THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



fall in the autumn. But if the veteran should 

 be an elm, hickory, or walnut, it is patched 

 up, if possible, with concrete, as carefully as 

 if it were an orchard tree. All trees, irre- 

 claimably decayed are cut down, no matter 

 what their neighbors' ages may be, to avoid 

 the damage their natural downfall would be 

 sure to inflict on others. 



On several occasions, being compelled 

 to remove large trees when there was no 

 hope of the space being quickly filled by nat- 

 ural growth, we have transplanted several 

 large saplings, and thinned out later. 



From our very initiation, the nursery 

 branch of forestry has been a pet hobby. It 

 is really as easy to grow trees as to grow 

 vegetables; and the joy of having strong, 

 well-shaped specimens of the species best 

 adapted to the vicinity and the purpose for 

 which the wood is to be ultimately used, is un- 

 questionable. 



Marketing nursery stock must be a profit- 

 able business, for though we never made any 



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