secretary's budget. 415- 



for an absence of correct information, would lono; since have paid that 

 attention to tree forests which they deserve. 



The secretary of the association, Mr. Fernow, is a trained forester, 

 and always ready to give information to those who apply to him at 13 

 Burling Slip, New York. — '•^ Forester^' in Rural New Yorker. 



PREPARE THE GROUND FOR YOUR GROVES. 



The Iowa Homestead has these remarks which may be applicable 

 to other localities as well : 



Every year we hear farmers wishing for a more southerly climate, 

 where the winters would be shorter and the cold less severe. They do 

 not seem to reflect that a hundred miles south means a damper atmos- 

 phere and a cold, by reason of the dampness, practically as severe both 

 on man and beast. But it is in the power of any farmer to have the 

 temperature of one hundred miles south without its dampness, by sur- 

 rounding his buildings with a dense grove of trees. We are amazed at 

 our own folly and blindness in not seeing this years ago. 



We had groves, of course, but they looked to the protection of the 

 house and ornament rather than utility. It was only the experince of 

 "the absolute waste of feed in lighting zero and blizzards that brought 

 us to see the necessity of protection to the dumb beasts who could not 

 plead their own cause. 



We mention this because farmers who wish to plant groves next 

 spring should prepare the ground this fall. They should plow for broad 

 belts, should make selection of their varieties, should find out where 

 they could be had at best advantage and thus get ready for the im- 

 portant work of planting in the spring. 



WHAT TO PLANT. 



Anything, we reply, rather than nothing. Soft maple and cotton- 

 wood beat nothing a long way, but we would not advise bothering with 

 them. Several distinct objects may be in view. One is protection 

 from storms, another ornament, still another, the future value of tim- 

 ber for posts, ties or lumber. 



For a temporary protection to feed lots in the shape of a wind-break^ 

 we know of nothing better than Russian Mulberry. It is hardy and 

 grows rapidly and close. 



For a permanent wind-break there is nothing like the evergreens. 

 American or white pine is grand, but will not endure the tramping of 

 stock. Scotch pine will, but is more straggling in its growth. 



