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cession before planting. __Never, under any 

 circumstances, should any planting be done on 

 soddy land or in stubble. Be sure your land 

 is comparatively free from weeds of every de- 

 scription before planting, as it is much easier 

 to get after this pest before than after planting. 



METHOD OF PLANTING. 



In all our planting for wind-break jjurposes, 

 we should aim to get forest conditions in our 

 plantation as soon as possible. Consequently 

 we should plant the trees close together at first, 

 so they will completely shade the ground in the 

 shortest possible time. From thirty years' ex- 

 perience in tree-growing in this climate, I have 

 found that about four feet each way is the right 

 distance apart to plant at first. After they 

 begin to crowd, some of them can be removed, 

 but right here is the severest test of the for- 

 ester's skill in knowing what trees to remove 

 and what to leave. Never open up your young 

 forest so that the sunlight can strike directly 

 on the forest floor, as weeds and grass will start 

 to grow, and this will be the beginning of the 

 end of your young forest. 



I have always had the best success when using 

 young stock in planting — about two-year-old 

 seedlings of the green ash, white elm and maple. 

 As all the willows grow readily from cuttings, 

 it is not necessary to have rooted stock for 

 planting. 



Always carry your plant material in pails, 

 partly filled with muddy water and n^^ver allow 

 the roots to become dry. You must lake special 

 care in handling all evergreens in this respect 

 as a few minutes exposure to the sun and wind 

 will kill them. Always plant your trees an inch 

 or so deeper than they stood in the nursery, and 

 be careful to pack the earth very solidly about 

 the roots. A little care just here will often 

 make the difference between success and failure. 



Your trees should have thorough cultivation, 

 and be kept free from weeds and grass until 

 they completely shade the ground, when forest 

 conditions will be established. 



Build a good substantial fence around your 

 forest to keep out all stock. Remember, there 

 is no room for a successful tree plot and farm 

 stock on the same piece of land. ihere are a 

 great many natural groves in the west to-day 

 being ruined by this practice. Take good care 

 of your young shelter belt and in a fevv years 

 you will think it is the most valuable asset on 

 the farm. 



A NEW BRUNSWICK ELM. 



Mr. JIunlcr White, Secretary of the New ]{run.s- 

 wick Wholesale Grocers' Guild, writes the Forestry 

 Journal, enclosing the above photograph of an elm 

 Krowing at Lower Norton, near Hampton, N.B., on 

 the Kennebecasis River. Quite truly Mr. White re- 

 marks: "We have an idea that elms do not grow 

 finer in any other place in the world than in New 

 Brunswick." 



MAKING WHITE PINE GROW. 



Mr. Hill, lockmaster at Buckhorn, Ont., ex- 

 perimented with a pine tree to determine im- 

 proved growth which may be secured by proper 

 care. Fifteen years ago, he pruned all the 

 lower branches off a 4-inch white pine sapling, 

 removing other saplings from its vicinity, dug 

 up the earth around it and applied manure to 

 its base. It is now 19 inches in diameter at its 

 base and has a long, clean bole. Thus, during 

 the 15 years, the growth in diameter has aver- 

 aged one inch annually. 



CANADIAN TREE SEED FOR BRITISH 

 PLANTATIONS. 



Twelve hundred pounds of Sitka spruce seed 

 have been collected by Mr. B. R. Morton, of 

 the Dominion Forestry Branch during the sum- 

 mer's work near Massett Inlet on Queen Char- 

 lotte Islands, B.C. Each pound contains about 

 250,000 seeds. The entire shipment will go to 

 the Board of Agriculture for Scotland and will 

 be utilized by the British Forestry Commission 

 for replanting purposes. The seed was ex- 

 tracted on the Island and was cleaned at 

 Kamloops. 



