THE \\< >UK < F Till-: SP< ULERS 



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around now run almost dry during- a 

 in M id part of the summer, and become 

 choked with a rank growth of weeds 

 which must hi- remove 1. else the stream 

 will he completely tilled with silt at the 

 next flood season. 



< hving to the high fertility an<l excel- 

 lent (|uality of most of the soil in West- 

 ern < >hio. it seems quite unlikely that 

 then- will ever he any extensive plant- 



tri(icunth<>.\ ). which, when 

 close grown in good s,,il. i- tall, 

 -traight, and smooth. Thi- tree make- 

 most excellent fence posts, which < 

 ily outlast two sets of oak or cedar 

 posts. The honey locu-t also gn-w- 

 rapidly on the denuded hill- of the re- 

 gion, and would prove a very profitable 

 crop in s lu -h situation-. The mnimon 

 or black locu-t i l\'< >hini<i rscmlacuciii ) 



NATURAL REFORESTATION 

 Mixed Growth That Calipers Six to Eight Inches Eighteen Years After the Land Was Totally Cleared 



ing of forests in that region. That re- 

 forestation would he an extremely sim- 

 ple matter is at once evident from some 

 of the views accompanying this paper. 

 Two of the views herewith show a 

 small tract of eighteen-year-old growth 

 which sprang up after complete clear- 

 ing of the land. The original fore-t 

 \\as composed mainly of white oak, 

 American elm, walnut, and hickory, 

 and a considerable percentage of a-h 

 and hone\ locust. Thi- tract ha- af- 

 forded pasture for a few cattle, and is 

 excellent condition. With proper 



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care and a very little improvement cut- 

 ting, it will in a few years begin to 

 yield good return-. The most rapid 

 growth is made by the honey locust 



is very generally distributed over West- 

 ern Ohio, but its timber i- of little 

 value, owing to the destructive attack - 

 of the locust borer. Xo doubt this tree 

 could be grown with profit if planted in 

 large grove- and properly cared for. 



As stated before, however, then i- 

 but little if any interest -ho\\ n by tin- 

 people in the matter of tree planting. 



It is true that shade-tree- are quite 

 commonly planted along the -treels of 

 towns and village--, and in public 

 ground- generally, but thi- practise has 

 not \ et extended to tin.- public high- 

 ways, or even, to an\ extent, to tin- 

 rural school-grounds. Most of the 

 count ic- report a gro\\ing interest in 



\rbor May among the -ch"ol-. but that 



