The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-12-14
CARE Of FARM WOODLOT
"WEED" TREES SHOULD MAKE
ROOM FOR USEFUL SPECIES.
BY ]. A. Ferguson, Professor of For.
estry College Of Agriculture,
University OF Missouri.

grow in the woodlot, the useful tree
and the weed" tree. The useful tree
is one whose wood is of some value
for use on the farm, as fuel, fence
posts, etc. The weed tree is one that
can serve no useful purpose, and oc.
cupies space better tree should oc-
cupy. The constant cutting out, year
after year, of the useful trees and
leaving the weed trees to grow, finally
fills the woodlot with useless species.
II Is just as necessary to remove the
weeds from u woodlot as II is from
a garden crop.
When a tree Is cut out, there are
nearly always a number of tree seed.
lings In the underground beneath the
tree unless the woodlot has been too
heavily grazed or has been burned
over The tree that will finally grow
up and I'll the space formerly occu.
pied by the tree removed will come
from this underground. II 1t is com
posed of seedlings OF weed" trees,
as is often the case, the space will
be filled by useless weed tree. Too
many farmers leave TO nature the Sc.
lection OF the trees that will come up
In such openings. The useless trees
are usually more vigorous than the
useful ones, hence the woodlot be.
comes filed with weed" trees.
When n tree is cut out the owners
rhould notice whether there are seed.
lings OF trees of desirable species in
the underground to grow and fill the
empty space. II not, then he ought
20 cut down the seedlings OF the weed
trees and plant In their places those
of useful trees. For every large tree
cut out OF the woodlot, II there are
no good seedlings to grow and fll
the space left. half dozen seedlings
should be plated in itB place.
Every farm should have forest
nursery to furnish seedlings for re.
planting the woodlot Such a nursery
would also furnish trees for planting
around the house. along the roads.
md for making windbreaks. Many
farmers do not plant trees because It
costs too much 10 purchase the from
a nursery. 1t will cost nothing except
n slight effort to grow all the forest
trees needed for use on the farm. It
Is a simple matter to grow forest
trees from seed.
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