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tion. To neglect it at this time after changing 

 its environment means a stunted growth. We 

 find any special care given this first season 

 counts for a great deal in after years. 



Crop for First Year. — The trees having 



grown in a more or less crowded nursery row 

 for one or two vears, as the case may be, we 

 have found that a certain amount of shade the 

 first year is rather beneficial than otherwise. 

 Corn has been found to fill these requirements 

 and is used quite generally for the first season, 

 where the strength of the land will permit. In 

 planting, care should be taken to leave out a 

 hill on each side of the trees, so as not to crowd 

 them too much. A very good practice is not to 

 plant any corn in the tree rows at all. Some- 

 times the corn rows are laid off without any re- 

 gard to the trees, often leaving some of the 

 trees in the middle where they will be barked 

 and bruised by the single trees, or by the plow, 

 in the cultivation of the corn. The trees should 

 always stand in the row for protection, if for no 

 other reason. When young trees are bruised or 

 barked they may not appear to be injured 

 very much, but examine them years after 

 and although the wound may be covered you 

 will find the dead tissues are still there; a tree 

 simply pushes a growth over the wound. Stand 



