The Dickinson press., 1910-01-15

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disgust by the farmer. who Vows he will
put in no more cottonwoods. But the
farmer should not forget that the cotton
wood has served him a good purpose.
He is apt to forget that it stretched no
6 feet that second season that he out it
out and that it called forth the admira-
ton of the half of the ~neighborhood.
The cottonwood is all right il its place.
Now as to size of trees. Order small
trees. Order Seeding trees that run
from "a to 80 inches long. This SPLEEN
ty large. In fact trees that run from
IL to "a inches are about as aood.
Green ash trees of the above size. say
2 feet long. ought not to cost more than
Sc. 90 per 1000. If an agent wants NOR
than this, ask him why. Cottonwood
trees Of the above size are worth even
less and should be purchased for 81. 90
per 1000. These prices are not high.
A thousand trees. grown up will make
quite a showing. In regard to time of
delivery. have them delivered in the
spring. The tree man has better facili-
ties than has the farmer for taking care
of the trees over winter. They may
come ny freight. The express on a few
thousand seeding trees is not much.
When they are received they should be
taken from the express o. freight office
as soon as they arrive, the package
should be opened and the roots of the
trees we'll wet. After this is done. they
should be healed in" This is done
by digging a trench. n die Of which
is well iattened, and laying the roots
of the trees in the trench with the tops
of the trees sticking u of the trench.
The dirt is thrown back owe the roots of
the trees, we'll packed around the roots
and moistened if necessary.
A good time for setting. trees is during
the first ten days of May They may
be set earlier than this without injury,
if the ground is not too dry. or they may
be set later if the season is backward.
PREPARATION OF GROUND.
The grounds for trees should not be
perfectly new.. I'm fact, it 10 better IL it
has had a couple Of crops taken off the
land before the trees are planted. 1t is
we'll to get some of the wild Indian
out of the land before trying 10 raise
trees.
The ground should' be rather. deeply
plowed and be pretty well worked, as a,
preparatory measure: When one is;
ready to plant the trees, a series of
burrows should be pl6wed,, the furrsws t.
he s feet apart. We"will imagine your
bssildiD&s to face the south You want
al windbreak north of your buildings:
say about ten rods nertf.. The fdrrows
should be plowed east and west; at the.
distance stated. The windbreak should
be" a long n and you will nevers re-.
erett hawing it 80 rods lonesand at least
10)rows Ct trees should be- planted Al
windSreak Of this size comprises, less.
than 4 acres and while laree=enuugh for
most farmers to start WITH. will doubt.
:essswaat to be added to as timeHoessom
PLANTING
1t TAKES ore Hsan to form a. planting.
crew Take a pail, fill ii one-third
full Of dirt and two-thirds or more, full
of watea- Stir until you have. az nice.
batter Take a handful of trees; soy 50,
and place tfIep in the pail, tops up,,
take a, spade and stand in the bcttom
of the fasuow. hlsest the spade about
the length of its blade and work; back
and forth a little. Pull a tree from, the
pail and as you pull the spade. aum
its hole, at the same time push the
roots off the tree i'm the hole made by the.
spade: With ahe heel, press tho, dirt
thoroughly aIotirsd the roots> off the
young; tree: If the roots of: the. trees:
are not entirely covered. push on, some
dirt with foot or spade and pack. with'
the foot. As y finishing touch flick on,
a little. more dirt and leave loose: The
last dsnu is to act as a soil mulch. Step,
back about ~ feet and plant another
tree i'm much the same manner and con-
time. until quitting time. After; one.
row is planted. the fu1Tow can be- filled,
in by means of a double cultivation, atnad-
ling: the row. A live tree. planted as
described, is going to grows. anless
something is very radically wrong.
ORDER OF PLANTING.
Perhaps O have ordered Norway pop-
lhr' and the green ash. If this is. The
ase then they should be planted alter
nately first an ash and then. q poplar.
The principle is that the slow grow
ing trees should alternate. with the rapid
growing mes The rapid growth of the