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SCHOOL AGRICULTURE 



locust, walnut, a'sh, and poplar, may be purchased for small 

 sums, and an acre of land will support from 500 to 1000 of 

 these trees. The trees should be planted on land prepared as 

 if for a corn crop, and set from six to eight feet apart each 

 way. The young trees should be cultivated for the first four 

 or five years, or until the crowns touch and the canopy entire- 

 ly shades the ground. In a comparatively short time the 

 young forest will be full of promise, even within the lifetime 

 of one generation. 



University Catalpa Plantation. (3 Years Old.) 



Jf the farmer already has a woodlot so much the better. 

 His scientific forestry then will consist of cleaning out worth- 

 less, dead, misshapen or crowded trees, and giving all valuable 

 species every advantage of root and crown space. If fire is 

 kept out, and grass is shaded dow r n, the forest will naturally 

 regenerate itself, and the farmer may use the mature trees, 

 and the thinnings from his woodlot "without impairing the per- 

 manency of his forest. 



The Woodlot a Source of Supply. A good timber lot is one 

 of the best crops a farmer can raise, and it will produce good 

 interest on his money, while he sleeps. Such supplies as farm 

 building frames, shingle?, fence posts, telephone posts, tele- 



