Ornamental Planting. 



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winds in bleak places, but it makes the surrounding country more beau- 

 tiful. In selecting these trees to remain standing, valuable species should 

 be considered. Often nut trees are cut down, which, if allowed to stand 

 would supply nuts for the family or even for market. Species like the 

 oak, hickory or black walnut, which contain valuable timber, may be 





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allowed to grow and the older specimens harvested for timber when they 

 have reached full maturity. In one pasture known to the writer, more 

 than $100 worth of such timber was taken out in a single year by remov- 

 ing only such mature trees as could be spared without destroying the 



