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of old fences, the various kinds of forest trees, such as the Oak, 

 Hickory, Elm, &;c., will spring* up of themselves ; and if the old 

 fences be removed and the under brush cut up, these trees, in a 

 few years will form a handsome belt of growing timber. Where 

 the young trees will not come up naturally, they may be planted 

 in two ways, namely : the young trees may be transplanted from 

 the forest, or the ground maj^ be prepared by cultivation, and 

 then the Acorns, Chestnuts, Cones, &c., may be gathered and 

 planted in rows, or broad-cast, as may be. We think the former 

 method of transplanting the most sure, and in cases where the 

 soil is too steep and rocky to be plowed, this is the only plan that 

 can be followed out. Of course, in either case of cultivation, the 

 young trees should be protected a few years from farm stock, to 

 give such trees as are natural to the soil the preference ; for in- 

 stance, the White Oak, and various other oaks will grow well on 

 thin gravel soils, and high knolls, while the Elms, Hickorys and 

 Maples, will require a heavier and stronger soil. Also the White 

 Birch will flourish and grow well on a very poor, thin soil ; and 

 as this tree grows fast, it is worthy of cultivation, it often 

 comes up naturally in old fields adapted to its growth. On many 

 old barren fields that have been worn out and neglected, the 

 White Pines will come up in great numbers ; and if, after a few 

 years, these trees are allowed to grow, and are then cut, and 

 trimmed up, and thinned out, in a few years a handsome forest of 

 young Pines vvill be added to the farm. A fifteen or twenty years' 

 growth will give these trees such a start, that they then may be 

 cut and thinned out, giving the standard trees of from six to ten 

 inches in diameter at the trunk, plenty of room to grow to great 

 size in after years, while the trees should be at such distance as 

 to let in the sun, the pine grove to be used as a pasture for farm 

 stock. The extra wood from the young trees thinned out, would 

 pay the expense of cutting and trimming for fire wood. There 

 are many instances in Xew England, during the last twenty-five 

 or fifty years, where enterprising and persevering farmers have 

 raised fine groves of young timber and forest trees, after the 

 plans named above. What is now wanted, is a great deal more 

 done at the same business, on poor, waste lands. Another valu- 

 able forest tree for cultivation, is the Locust — of these there arc 

 several varieties. Amongst the most valuable for timber and posts 



