ON PLANTING. 231 
“Whether a selection be made from the so-called cheap 
trees, such as white willows, cotton-woods, soft maples, 
or noble oaks, hard maples, white ash, the elms, wild 
cherry, walnut, or hardy evergreens be chosen, we do 
not recommend neglect in planting these invaluable aids 
to good farming. 
“ A strip of one rod in width will be needed if it is pro- 
posed to plant but a single row, and several rods wide 
must be prepared if it be designed to plant a good wind- 
break of many rows, which is the better plan. 
“ After harrowing the ground, a furrow is struck for 
every row of trees, and these furrows may be four 
feet apart, for then the plants may be set every four 
feet. This requires very little labor unless large trees 
are selected, and if these be large evergreens they need 
not be so close, but more care will be required in plant- 
ing. 
“The young trees, when planted with reasonable care 
and well fixed in the soil by pressure of the foot, will be 
sure to grow; but so will the weeds, and the plantation 
must be cultivated for about two seasons, so as to keep 
down all intruders. With this treatment their growth 
is greatly enhanced and they will the sooner shade the 
ground, when they will suppress the weeds and take care 
of themselves. 
“Jn planting in situations where there are steep de- 
clivities, rocky protruding ledges, or other obstructions, 
it is the part of good philosophy to embrace and make 
the most of the conditions which happen to surround us. 
In all such restricted situations, as in similar difficulties 
everywhere, let us not be discouraged, but adopt the 
more expensive and less promising plans. 
“In such cases, the planting is done by ‘ notching,’ for 
small nursery trees, that are inserted into the slit made 
with a heavy planting-spade, and made firm by the same 
instrument or with the foot. 
“With larger trees, the plan of ‘pitting’ is pursued, 
