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Experiments in replanting cut-over pine lands, II. II. (vHAPMAn 



{lUinn Stiidtiit-i lici:., G {lUOl), No. 1, pp. 6', 7). — An account is given 

 of cooperative experiments with the Division of Forestry of this De- 

 partment, in which pine seeJling-s were transplanted in the spring of 

 1900 on cut-over pine lands at the Northeast Experiment Station of 

 Minnesota. White and Norway pines were the principal varieties 

 used. Ditt'erent distances of planting were compared, and also the 

 effect of alternating the varieties in rows and planting alternated rows 

 of jack pine. The pines were dug from the nursery rows, covered 

 with dirt until loaded into the wagons, and the whole mass wet by 

 throwing water over it. The planting was connuenced as soon as the 

 ground had thawed to a spade's depth. The lirst plantings were made 

 by cutting the turf on each side with a spade, turning up the turf and 

 soil and inserting the roots of the ]3lant, no particular effort being 

 made to separate or arrange them. Later, when the ground became 

 drier, the top layer of roots and sod was turned back and a spadeful 

 of dirt from below was placed over the roots before the sod was 

 replaced. A dry season followed, and, contrary to expectations, the 

 loss was less than 5 per cent. In all more than 13,000 trees were 

 planted at a cost ranging from $2 to $11 per acre, dependent upon the 

 distance planted. The trees at the time of planting were rather large 

 for pine seedlings, and the cost is considered rather more than the aver- 

 age cost of planting on a large scale. 



Norway spruce for profit on the plains, H. B. Kempton {Forester., 

 G {1900)^ Xo. I:*., pp. 29o., 39G). —The Norway spruce, which is com- 

 parativeh' well known in the eastern United States, is said to have 

 been planted but little upon the plains. It has been sufficiently intro- 

 duced, however, to show its adaptability over a wide range of that 

 countr}'. It seems probable that it is adapted to a large part of Iowa, 

 Nebraska, Kansas, and other central western States. An account is 

 given of the planting made at Conroy, Iowa, 18 years ago. The seed- 

 lings were secured at Mount Carroll, 111., and packed closely in wet 

 sphagnum moss. When received they were still moist, and were set 

 in nursery rows. For several years they were screened by a partial 

 shade of lath, after which they were transplanted in 12-ft. rows set 4 

 ft. apart in the row, and were interplanted with corn. Not less than 

 95 per cent of the seedlings are alive at the present time and in good 

 condition. Growing nearby are plantations similarly managed of 

 green and white ash, box elder, soft maple, honey locust, red cedar, 

 white and Scotch pine; and under the conditions existing the Norway 

 spruce has made more rapid growth than any of the other trees. The 

 growth of the Norway spruce trees on this plantation has averaged 

 1 ft. 9 in. for the past 15 years, the present height being 29 ft., with 



