20G REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OI' AGRICQLTURE. 



Tcrt tliom into forests by nntnrnl growtli. Seedlings are now oflered 

 for sale by numerous tree-cultivators at such prices that the cost to the 

 phmter is insi;:;i!iticaut. A few years of cultivation, witli the ground 

 l)ropcrly prei)ared and the trees set closely together, will secure such a 

 growth as will shade the ground, prevent the springing up of weeds, 

 and obviate the need of further care. The trees will grow while the 

 planter sleeps or is engaged in his ordinary work. The thinnings re- 

 qnired froni time to time to give the expanding trees the needful room 

 for best development will amply repay all cost of planting and care, 

 and the grove or forest, once established, may be a source of steady and 

 I)erpetual income. The facts so abundantly set forth in the reports of 

 many of our horticultural and agricultural societies, as well as those 

 attested on every hand, leave no doubt as to the feasibility and profit- 

 ableness of tree-planting wherever it has been engaged in judiciously. 



K H. EGLESTON, 

 Clncf of Division of Forestry. 



Hon. NOIIMAN J, COLMAN, 



Commissioner. 



