FOREST PLANTING ON PIKE'S PEAK 



.">. Size of operation. 



6. Weather conditions during plant- 

 ing operations. 



7. Kind of labor used. 



Three methods of planting have been 

 found applicable to the mountainous 

 lands on the Pike National Forest. 

 They are the dibble, deep hole, and cone 

 methods. The following table shows 

 the comparative cost of these three 

 methods when similar stock is used : 



1 First figure gives the age of the stock in years 

 from seed; the second gives the number of times 

 transplanted before setting out on permanent site. 



The dibble method can be used only 

 with small-sized stock, two or three- 

 year-old seedlings, and in soil that is 

 loose, deep, and easily worked. The 

 deep hole method is the one most com- 

 monly employed. It can be used with 

 any class of stock, and since in digging 

 and refilling the holes the soil is thor- 



oughly worked, this method j s appli- 

 cable to any kind of -oil. The cone 

 method is employed only on \<T\ mi 

 favorable locations where especial 

 must be used in setting the plai 

 When, in very dry situations with 

 coarse, stony soil, it is desirable to 

 use large stock with a well-develoi 

 root system, the cone method is the best 

 because it provides for a greal deal 

 care in adjusting th roots around tin- 

 t-one and gives the plant every oppor- 

 tunity for early rooting. 



That the size of operations affects the 

 cost per acre of the work needs no dem- 

 onstration. In 1!M1 the cost of plant- 

 ing 07 acres on Pike's Peak was SI l.M> 

 per acre, and in 1!)|^ ->(>\ acres were 

 planted at a cost of $10.0! per a> 

 The methods used and the stock n 

 both years were similar, and the differ- 

 ence in the cost is largely due to the dif- 

 ference in the size of the job. In fact, 

 a more marked difference would have 

 been attained if weather conditions had 

 been more favorable in 1912. 



The biggest problem in economical 

 planting work is that of getting cheap 



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