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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



FOUR YEARS AFTER PLANTING. 



NOTE NOT ONLY THE MUCH BETTER APPEARANCE BUT ALSO THE VERY APPARENT INCREASE IN 



VALUE PER ACRE. 



five feet apart, requiring about 1,740 

 per acre. 



Planting in the farmers' woodlots 

 should be done where necessary to fill 

 up openings in the woodlots, which 

 would 'take too long to seed up naturally, 

 thus immediately putting all the land 

 to productive use; to introduce new 

 species to make the stand more valuable ; 

 or to ensure reproduction of most desired 

 species, difficult to secure otherwise. 



In underplanting in the woods, care 

 must be taken not to plant where the 

 light conditions or soil conditions are 

 unsuitable to the species used; thus, 

 white pine should have a moderate 

 amount of light, Norway spruce could 

 stand a considerable amount of shade 

 and white oak would require much light. 



Several States maintain nurseries 

 where trees can be purchased at cost 

 or at least at very reasonable rates. 

 If there are no State nurseries, the State 

 Forestry Department can refer you to 

 reliable commercial nurseries and give 

 you special advice for planting in your 

 particular locality. Therefore the first 

 thing to do is to communicate with the 

 State Forestry Department. If there is 

 no State Forest Service, then communi- 



cate with the U. S. Forest Service at 

 Washington, D. C. 



Lumber companies or owners of 

 large tracts remote^ from railroad lines 

 can often avoid heavy transportation 

 and hauling charges by establishing a 

 small nursery near the planting site. 

 The owner of a woodlot can perhaps 

 even more easily start a small nursery 

 in his garden patch. 



The growing of hardwoods in a 

 private nursery is perhaps even more a 

 practical suggestion, especially for the 

 owner of the woodlot. Seeds of the 

 different hardwoods can often be col- 

 lected in the vicinity of the woodlot and 

 either sown in the fall or stored over 

 winter and sown in the spring. If suit- 

 able precautions can be taken to prevent 

 loss from squirrels or mice, better results 

 usually are obtained from fall sowing 

 from heavy seed of hardwoods, such as 

 oaks, hickory, etc. 



The seed could be sown in long rows 

 spaced the same as transplants, so as to 

 permit the use of a hand cultivator. 

 The seeds should not be covered too 

 deeply, ordinarily two to three times 

 the diameter of the seed itself. 



It is also possible and advisable in 



