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Aim. — To learn how to reforest land by direct seeding or planting seedlings. 



Sources of information.— -Farmers' Bulletins 1123, 1256, 1392, 1405, 1453, 1486, 

 1492, 1517, 1628, 1664, 1671, 1693, 1813; Leaflets 155, 156, and 159; Miscella- 

 neous Publication 357; Technical Bulletin 492. 



Illustrative material. — Obtain pictures showing different methods of planting 

 seedlings in a farm forest or woodland; also pictures of important local trees and 

 specimens of leaves; also fruit and bark, and keep available for study. 



Guides to study. — How to start a young forest by direct seeding or by trans- 

 planting nursery-grown seedlings. Best results to be expected from seed collected 

 locally. Sowing the seed in the place where the trees are wanted. Kinds of trees 

 started this way; usually the species difficult to transplant on account of large, 

 deep taproots, such as hickories, walnuts, some of the oaks, and some pines. 

 Collecting the seed. Storing the seed over winter. Sections of the country 

 (North) where seed sowing is best done in the spring and (South) where it may be 

 done in the fall or early winter. Preparation of the soil and method of planting 

 seed of different kinds. Care of growing seedlings. 



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Figure 11. 



-4-H Club boys in Mississippi planting black locust seedlings on farm to grow 

 of durable fence posts. 



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Planting seedlings grown in nursery beds. Preparation of nursery beds and 

 sowing of seeds. Kinds of trees commonly raised in nursery beds. Age of seed- 

 lings fit for planting. Need for transplanting seedlings in nursery prior to planting 

 out in the woods or fields. Season of year for successful planting and method of 

 planting. Injury or loss and how to avoid them. 



Regions where forest plantations are needed and commonly started. Purposes 

 for which plantations are set out. Kinds of trees profitable in plantations. Pure 

 and mixed plantations, and advantages of each. 



Planting steep slopes and eroding soils with forest trees to check soil wastage 

 and land destruction. Kinds of trees suitable for taking hold quickly and multi- 

 plying on dry banks. 



