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FARM AND SCHOOL PROBLEMS. 



The Nursery. 



A plat of ground of a fourth of an acre should be reserved 

 in a suitable locality for the nursery. The trees are to be trans- 

 planted and may therefore be planted in the plats in rows. The 

 seedlings should be about one foot apart in the row and the rows 

 about two feet apart, running crosswise of the plat. 



By this method of planting there may be at least five thou- 

 sand trees started. The care of these trees can be given to the 

 children in the first three grades. In three years most of these 

 trees can be removed by the children for transplanting on the 

 home grounds. 



The following figure will show the arrangement of seedlings 

 in the plat : 



10 rods 



FIG. 4. 



This plat may be made four rods wide so that the length of 

 the rows will be 66 feet; and by planting the seedlings 12 inches 

 apart, each row will provide room for 66 trees. If the plat is ten 

 rods long and the rows are placed 2 feet apart, there will be 

 room for 82 rows. The size of the plat may be increased to suit 

 the size of the schools. 



Each row of trees should contain fruit trees of the following 

 numbers and kinds : 



