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In planting spruce special care must be taken to get the tree in the 

 ground the same depth as it has been growing. The roots should also 

 be placed in as near a normal position as possible. 



Scotch pine is not recommended for planting on Long Island. 



Cultivation is not necessary before planting, but it will improve 

 the growth of the plantation. 



It is absolutely necessary that a much larger number of trees be 

 planted on an acre than would be found in a mature forest. A 

 close, dense stand of trees is necessary while they are young in 

 order to produce a proper development in the future growth. The 

 close planting produces a crowded and shaded condition which kills 

 off the side branches when the trees are small, reduces the number 

 and size of the knots and finally makes a higher grade of lumber. 

 The dense stand also causes the trees to grow much taller, and 

 hence there will be more logs in a tree. The value of this close 

 planting is easily seen when we compare the difference in trees 

 which have naturally grown in a forest with those in the open. 



There are, however, other considerations than growing the highest 

 possible grade of wood material. We all realize that some soils 

 will produce much larger quantities of farm crops than others. 

 The land that is most likely to be used for tree planting will be the 

 poorer, meager soils of a small productive capacity. Hence, in 

 order to make the growing of wood crops profitable, consideration 

 must be given to the quality and productive capacity of the soil 

 where the planting is to be done. If twelve hundred trees per acre 

 are growing we would naturally expect to produce a tree having 

 a diameter of twelve inches in less time than we would if there were 

 seventeen hundred trees per acre. Therefore, in order to make 

 planting profitable, we must not only grow good timber in dense 

 stand, but at the same time aim at a profitable harvest in the 

 shortest possible period. 



In some cases there will be a tree growth upon the land desired 

 to be planted. If the present growth is such that it can be utilized 

 to sufficiently crowd the young trees and cause them to make a 

 good height growth and produce sufficient shade to kill off the side 

 branches, the trees can be planted in openings of from twelve to 

 fifteen feet and more, or wherever they will have necessary light. 

 This method is called underplanting. 



NUMBER OF TREES PER ACRE. 



When plantations are made in open fields, the trees are usually 

 set at a distance of six feet apart each way, requiring about 1,200 



