PRUNING. 



During the first and second years the trees will be benefitted 

 by cutting off the side branches to keep them from forking and 

 to force an upward growth. After that they should shade each, 

 other enough so that side branches will not form. This work 

 may be done in the spring or summer, not later than July, or in 

 the late fall. Pruning late in the summer forces a late growth 

 that will not mature before winter. 



THINNING. 



Left to themselves, no matter how thickly planted, the stronger 

 trees gradually out-top the weaker ones and thus nature does her 

 own thinning. One can save time however and get better results if 

 this process is not left wholly to nature. When the trees show 

 evidences of being crowded a part of them should be removed. 

 These will naturally be the nurse trees that have served their pur- 

 pose in getting the others started. If desired for planting else- 

 where they may be dug out late in the fall and heeled in for winter 

 in some spot where the snow will drift over them or they may 

 be dug out in the spring and planted at once when needed. 



These trees being nursery grown should be tall and straight 

 and well suited for street or lawn planting. They have a market 

 value of about ten dollars per hundred, an acre producing 13 CO 

 trees where none are missing. This still leaves the trees standing 

 four by eight feet apart and in time these will need further thin- 

 ning. 



LIST OF TREES FOR TIMBER PLANTATION. 



White Ash .The wood of this tree is strong and durable. 

 It is used where strength and elacticity are required as in fork 

 handles, whiffle-trees, the manufacture of Vehicles, farm machinery, 

 etc. It is fairly durable when used as posts and has a high fuel 

 value. The wood of the green ash has much the same qualities. 

 Both of these trees are slow to leave out in the spring and shed 

 their foliage early in the fall. For that reason they should be 

 planted with other sorts not having this defect in order to better 

 prevent the growth of grass and weeds among the trees. 



American Elm. This is of little money value to the farmer 

 except for fuel. The wood is not durable in contact with the soil. 

 Its value is chief Iv as a shade tree. 



