THE IERIGATION AGE. 



opened, leaving the top bent back, in which, case bend 

 to form a bottom and take out the other end with a can- 

 opener. 



Cans with tops removed require holes punched in 

 bottoms, say with a hatchet. Fill the cans with sandy 

 loam and place them in a protected place near a water 

 supply and bury them to the top. 



Now plant your seedlings, cuttings or seeds. In 

 every case, when planting or replanting, flood with 

 water, since it is necessary to expel the air beneath and 

 settle the soil about the plant. 



Keep continuously damp, for a drying-out may 

 end your crop irretrievably. Many kinds of trees may 

 be set out in permanent resting places after one year, 

 while others should be kept in the "nursery" a year 

 longer. 



Before transplanting trees examine to find if your 

 cans are sufficiently rusted to permit the roots to have 

 freedom. If rusted holes appear in places, nothing is 

 necessary to be done, but if intact place a little salt 

 around them, outside of the can, and it will eat into 

 the metal in a few days. Do not use too much salt. 



SEEDLINGS. 



In planting seedlings (meaning the baby trees 

 which you have taken up), remove the little branches, 

 only leaving the main stem. Put a little soil in a can 

 and hold the plant in the can while pouring in earth. 

 When the can is full, gently pull the plant upwards 

 until the upper roots are in sight, then pour water into 

 the can. It will be found that the soil has settled con- 

 siderably, so again fill the can. The roots should be 

 just below the surface, barely covered. 

 NUTS. 



With acorns, nuts, etc., fill up the can and_ settle 

 the soil with water, then press your seed into it lightly. 

 Put in more soil to the top of the can, then water again. 

 The nut should just be covered out of sight. 



Directions for smaller seed is very much the same 

 as with the nut sorts let them be under a quarter of an 

 inch. 



CUTTINGS. 



Take your cuttings in dead of winter when the sap 

 is down. Make a clean cut with a sharp knife below 

 the "joint" or bud, and at the upper or smaller end, 

 above the bud, then place it in a can, buried two inches. 

 Try to have all your cans filled to about a quarter of an 

 inch of the top when earth is settled. 



FORCING. 



Considerable time may be gained in cold weather 

 by what is called "forcing." To make hard seed sprout 

 quickly, before planting in cans, press the seed into a 

 layer of wet earth in a large box, then cover over with a 

 layer of a foot or more of fresh horse manure and re- 

 new it every few days. 



With palm seed, after sprouted and planted in can, 

 keep buried in warm manure to the top of the can in- 

 stead of out in the ground for a time. 



PLANTING TIME. 



Only plant out your trees in permanent place in 

 the wet season, unless they are to be watered when the 

 dry weather comes. When watering them then wet 

 thoroughly below the roots or not at all. 



OAKS. 



Everyone should plant acorns, if nothing else, and 

 by the can process they grow much quicker than is gen- 

 erally supposed, and will not die in transplanting. 



TREES FOR DISTRIBUTION. 



The Monterey Tree-Growing Club has on hand 

 many hundreds of Monterey pine and redwood trees 

 growing in cans, which will be prime for transplanting 

 next winter (1908). These trees are offered in ex- 

 change for other desirable kinds of trees to other Tree- 

 Growing Clubs. The Monterey Club will receive orders 

 now for Monterey pines, to be delivered next winter, in 

 any quantity, for $5 per hundred, the money to go to 

 the school children who are growing them. 



THE MONTEREY PINE. 



This tree will thrive on shallow ground and stand 

 drought. 



TAN-BARK OAK. 



Possibly the best native California tree for street 

 and road planting is the chestnut oak, our best tan-bark 

 tree (quercus densiflora). 



The Monterey Club will have quantities of these 

 trees to offer, also madronas. 



THE PARENT CLUB. 



-The Monterey Tree-Growing Club contemplate 

 building a log club house on their beautiful tract of 

 land, within the city limits of Monterey. 



For the time being the Monterey Tree-Growing 

 Club will represent the National Tree-Growers' Associa- 

 tion, giving charters to clubs and generally supervise 

 the movement. 



ORGANIZE. 



If there is not already a Tree-Growing Club or- 

 ganized in your town, get busy, for you cannot afford to 

 be classed as an unprogressive community, selfish and 

 unwilling to do service for your heirs. 



IRRIGATED FARMS IN THE LITTLE EMPIRE OF 

 THE WESTERN SLOPE. 



Profitable farm lands are scattered all along the 

 line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, "Scenic 

 Line of the World." 



In the valleys of the Grand, Gunnison, North Fork 

 and Roaring Fork Rivers, and in the San Luis and Un- 

 compahgre Valleys of Colorado, and the Farmington 

 District of New Mexico farming, stock raising and 

 fruit growing are carried on in a way that is a revela- 

 tion to the farmer in the East. 



For those who desire to make new homes, there is 

 no other region that offers more and better advantages 

 than western Colorado, a land of blue skies and sun- 

 shine, with a temperate and even climate, where the 

 erstwhile desert needs but to be tilled and watered in 

 order to verily "Blossom as a Rose." Several illustrated 

 publications, giving valuable information in regard to 

 the agricultural, horticultnral and live stock interests 

 of this great western section, have been prepared by the 

 Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, and can be obtained 

 by addressing S. K. Hooper, G. P. & T. A., Denver, 

 Colo. 



