1905 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



463 



order to secure a good cover of Nor- 

 way spruce within ten or fifteen years 

 at least 1,000 trees should be planted 

 per acre, and 2,000 would be better. 

 One thousand Norway spruce trees at 

 twenty-five cents apiece would cost 

 $250. No farmer who has good busi- 



the establishment of a forest planta- 

 tion that must require one hundred 

 vears of growth before it is mature is 

 so absurd that it seems that no sane 

 man would give such advice, and yet 

 such advice is common. A capital of 

 $250 put at three per cent, compound 



Cottonwood Grove on Upland in Northwestern Iowa. This River 

 Bottom Species is Now Dying, After Having Occupied ihe 

 Ground Twenty-five Years, and the Prairie Grasses are 

 again taking Possession of the Land. This Picture Illus- 

 trated the Use of the Wrong Species for the Site. 



ness sagacity is going to invest $250 

 per acre in the nursery stock of a pro- 

 spective forest plantation. The aver- 

 age Norway spruce forests of Ger- 

 many are not worth $250 per acre on 

 Ihe stump when the trees are one hun- 

 dred years old. The proposition that a 

 farmer should invest $250 an acre in 



interest would amount to $3.Soo in one 

 hundred years. 



One of the greatest needs we have 

 to-day for furthering the cause of for- 

 est tree planting is a class of nursery- 

 men who comprehend the situation 

 and who have enough energy about 

 them to grow evergreen seedlings by 



