RAISING OR KEEPING UP THE FOREST 



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as many as fifteen to twenty hundred per day. This 

 method does very well in sandy soil and with two- to 

 three-year-old conifers. 



On prairies, where the land may first be plowed and 

 harrowed, the trees may be set in regular rows, and the 



FIG. ,31. Planting Tools 



A, ax-mattock, one of the best tools used in the woods ; B, planting dibble, 

 used in loose soil and for small plants 



larger plants of broad-leaved kinds may well be set out 

 in furrows. 



In all kinds of planting, but especially with pine, 

 spruce, and other conifers, the greatest difficulty is found 

 usually in trying to keep the plants in a fresh, healthy 

 condition. If they are bought at a nursery, a thousand 



