we daily
I :$ see: !. ..
We plant the spire that outtowers
n s the crag, tS.. 1 #.s ~ y y
We plant the stan Of our country's
nag, sss q; y.
We plant the shade from the hot
sun free; *s
We plant all these when we plant
the tree. 4s. 55ss3sstt n
Henry Abbey.
JOHN w. MILLER,
Bismarck, N. ID.