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greater space, as 8 x 8 feet, or 7 x 7 feet, 

 the former 680 and the latter 888 trees 

 per acre. After a certain season they are 

 thinned out, leaving- 170, or 222 perma- 

 nent trees per acre to grow into lumber. 



(3) ^y planting as in Method 2, per- 

 mitting them to grow without pruning, 

 yet cultivating thoroughly, and after the 

 trees have formed a strong root system, 

 in from two to four years, cutting off the 

 entire plantation, leveling the trees with 

 the ground. As young shoots spring 

 from the stump all save one are re- 

 moved, permitting the entire energy of 

 the roots to push this one shoot forward 

 rapidly. 



The first method requires four times 

 the number of trees which serve for 

 either of the other methods. It costs 

 four times as much to plant them, which 

 is a very serious matter where trees and 

 labor are expensive. Worse than all, 

 the owner is tempted to leave them, year 

 after year, in hopes of realizing some- 

 thing for the thinnings, while all become 

 hopelessly stunted in growth. 



Of the two latter methods both have 

 their advocates, both may be considered 

 safe methods ; either will make a good 

 forest. There is no method of eliminat- 

 ing side branches and preventing the 

 formation of knots, which is so economi- 

 cal or so sure as the use of the knife or 

 chisel. 



Side branches may be removed in an 

 instant while they are a half inch in 

 thickness, and none ought to remain to 

 grow much larger, along the trunk to a 

 height of sixteen feet. 



In a natural forest where the trees 

 stand irregularly, just as the wind or 

 some bird or animal dropped the seed, 

 many of the trees will be weeds, or trees 

 of little value, and the ground will be 

 covered without regard to man's econ- 



omy. But with an artificial forest 

 every foot of surface may be made pro- 

 ductive, the greatest possible number of 

 trees on a given area. 



With straight, regular rows the work- 

 man may perform the labor of pruning 

 in a systematic manner with least ex- 

 penditure of time. 



Cutting and hauling out the timber 

 may be accomplished with greater ease 

 than in the irregular natural forest. 



There need be no vacancies and no 

 waste land to pay interest and taxes 

 upon. 



When the product is to be sold every 

 tree has a value, and the lumberman will 

 pay full value, since he can use economi- 

 cally the entire product. 



JIMMY ON THE SYMPATHETIC 

 STRIKE. 



Me maw she's had ter go an' scrub — 



She says me dad's a reg'lar fool ! — 

 An' I must help ter earn me grub 



By peddlin' papers after school. 

 We finds it hard, does maw an' me, 



Wit' Mamie, John an' little Mike, 

 Fer dad he ain't a-workin', see? — 



He's on a sympat'etic strike. 



We finds it hard ter pay der rent, 



An' buy der babies shoes an' tings; 

 Sometimes we doesn't have a cent — 



Me maw she's had ter pawn her rings. 

 An' dad he 'tends der meetin' hall. 



Where ever'body calls him "brudder," 

 An' where der men don't work at all, 



Dey got such symp't'y for each oder. 



Me maw she just gets awful mad 



Ter see der way dat t'ings is goin' — 

 She often ups an' says dat dad 



Should have some symp't'y fer his own. 

 She says der men who make der strike 



Are blokes who want ter loaf an' shirk ; 

 She says dey're fellers who dislike 



Ter do some sympat'etic work ! 



— From Life. 



