386 PRACTICAL ARBORICULTURE 
growth, but no fruit of a profitable character had accompanied it, while blight 
destroyed many of the trees. 
Near by, on similar land, are fine orchards of Pecan, some pecan trees also 
growing on this land. 
We argue that soil which would support tap rooted pecan and pear trees 
and enabled them to grow so luxuriantly would also support deep rooted Catalpa 
Speciosa trees, and thus selected this location. 
The ground was plowed, and marked off with a one-horse plow, in eight 
feet rows one way, the men stepping off the distance and planting at about eight 
feet in these rows. 
After the first half day's planting, in which new men accustomed to one kind 
of work, and performing a task entirely different in character, they learned the 
routine and made excellent headway. The average number of trees planted per 
man was 700 each day. 
In the North the average per man is one thousand trees per day. 
One man carried a bundle (100) of trees, another used a shovel, the tree 
being held in the furrow, while earth was thrown upon the roots. Then stepping 
upon the earth about the tree, two ordinary steps and one short step were taken 
and another tree set. 
The advantage of small trees in forest planting will be apparent. Transpor- 
tation is much less; cost of trees being but a fraction of the cost of large trees. 
While a man may plant a dozen large trees in a day's time, he will plant one 
thousand small trees. Then the shock resulting from loss of roots and removal 
is very great in large trees, while it is not noticeable in small ones. These trees 
were 24 to 30 inches high, with roots to inches in length. 
The recent extensive planting of trees by many railway companies and private 
land owners has given us a basis upon which we may now closely estimate the 
expense attending large forest plantings. 
The value of land varies with location, quantity of soil, nearness to market, 
ete., but good land suitable for timber production can be bought in the South at 
from $1.50 to S10 per acre. 
We will consider the cost of land at $5.00. 
TOGO Acresso £ lanidl Pyaar haere Mogi S 5,000.00 
IRENGING: Syke cates Gu ln ean Gee aoe eee ee 600.00 
Plominorat Ne pen day as.caecateeecea cei: 2,000.00 
IPUEROM IIS AOU) Picts oe kA A arte ne s 500.00 
BSS, COOMREES AL STO ErM, 245 edge cette: 8,880.00 
Pilati eke Aeris cen £tee ae avert asia aes ees 1,500.00 
Ac CULMVATIONS “TSE VEAL voces a Gaels 2,400.00 
3 sa BV NCAT cate eee are Aha 1,800.00 
2 ‘. BUISVCATO Jokussen tater semiene Seale 1,200.00 
CutPiie-olt trees 2nd Wears cnc eden: 500.00 
Pruning to single Stem: .oc4s44 sethaneec 500.00 
Pein: aC VCarr aack De eae Aaa eos ioe ce 250.00 
Interest on investment 7 vears........... 7,030.40 
$34,087.00 
