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 iMAI'IAGIMG THE StiALL FOREST 



At this time of year a question arises, "Should I plant forest trees?" This 

 can be answered in a general way but it is alv/ays better to have advice from the 

 Extension Forester, County Agent, or the Soil Conservation Technician. Trees of 

 useful varieties and successfully staa-ted on the right land are almost sure to 

 return a profit to their aV'Tier, The planted forest also yields many products  

 needed on the farm, such as posts, firewood, lumber, and timbers. It is also a 

 home for wildlife, may serve as a vjindbreak, will conserve moisture and prevent 

 erosion, also it will give the ovoier and his family recreation. 



Generally, forest trees should be planted: (1) on cut over areas or in forests 

 so run dovm that they are not reseeding or are reseeding too slowly; (2) on land 

 that' viTill be or has been ruined by sheet or gully erosion; (3) on rocky, hilly or 

 worn out land; (4) on land restocking to worthless kinds of trees; (5) on odd 

 corners of woodland too small or inaccessible for cultivated crops or pasture, 



inother question that always comes up, "Yihat kind of trees should I plant?" 

 Roughly speaking, we have light sandy, gravelly soil on v.'hich red or Norway pine 

 is the best tree to plajit, Y/e have sandy loam, a_ little heavier soil and sill. 

 light, on which white pine grov<s to best advantage. And then v/e have a type of 

 soil v/ith a clay base so that drainage is poor, and we recommend spruce as the 

 best tree to plant on 'this type of soil. 



For complete information on forest planting in Massachusetts, send to the 

 Extension Service at the University of Massachusetts for leaflet No. 213. In this 

 bulletin soil and the tree have been tied together, 



— R. B. Parmenter 



Pruning Deer Damaged Trees In an area where young trees are subject to 

 deer dumjige, it is not advisable to prjactice the sarae type of pruning as 

 where no such damage occurs. The reason is obvious. If a grower does a 

 careful job of training a young tree in accordance with the central 

 leader idea, and deer proceed to browse the tips of all the branches in 

 addition to the "leader", the framev/ork is severely upset. Instead, it 

 seems advisable to do very little, if any, pruning during first 4 or 5 

 years, or until the tree becomes too high to permit brov/sing of the 

 topmost branches. Such trees should be grown as rapidly as possible in 

 the hope that they v/ill soon outgrow the unorthodox pruning caused by 

 the deer. In other vrords, vire may as well grov; some extra branches to 

 compensate for the deer's lack of judgment. But, where deer are absent, 

 the 2nd and 3rd years are very important as regards framev/ork develop- 

 ment. 



The Dixi Blueberry Not a Native of Dixie In the 

 Dixi (Note the spellingj variety"~of blueberry we » 



find a story of human interest. It vsfas developed 

 by Dr. Frederick D, Coville, the originator of a 

 number of other varieties, shortly before his 

 retirement. This variety may have been one of his 

 favorites. Anyv/ay, he decided to pass it on to 

 posterity as his parting message. So he gave it 

 the Latin name "Dixi" (I have spoken). 



