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form herewith. Blanks maybe obtained from the section foreman, or 

 from the station agents. 



10. As it is very desirable that the company should know at an 

 early day how many plants to provide for next spring, the farmers 

 who may wish to avail themselves of this offer are earnestly desired 

 to fill out and forward their applications without delay. Make out a 

 separate application for each piece of land, even if owned by the 

 same party, so as to avoid the making out of new contracts, should 

 you hereafter sell a portion of your land. 



The company will hot be bound to recognize any application made 

 subsequently to the first day of March, 1872. 



O. CHANUTE, Superintendent, 



With the circular the farmer is also provided with a 

 printed blank for him to fill, stating the location of his 

 land, how many rods of hedge will be required on each 

 side of the railroad, and how much of it he will have in 

 readiness for planting the ensuing season. This is 

 accompanied by a printed envelope, directed to the 

 superintendent, labelled "Application for Hedging," in 

 which the blank form, after being filled, may be enclosed 

 and left at the nearest railroad station, to be forwarded 

 to the superintendent's office. A form of contract is then 

 sent to him to be signed, binding him and the company 

 to the mutual performance of the duties set forth in the 

 circular, and at the proper season the requisite number 

 of hedge plants are forwarded. This method of relieving 

 the farmers so far as possible of labor and inconvenience 

 in making the application, has no doubt tended greatly 

 to promote the success of the work ; and I am informed 

 by Mr. Chanute that the farmers respond to the call with 



