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astonishingly short time. If cat in summer "and peeled, they prove durable 

 for these purposes, where kept from the ground, and they are very strong. 



It may be propagated by slips, suckers, or by branches five or six feet long 

 and two or three inches in diameter; where the latter are used, the larger 

 end should be sharpened by a sloping cut on one side, to expose the bark, and 

 set fifteen or eighteen inches in the ground. The disposition of the tree to 

 sucker would be no objection in forest culture. 



We urgently recommend this tree for extended planting in outside belts, 

 on our most exposed prairies. It will prove immensely valuable in the near 

 future for building purposes. 



VALUABLE SPECIES LESS RAPID IN GROWTH. 



No attempt will be made to place the different species found valuable for 

 prairie planting in the order of their relative merit. It is not expected that 

 every planter will include all, or even a large portion of the species recom- 

 mended. In no case defer planting trees, if you have the ground ready, and 

 can secure the plants of any given species. Put out plants or cuttings, or 

 better yet seeds of the most desirable trees obtainable in your immediate 

 vicinity, rather than defer planting for a single year. 



WHITE PINE AND LARCH. 



These well known trees are placed together, as many experiments at the 

 West have demonstrated that they are mutual aids to each other in growth, 

 and on the prairies we have special uses for the larch poles, when it becomes 

 necessary to cut them to give room for the development and growth of the 

 pines. But few of our prairie settlers realize how cheaply they can now 

 start an acre or two of these valuable and really quick-growing conifers. 

 Aside from intrinsic value for timber, such groves prove good investments 

 in the way of breaking up the monotony of prairie scenery, and as places for 

 pleasant resort for stock in winter as well as in summer. 

 , The most profitable mode of planting is to set the plants in rows four feet 

 apart. Every alternate row is planted exclusively with larch, three feet 

 apart in rows. In the row in which the pines are planted, they stand eight 

 feet apart, with a larch planted half way between. When the larch poles 

 are cut, the pines stand eight feet apart both ways. 



A practical estimate of cost of two acres, and results at the end of ten 

 years, may prove useful. 



PRACTICAL ESTIMATE. 



Forty-two hundred larch plants (transplanted 12 to 15 inches) $ 42.00 



Fourteen hundred White pine (transplanted 12 to 18 inches) . 28.00 



Preparing ground and setting 15.00 



Culture for four years 25 .00 



$110.00 



