Reforestation 
T HE surprising prodigality heretofore prevailing in forest destruction all over the country is at last arousing public opinion. 
There is rapidly growing and wide-spread interest now being taken both by private planters, National, State, and Muni¬ 
cipal Departments toward restoring as far as possible what has been irretrievably lost, due to the suicidal policy and 
wanton waste of our forests and the consequent depletion of our national timber resources. 
Supplying all young stock in quantity for reforesting and for nursery planting on the most favorable terms is one of the 
important and well-known features of the KELSEY NURSERY SERVICE. That these facilities are more and more appreciated 
by past and prospective patrons is shown in our constantly increasing business. 
It is, therefore, advantageous, especially where material quantities are required, to get in touch with us before making 
purchases. 
A complete list of young seedlings and transplants will be found on the Green Folder pasted inside the back cover. But it by 
no means prices all the stock we have to offer. And in large quantities we are prepared to make very special low prices. Write 
us for prompt quotation on your needs. 
PLANTING COSTS 
BEST VARIETIES FOR SPECIAL SOILS 
The economic side of the planting of young trees is, perhaps, not generally 
understood. A yearly income of 15 to 20 per cent on an investment in refores¬ 
tation is well within the bounds of possibility if ordinary care and intelli¬ 
gence are exercised. This investment would, of course, be a long-term one of 
20 to 50 years. 
The cost of planting is made up by reckoning the value of the land, the 
yearly taxes, the cost of labor in planting and the cost of the trees them¬ 
selves. All these factors are variable, except that the actual labor of planting 
should average about $12.00 per acre. The number of trees per acre in a 
6x6 foot planting is 1,200, and in an average planting of Pine and Spruce 
these would cost for three year transplants $25 to $35 per acre. Seedlings 
would, of course, be much cheaper and more economical, but require too 
much care on the average private estate where reforestation is purely a 
minor item and taken up as much for pleasure as for profit. 
PROFIT FROM TREES 
As against this cost the timber at the end of thirty years—in Spruces, 
Pines or Firs, should yield about 15,000 board feet at from $6 per thousand 
for Pine up to $12 per thousand for Spruce and Fir, or $90.00 to $180.00 
total income per acre. If cut for pulp-wood instead of lumber, the yield 
should be 30 to 45 cords per acre—at about $4.00 per cord, or $120.00 to 
$180.00 per acre. 
At 40 years of age the board feet would range from 30 to 40 thousand feet 
per acre and the cords of pulp-wood also approximately double the figures for 
30 years. For this reason 40 years is a much more economical period to crop 
the timberland. 
CHRISTMAS TREE GROWING 
The planting of White and Norway Spruce and Douglas and Balsam Fir 
for Christmas Tree cutting is another phase of commercialized forestry 
which is profitable. This crop usually matures in about 12 years and when 
cut, leaves the timber-lot properly spaced for forest growing. One tree is 
planted between each two permanent trees and requires no extra land; in¬ 
deed it is an assistance to the young evergreen for the first ten years to have 
the shade and shelter of a dense planting, which must, however, be cleared 
away in time, whether for Christmas Tree use or not, in order to maintain a 
six by six foot space for permanent growth. 
For those who plan to set out plantations to grow Xmas Trees com¬ 
mercially, we offer the following: 
(Inches) (1000) 
Norway Spruce, 6 years old. 12 to 18 $29.50 
twice transplanted 
White Spruce, 6 years old 
12 to 18 29.50 
twice transplanted 
Balsam Fir, 5 years old. 12 to 18 29.50 
once transplanted 
Plant these larger sizes and save years 
LIGHT SAND 
Scotch Pine (Pinus) Black Locust (Robinia) 
Carolina Poplar (Populus) 
SANDY LOAM 
Red Pine (Pinus) European Larch (Larix) 
Black Locust (Robinia) Arborvitae (Thuja Occ.) 
Carolina Poplar (Populus) Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga) 
GOOD SOIL 
White Pine (Pinus) White Ash (Fraxinus) 
Norway Spruce (Picea) European Larch (Larix) 
Red Pine (Pinus) 
White Pine (Pinus) 
Norway Spruce (Picea) 
White Ash (Fraxinus) 
COARSE GRAVEL 
Black Locust (Robinia) 
LOAM 
Carolina Poplar (Populus) 
Europan Larch (Larix) 
Arborvitae (Thuja) 
WET LAND 
Balsam Fir (Abies) 
Arborvitae (Thuja Occidentalis) 
Carolina Poplar (Populus) 
Here is an Amazing 
Introductory Offer 
We will ship one hundred trees of the varieties below 
for $3.50. Orders must be in even hundreds and the 
price includes cost of postage east of the Mississippi. 
Every tree is guaranteed to live for one year or will be 
replaced without cost. You may order from the follow¬ 
ing list as you wish to make up your hundred trees in 
units of exactly twenty-five of one kind. We cannot 
accept orders otherwise assorted. All the trees are 8 to 
12 inches high and have been once transplanted. 
Norway Spruce Colorado Spruce 
White Spruce Balsam Fir 
Douglas Fir Englemann Spruce 
Mugho Pine 
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