14 ADVICE FOR FOREST PLANTERS IN OKLAHOMA. 



PLANTING DECIDUOUS TREES. 



Deciduous trees may be planted in lister furrows, as later described. 

 In this region it is always advisable, previous to planting, carefully 

 to till the whole area to be planted, except where the soil is so sandy 

 that it will blow about if disturbed. When the young tree is finally 

 sel the stem should be buried -J or 3 inches deeper than it was in the 

 nursery, and in this region it is always desirable to leave a slight 

 depression around the base of the tree to collect moisture. 



In many cases the planter will find it entirely practicable to plant 

 the seed of oaks, hickories, and walnuts in the permanent site rather 

 than to buy the trees or grow them in a nursery. The nuts may be 

 put into the ground in the fall or kept over and planted in the spring, 

 a- is most convenient. They should be spaced the same as trees from 

 the nursery and covered with from 1 to 3 inches of earth. Planta- 

 tions thus made should be well cultivated until the young trees be- 

 come established. 



The ripe seeds of many tier- are often infested with the larva 1 of 

 insect-, which, if allowed to remain alive for a few weeks, will destroy 

 the germ-. Acorns, chestnuts, and pecan nut- are especially subject 

 to tin- trouble, though hickory nuts suffer less. The seeds of locust, 

 mesquite, coffeetree, various pine-, and other conifers are also apt to 

 be attacked. In order to save infested seed, it should be treated with 

 carbon bisulphid gas as soon as possible after it is ripe. Instruc- 

 tion- for doing this are given in Farmers 1 Bulletin No. L45, prepared 

 by the Bureau of Entomology, winch may be bad upon requesl 

 directed to the Department of Agriculture. Various directions for 

 destroying nut weevils are. also given in the Yearbook' of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture for L904. 



PLANTING BY HORSEPOWER. 



A very rapid and inexpensive method of planting by the aid of 

 horsepower has been successfully employed on well-tilled land in 

 the prairie State-. This method is suitable for broadleaf species 

 only, and the best results and greatest economy require the services of 

 LO men. I buy-, and 5 horses. The implements necessary are 10 spades, 

 2 buckboards, I empty barrel-. 1 lister, and 1 wheel cultivator. One 

 or two additional spades or shovels should be placed where the trees 

 are heeled in. as a reserve in case any of the implements are broken. 



One man with a lister and three horses furrows out the rows ahead 

 of the planters. In two boms he can furrow out enough ground to 

 keep the whole force at work- five hours. The trees are planted in 

 the bottom- of the furrow- in opening- made with a spade at right 

 angle- to the furrow-. Two men work together, each on ;i row, to 

 whom a boy hands the tree- from barrels containing water or " pud- 



