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A YEAR IN AGRICULTURE 



No. of Acres 



Species of 

 Tree 



Supplies taken 

 from It 



General 

 Condition 



9. Planting a forest nursery. The planting and care of 

 a forest nursery by pupils of the public schools is one of the 

 most practical forms of garden work, because trees are more 

 permanent and require less attention than garden vegetables. 

 Spade up a piece of ground about 6 feet by 12 feet in an 

 unused corner of the school yard. Select a well drained site, 

 not too sloping, with as rich a loam soil as possible. Work 

 into the soil this fall a liberal amount of well rotted manure, 

 and leave the ground without further preparation until 

 spring. 



In the spring, as soon as conditions will permit, the ground 

 should be thoroughly pulverized and a seed-bed prepared for 

 the planting. Lay off the plot in rows 12 to 18 inches apart. 

 Such tree seeds as the basswood, catalpa, poplar, beech, chest- 

 nut, locust, oak, maple, and such others as can be obtained, 

 may be planted in the rows of the nursery plot. During the 

 fall gather and store the seeds. Acorns and nuts are best 

 stored by being buried in sand in a box, sunk in the ground 

 in a well drained place. Other tree seeds may be kept in 



