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seeds there can also be a light sowing of such leguminous plants as 

 will not only give protection to the tender trees, but will at the same 

 time rapidly add nitrogen to the soil; i. e., field peas, and. certainly 

 for the southern half of Pennsylvania, crimson clover. It should be 

 stated that the locust tree is a nitrogen gatherer, and therefore adds 

 to the fertility of the soil. 



The other alternative to sowing is by placing the seeds in rows. 

 This is probably on the whole better adapted to the weightier seeds 

 the nuts and acorns for example. 



The methods to be employed for each kind of seed have been fully 

 discussed in the report of this department for 1895. It will, there- 

 fore, be unnecessary to repeat them here. 



If trees are raised in a nursery and transplanted the task is much 

 IPRR formidable than supposed. Three men, or two men and a boy, 

 can plant by means of a "dibble" from three to four thousand such 

 young trees in a day. The same instrument may be used in planting 

 cuttings, or such seeds as require a considerable co-vering of earth. 



To recapitulate, the two sovereign remedies against "wash" on a 

 farm are, first, a dense, well-matted sward, which should be kept in 

 good condition by frequent top dressing, or if this fails, a prompt 

 restoration of land rendered unproductive to- a forest condition. 



