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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



Februarj^, 



April s, 1826. A yellow locust lane 

 half a mile long was planted. The 

 ground was prepared and locust seed 



HEMr,OCK PI^ANTED IN 1 822, 36 INCHES 

 IN DIAMETER. 



planted. In one month the seed was 

 up. The trees were allowed to grow 

 for about thirty years before any cut- 

 ting was done. In 1875 posts to the 

 value of $500 were sold. I^ast winter 

 it was cut clean; many of the trees were 

 badly decayed, but the sales from them 

 amounted to nearly $800. There were 

 three hundred trees in all. No account 

 was kept up to 1875 of how many posts 



were utilized. The second growth now 

 stands six feet high. 



The following additional notes on 

 tree-planting are also taken from the 

 records of Priestford Farm: 



April 10, 1826. A locust tree was 

 planted, and when cut in 1900 was 

 36 inches in diameter, no feet high, and 

 had a commercial value of about $30. 



March 9, 1S32. A Black Walnut 

 w^as planted. This tree is now 24 inches 

 in diameter and 60 feet high. A Chest- 

 nut planted March 3, same year, is 60 

 inches in diameter. 



November ^/, i8jj. Twenty -five 

 chestnut trees were planted. Eight 

 now remain, averaging 24 inches in 

 diameter and 80 feet in height. These 

 trees were planted about six feet apart. 



April ^^ f8jj. Two holly trees were 

 planted ; they are at present 6 inches in 

 diameter and 25 feet high. 



Febncarv 2"/ to March z/, i8j^. 

 Twenty-five hundred locust trees were 

 planted in two plantations; the last of 

 them were cut for posts forty years 

 ago. They were 10 to 18 inches in 

 diameter at the time of cutting. Cattle 

 destroyed the second growth, as the 

 plantations were not fenced in. 



18 j^. There was planted in the 

 ' ' House Lot ' ' about one-half acre of 

 locusts, 8 feet apart each way. This 

 grove has been cut at various times and 

 now contains much valuable timber 10 

 to 18 inches in diameter. 



October 2y, i860. To come to more 

 modern times, some White Pines, found 

 near Pennsylvania State line, were 

 planted and are now 18 to 24 inches in 

 diameter and 50 feet high. 



i860. Some White Ash and Black 

 Walnut were planted. The ash are now 

 16 inches in diameter and the walnut 12. 



October 12, 1862 There was planted 

 a Swamp Maple 6 inches high. It is now 

 20 inches in diameter and 50 feet high. 



18^2. Planted 350 evergreens. The 

 White Pines are now 15 inches in diam- 

 eter. The Norwa}' Firs are 16 inches in 

 diameter. The Hemlocks are 15 inches 

 in diameter. 



18^2. A Spanish Chestnut raised 

 from the nut in a cigar box and planted 

 out when 6 inches high is now 18 inches 

 in diameter and 40 feet high. 



