The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1914-03-28
Big TREE CONTEST AGAIN
$I20 Offered TN PRIZES.
Local Merchants and Bankers Back Contest tsr More Trees on Farms
Five Prizes Offered Reasonable Requirement WaIdron Gives
Some Good Suggestions ter Tree Planting

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ash. By the time the cottonwoods be-
Gin to 60 back, or by the time they are
needed for fuel, the ereen ash will be
promising trees. If the cottonwoods or
the poplars are plsnted alone the grove
or windbreak does not have the prem
anency that it should. If the green
ash are planted alone one does not OBJ
tain the rapid growth that is so much
to be desired.
We recommend that the trees be
planted in rows, the rows to be feet
apart, Such a width makes it easy to
enter between the rows with horse
corn cultivator, thus they are easily kept
clean. Within the rows they may be
planted 2 or feet apart. If later, one
finds that the planting is too thick some
Of them can easily be removed,
When one is planting considerable
number of trees to form a windbreak or
plantation, then it is almost necessary
to start in with small trees. They de-
velop better root systems when they are
transplanted young and consequently
they grow more rapidly. The cost OF
young trees is very much less than the
cost Of older trees. Cottonwoods from
"a to 80 inches tall may be planted and
ash trees from Fl to "a inches tall. The
cost Of such trees Is not great. One
nursery in North Dakota last year listed
ash seedlings IL to "a inches tall at 81
thousands, and cottonwoods from 20
to. 80 inches tall at S. per thousand.
One will have very good success gener-
ally by starting cottonwoods or poplars
by means Of cuttings. The cuttings
may be made in the spring before the
buds scarcely begin to develop. ~
Cuttings should be made oi vigorous
wood Of the previous years growth and
they should have a length Of about 8
||inches They may be soaked for "a
hours after cutting before they are
planted. They should bS planted nearly
their entire length, leaving but one or
two buds above the surface. .
!: In planting the trees funows are
plowed 8 feet apart wherever tho rows
are to be. "A pail of thin mud is pre-
pared and into this q bunch OF Seeding
cottonwoods and seeding ash are placed.
The pail Of trees. a spade and man
form the planting crew. The spade is
inserted into the eround and worked
back and forth and >as it is removed
with the left hand the Seeding tree is
showed into the hole with the right. A
person Generally works backward, thus
saving injury to the trees already
planted. After the tree is planted the
dirt must be packed firmly with the
foot around the roots. If desired the
furrow may be partially filed with a
corn cultivator. 1t is well to leave
something OF a .furrow along the row as
water from rains will tend to- run in
and irrigate the trees. Al the end Of
the first season it is we'll to prune the
young trees up to a single whip. If
this is not done they tend to acquire a
bushy form. This method of pruning
should be repeated for or 3 years. The
trees should finally be made to head at
a height Of 5 or feet or perhaps more.
Il is best to prune ash and cottonwoods
when the leaves have fallen. Pruning
these trees while the leaves are on has
awakening effect. The food that is in
the leaf generally goes back into the
nee before falling in the autumn. 1t
should be remembered that after re-
ceivine trees from the nursery the roots
should be well protected. Oh.
II one desires to start in with ever
green's probably the bull pine will prove
more satisfactory in the long run.
The evergreen start slowly. but after
once becoming established the bull pine
will make reasonably rapid growth.
Seedlings are not very extensive. but
it win be several years before Seeding
eVergreens attain a hight Of to feet.
IN handling everereens great care should
pc taken in keeping the roots away from
the air. ssSz5
Il the resinous sap Of the evergreen
roots once becomes dry the tree is dead.
When exposed to the air such drying
viii often take place in a few minutes.
H One has place protected BY trees.
| it ID a good plan to plant fruit. Most ol
the small fruit. such as currants goose
berries. sand cherries and strawberries
do well. C6mpass cherries oare quite
auccessfnl and among the sand plume
lflae anafa and aalra are fr, be nlanfef