386 PRACTICAL ARBORICULTURE 



growth, but no fruit of a profitable character had accompanied it, while blight 

 destroyed many of the trees. 



Xear by. mi similar land, are fine orchards of Pecan, some pecan trees also 

 growing on this land. 



\Ve argue that soil which would support tap rooted pecan and pear trees 

 and enabled them to grow so luxuriantly would also support deep rooted L'ataipa 

 spcciosa trees, and thus selected this location. 



The ground was plowed, and marked off with a one-horse plow, in eight 

 feet rows one way, the men stepping off the distance and planting at about eight 

 feet in these rows. 



After the first half day's planting, in which new men accustomed to one kind 

 of work, and performing a task entirely different in character, they learned the 

 routine and made excellent headway. The average number of trees planted per 

 man was 700 each day. 



In the North the average per man is one thousand trees per day. 

 One man carried a bundle ( 100) of trees, another used a shovel, the tree 

 being held in the furrow, while earth was thrown upon the roots. Then stepping 

 upon the earth about the tree, two ordinary steps and one short step were taken 

 and another tree set. 



The advantage of small trees in forest planting will be apparent. Transpor- 

 tation is much less: cost of trees being but a fraction of the cost of large tree- 

 While a man may plant a dozen large trees in a day's time, he will plant one 

 thousand small trees. Then the shock resulting from loss of roots and removal 

 is very great in large trees, while it is not noticeable in small ones. These trees 

 were 24 to 30 inches high, with roots 10 inches in length. 



The recent extensive planting of trees by many railway companies and private 

 land owners has given us a basis upon which we may now closely estimate the 

 expense attending large forest plantings. 



The value of land varies with location, quantity of soil, nearness to market, 

 etc., but good land suitable for timber production can be bought in the South at 

 from $1.50 to $10 per acre. 



We will consider the cost of land at $5.0x5. 



1 ,000 acres of land . $ 5.000.00 



Fencing " 600.00 



Plowing at $3 per day 2,000.00 



Furrowing out 500.00 



888,000 trees at Sio per M 8.880.00 



Planting 1 .500.00 



4 cultivations ist year 2.400.00 



3 2nd year 1,800.00 



2 " 3d year i ,200.00 



( 'utf'ng off trees _'nd year 500.00 



Pruning to single stem 500.00 



1 'riming 3d year -'50.00 



Interest on investment 7 years 7,036.40 



$34.087.00 



