attained from a thickei' plantation thinned out. Apple trees miglit be nsfe'd 

 to malie this kind of plantation, which being a Tery fast grower and trimmed 

 high, and after bearing fruit for several years, enough to pay a large rent oh 

 the land, frould become tall trees with large trunks of valuable timbei-, and 

 tops making fuel of an excellent quality. 



For fuel, and small Straight timber, the trees mi^t be grown, either pri- 

 marily or secondarily, in rows 49^ inches apart, and 8 feet three inches in 

 the rows, standing •quincunciiilly. This form places eight trees to the rod, 

 •while they are almost six fe^t from each othet, ami gives 1,280 to the acre. 

 Another form of planting for the ganfe poirpose would 'place th^m in the squai'e 

 form, 5^ feet apart, and would give niae trees to the rod, or 1,440 to the 

 acre. This last form would be more difficult to attain aa a secondary result, 

 but would be a very good form to use, where other crops aTe grown in the 

 "Early stages of its growth. 



All these forms may be ultimately reached, 'except the last, by plantin"g 

 Seeds at 49-J inches between the rows, and at half or one-fourth that distance 

 in the row ; with the express intention of thiniiing them out at the proper 

 age, so as to leave the final form "required. 'Different 'varietiies of trees may 

 ■also be used ■ffhich are intended to be cut away, as the planter shall deeta 

 most profitable for that purpose. For this last purpose no species offer moi^ 

 "advantages, than hickoties and white oh,ks among deciduous trees and larches 

 among coniferre. 



Different forms of plantations will suggest themselves to each planter, ac- 

 'cording to the use fof Which he is planting. But however the trees may be 

 planted, they should be induced to shade the ground as soon as possible, so 

 as to kill out all other vegetation. In this last, the leaves will greatly aid 

 while it mulches and enriches the trees, and aids their. growth. 



When the l&nd Is valuable, us is genefrally th"e tasfe i'n Wisconsin, it is ob- 

 vious that the management, which gives the quickest and the heaviest return 

 of timber, will prove the most remunerative and profitable. Thorough culti- 

 vation gives the greatest ami most Tapid -growth of the young trees, making 

 ■at least once and a half, and often two.fold difference in the first ten.years 

 of their existence. This is acoomplifihed best by planting the trees in rows, 

 through whichthe cultivator can be passed, thus keeping it clean. This can- 

 not be done by the uncertain mode of sowing the «eeds broadcast, or setting 

 the trees at -random, moreover it gives greater evenness to the plantation. 

 TIME OF PLANTING SB'EDS. 



No one sjiecified time can be named in which the seeds of all trees can be 

 "planted, as they mature at diifterent periods of the year ; and retain their 

 Vitality for various lengths of time. As a general rule, the beat time to 

 ■plant is soon after the seeds ripen. That is not always convenient, nor is it 

 =alwayB absolutely necessary. Yet with some kinds; a delay of a few Weeks ts 

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