FORESTRY. LESSONS ON HOME WOODLANDS. 



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Planting seedlings grown in nursery beds. Preparation of nur- 

 sery beds and sowing of seeds. Kinds of trees commonly raised in 

 nursery beds. Age of seedlings fit for planting. Need' for trans- 

 planting seedlings in nursery prior to planting out in the woods or 

 fields. Season of year for successful planting and method of plant- 

 ing. Sources of injury or loss, and means of combating. (Fig. 18.) 



Regions where forest plantations are needed and commonly started. 

 Purposes for which plantations are set out. Kinds of trees profit- 

 able in plantations. Pure and mixed plantations, and advantages 

 of each. 



Fig. 18. — Forest plantations are made with small seedlings and no later watering or 

 cultivation are necessary. Fire and grazing stock must be excluded. 



Planting steep slopes and eroding soils with forest trees to check 

 soil wastage and land destruction. Kinds of trees suitable for tak- 

 ing hold quickly and multipling on such dry banks. 



Filling up large openings in the woods and improving existing 

 woodlands by planting desirable species of trees. 



Utilizing poor soils and so-called waste places about the farm by 

 planting quick-growing, useful kinds of trees : Black locust for fence 

 posts, pine and other species for use as treated fence posts. 



Trees about the farm and farmstead for shade, nut production, 

 and ornamental purposes. 



