PLANTING TREES FOR WOOD. 



was two hundred and twenty-five dollars. Expense of marketing seventy-five dollars 

 The probable cost of cultivation per annum is fifteen dollars per acre. Mr. Youtcy 

 cultivates all his Strawberries on new, but very hilly ground. In each variety, he 

 has the past season excelled, and defied competition. In "Hovey's Seedling," 

 permit me to assure you without the fear of contradiction, that he never was beat 

 in this country — twice taking the first premiums at our horticultural exhibitions, 

 ati'ainst amateurs, market gardeners, and every thing else. 



We regret that Mr. Barry did not find it convenient to spend one day while 

 here, with the Kentucky growers of Strawberries. There are some fifty acres in 

 cultivation in one settlement, within eight to ten miles from our city. More than 

 half the Strawberries vended in our markets are grown on that side of the Ohio 

 river. The receipts for sales by Mr. Culbertson, a neighbor of Mr. Youtcy, was 

 twenty-five hundred dollars. 



I had intended saying something as to Mr. Youtcy's experience with impregna- 

 tors for his ''Hovey's Seedlings." He has tried several staminates, and thinks now 

 that he has hit upon the right. But this is dangerous ground for me to travel — 

 and as it is conceded on all hands that our friend Mr. Longworth has the fixing 

 of sexualities in all Strawberry matters, I must desist from further elaboration on 

 this point. 



By the way, I notice in the "Ohio Cultivator" of June 15th, that friend Bateham 

 sets down the "McAvoy's Superior" as being too pale in color. This, of course, is 

 news in this region — and we have no doubt McAvOY would be willing to treat his 

 friend Bateham to a bottle of "Native," if he will only make his berry two or 

 three shades paler than it now is. 



PLANTING TREES FOR WOOD. 



BY A SHIP-CARPENTER. 



The article on this topic in the Soi-ticulturist for July has left a very strong impres- 

 sion on the mind of the writer, and he would be glad to learn that the same effect 

 has been produced on those best situated to benefit by the valuable suggestions 

 thrown out. 



The calculations with regard to profit are by no means extravagant. Though our 

 railroads traverse in the first instance wooded districts, their first operation is so far 

 to enhance the value of cord and other woods, and of the land for arable purposes, 

 that the trees are immediately felled to supply the greedy locomotive, or to convert 

 the land into arable acres, and long before twenty years elapse fuel has become 

 extremely scarce; or perhaps the wood is of a worthless description, and fire is 

 applied, as may be seen on so many of the new routes to the West. Forecast or 

 anticipation of the wants of the next generation is forgotten, and whence our 

 children are to draw their lumber no one can predict; good telegraph poles, and 

 even the sleepers of the road when they require removal, will have to be sought at 

 great expense. 



