HOW TO SECURE A DECIDUOUS TREE BELT. 301 



There are three sources of slock: first— buying seed and raising 

 your stock in nursery rows; second— digging up trees in the adjoin- 

 ing woods and transplanting them to the place where they ulti- 

 mately will grow; third — buying the stock from the nearest reliable 

 nursery. This last plan is the wisest to follow. Better stock can be 

 had, no time wasted in obtaining the trees, and, while the outlay in 

 money may be a trifle more than by the other methods, it will not 

 amount to much, as the common deciduous trees are inexpensive. 



The best distance apart to plant the rows is eight feet. This 

 makes it possible to raise a row of vegetables between every two 

 rows of trees while they are small. The cultivation can all be done 

 with the two-horse cultivator. After the trees are larger the culti- 



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vation can be continued by mean^ of the two-horse spring-tooth 

 harrow. This will not kill all the weeds, but enough will be 

 destroyed so no damage will be done to the trees. Hoeing and hand 

 weeding are too expensive operations to be employed here. 



Plant only the most common reliable trees. Leave all other rare, 

 uncertain and novel varieties out of consideration. Willows, white 

 elm, green and white ash, soft maple, box elder, cottonwood, bass- 

 wood, and afewothers.will give sufficient variety. Only one variety 

 should be planted in each row in the snowbreak, while mixed 

 planting can be practiced in the windbreak. 



Plan to plant each year only what can be given the best of care. 

 A small plantation given good care is far more desirable than a 

 large one partly neglected. The interest in tree-planting will 

 probably become greater if a certain amount is done each year. 



