The Dickinson press., 1910-01-15
PLANT TREES
THIS Year

Supt, L. r. Waldron of Dickinson
Sub-Experiment Station Gives
Timely Advice on Tree Gull
ture in Western N. D.
When God made North Dakota, he
must have intended that a ereat many
trees were to be planted in the future by
those were to live there. He left
such vast stretches without trees that
n is forced to this con clusion. For
tunately the ground is not filled in
entirely with trees yet and 30 there il
some excuse for writing a little in
their favor.
And this is a good period to write on
such a topic for at this season of the
year the tree agent is walking up and
down in the earth seeking whom he
may devour. And while I am not soine
to say very much about the tree agent,
yet it is we'll to caution those that
do not know him that it is well to Ne
On ones guard. Trees are a commercial
proposition and they have their market
prices the same as do wheat and cattle.
You have wheat to sell in the fall but
you do not figure ON getting a dollar or
50 more per bushel than the market
price. But the tree AGENT does figure on
the Ignorance Of the farmer in regard to
the prices of trees and proceeds to
charge him from Two to three times
what the trees are worth in the market.
The exception of this statement is so
rare that it only proves the rule.
If you want to find 0ut what trees are
worth. look up some ads bn a reliable
farm paper. n which guarantees its
advertisers. and select a conservative
advertiser and find out his prices If
the agent meets his prices, then buy
of the agent, if the agent represents
a reliable firm. We would suggest, how
ever, that n order through a catalbE Of
a reliable firm. Regarding the kinds,
will bsve something to say about
this in a moment.
KINDS AND SIZE OF TREES,
We find a few kinds of trees native
here. Those kinds that do grow here
are not accidents to this region. They
growing here, presumably. because
they are the ones best fitted to the pur-
pose- Doubtless many other kinds tried
to make a start but failed. Until we
find sorts tibet are undoubtedly better
than our native ones, it will be best to
stick to the native kinds. We know
they can withstand very severe con-
dftions for we see them doing it every
year III gulehes. 4 have heard the artu-
ment that QUE native trees are no
adapted to plant as wind breaks on the
farms for the very fact that they dc
grow in eulehes and therefore in too
favorable places. DO act be deceived
by such arguments; Tins, argument NAV
hold true for the cottonwood after a
fashion; but net for the others
We should pant then. our native trees.
These. are in short: the boneFder, the
areen ash. the elm; and the cottonwood.
Let Is make. the def1hihiDn, Of cottonwood
big; enough, so as to- include in it the
Norway poplar and thu. Capo8ina poplar
also.
The boxeldhr' is bothered by those
nasty worms, lit is, attackedb by borers.
it does. not g3ow STRAIGHT, it kills back
when young; but in spite Of all these
bad qualities il wills withstand cur ccn-
ditions and it willI continue to be
planted in large, numbers The Green
ash is a slow growing, tree and it for
gets 10 putt forth, its leaf in the spring
time until; one is beginning, to- think
Of fall fnosts. Bun with all these draw
backs it is a. fine. tree. eF'unny about all
our trees that grow sc, Slowly i'm cur short
and with our deficient rainfall
The elm often tries to be- a bush if it
is planted as a Seeding.
But the cottonwood is a. fast growing
tree. Hele is. what we are looking for.
But il it is pat IN the upland. then in
a few years it ceases to grow. 50 rapidly,
of the branches begin to die, it
makes poor shade. it becomes attacked
by insects md is finally cut down in