Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-03-02


sources, there have been planted during
the two years, $4,000 trees in Windsor
county, as against 800 In Bennington
county and $500 in Rutland county. Those
who have planted over 10000 trees in
! the northern part OF the state: DR.
! William l.. Stevens Of ST. Adams; The
| Burt Lumber Co. of stowe; D. T.
| Hanley in Milton; Charles r. Holden, a
| lumberman of Troy the Kicker Bros
and Alfred Helie, lumbermen OF Groton
| In Washington md Orange counties: Dix
| Camp of Randolph, Nelson Bailey Of
| Wells River, Laird e. Rowland In Marsh
| field; In the southern part Of the state,
| Gen. G.. C. Fits Charles Richardson, The
| Scott Farm, Holden e. Martin, lumber
men, II. r. Eddy, all OF ryrattleboro A.
| l.. Powers Of Woodstock. G. r. Hemen-
| way of Hartland J. O. Cannon of
Rochester. W. y. Woolson and Mr.. IIark
ness In Springfield. Miss Woodbury. OF
| Weathersneld, George Waite and e. d.
| Sawn of Windsor. These large planta-
| tons will soon be conspicuous features
| In their communities and will interest
others III forestry. Besides these there
arc over 100 smaller plantations scattered
widely over ;he state The trees planted
are mostly white nlro and Norway
| spruce.
The Billings estate of Woodstock long
| under the able management of George
| Aitken. has the most interesting example
| OF forestry in the State; several older
plantations Of Norway spruce, European
| larch and white ash besides more recent
paintings OF pine and some splendid
natural hardwoods which have been
properly thinnef.
The international Paper company Is I'm
dertakiug forestry on a large scale. Be
sides planting large areas they have es-
| tablshed nursery at Randolph so as
to raise their own stock for planting and
| intend TO cut hereafter only under for
estry principles.
Tho first private owner to undertake a
| Systematic management OF his tract UNI
der a working plan" was DR. William l..
Stevens. whose land Is in Enosburg Tn
der this plan Or. Stevens cut during the
first year 21,422 feet of lumber and 1855
cords Of wood. The proceeds We're used
toward planting 10000 trees on the waste
| land.
The Hon. r y Vail has now q similar
working plan made by this office Of
his 900 acres of forest lands In Lyndon
|
out and 1900 trees will be planted
white and Scotch pine, Norway spruce
and black locust for timber and fence
posts; red oak. European larch, white
birch. hemlock and red maple for orna-
mental purposes.
L. A. Darling will also plant 1000 white
pines In the spring Of 1911. on his lands in
Lyndon and Burke.
in forestry is r D. Hobart who lives in
Texas but spends his summer on his old
farm in Berlin where he is harvesting his
timber along forestry lines and planting
his waste lands to pine and spruce.
Col. ". l.. Foster Is doing similar work
on his farm in Calais.
Next TO the International Paper COM
pany corporation doing the most forestry
! work is the Vermont Marble company,
which will establish n nursery in Proc
tor this year and begin planting 60 acres
% waste land in Windham county.
In the Rutland region the Country club.
the Vermont House OF Correction the
Vermont sanatorium and Harry Clement
have had preliminary plans made for in
PRODUCING forestry on their lands. At
Brandon Miss Julia Jackson has been har-
under forestry principles.
In ESSEX the Howe Bros. are making
systematic trimmings and planting on
their large area Of second growth pine
and hardwoods.
While little has thus far been done in
bennington county It is encoura ging to
know that the Hon. NJ. ]. Hapgood has
voluntarily bound himself and his heirs
10 act
of land except with the consent Of the
State forester.
This spring many new plantations will
be made besides the enla Of 9th
ers already started.
ORCHARD SPRAYS AND SPRAYERs.
CBy NJ d. Cummings, Professor of
p Horticultural
Insects and fungi abound every
where, and in no place are they more
abundant and injurious than In the
orchard. The orchard pests levy a
heavy tax on the orchard crop OF Yer
mont. Generally speaking the loss
from insects and fungi is fully so per
cent. OF the edible fruits.
, All successful fruit growers must
recognize the necessity of spraying
, and should put ito practice the most
approved methods OF the present time
a A few essentials are listed in this ar
tiCle.
The Spray. A lime and sulphur
solution for the orchard is preferable
to Bordeaux. To make the former
r take four pounds Of sulphur. five
; pounds of unslaked lime and 80 gal
ons of water, Put lime and sulphur
( together in kettle add l5 gallons
of water; allow shaking lime TO cook
. mixture IS minutes. add rest Of the
t water. strain carefully and u,c nj
To- once. tAdd to this mixture two
pounds of lead arsenate for inseots)
y The lime-sulphur solution is effective
2 ganst funsas diseases. and lead ar
senate is for insects which cat the
Y leaves and fruit.
c Spray Outfit. A good pump Is an alb
= solute necessity. For orchards OF Ave
t acres or less a barrel pump costing
= s24 is satisfactory, For larger areas
power sprayers are advisable Ere
= Quently two or more orchnrdists car
& combine and purchase at much les,
10 expense TO each, and since Two men
: are needed In spraying. the co-opera
It ton OF nearby neighbors may seen
v desirable.
= A complete outfit includes severa
II things in addition to the pump, Tween
o ty feet OF good hose ten foot bah.
u boo extension rod, which is tipped
with a good nozzle, are also required