PLANT FOR PROFIT, SHADE AND BEAUTY 
What to Plant 
We recommend the planting of the following for Christmas 
tree growing,—Scotch Pine, Austrian Pine, American Red Pine, 
White Pine, Norway Spruce, White Spruce, Colorado Blue 
Spruce, Balsam Fir and Douglas Fir. 
Colorado Blue Spruce, Norway Spruce, White Spruce, Can- 
adian Hemlock, Arborvitae and Mugho Pine are recommended 
for Ornamental and Landscape planting. 
American Red Pine, White Pine, Scotch Pine, Austrian 
Pine. Pitch Pine, Banks Pine, Norway Spruce, Canadian Hem- 
lock, and European Larch are recommended for reforestation 
of vacant land in order to prevent soil erosion and to grow a 
future timber supply. 
For further recommendations for the particular area in 
which you are located consult your County Farm Agent or 
State Department of Forestry. 
When to Plant 
Best results are obtained from Spring planting, March 15th 
to May 31st. September ist to October 31st is Fall planting 
season. More care must be exercised in the Fall to obtain 
satisfactory results, due to the fact that the earth around the 
trees does not have sufficient time to become packed. The 
frost then heaves the tree out of the ground. 
Care before Pianting 
Good stock deserves good care. Trees are living things 
and as such should be given careful and intelligent care. To 
insure your success we offer you the following suggestions: 
Upon receiving the trees unpack them immediately, remo- 
ving all packing material. Do not expose the stock to drying 
winds or the sun. 
“Feel” the stock in a place convenient to the planting site, 
preferable at the north side of a building or woods where it 
will have protection from the sun and drying winds. 
How to Plant 
It is not necessary to prepare the ground in any way before 
planting. The added expense is not justified and grass and 
weeds prove a benefit in conserving moisture during the first 
few seasons after planting. Do not use fertilizer on soil. 
In planting small tracts three men work to best advantage. 
One man to make holes with a maddock, the other two follow 
and plant trees. 
In planting more extensively a crew of ten men work to 
the best advantage. Three men in parallel lines making holes 
and two planters following each planting trees. The tenth 
man follow the crew to replentish the planters’ pails when 
needed; to watch the spacing and to keep the crew going as 
rapidly as possible. Under normal conditions a planting crew 
should average sixty (60) trees per hour per man. 
It is important that the roots of the trees do not become 
dry, therefore trees should be carried in a pail submerged in a 
thick puddle of mud until planted. Allowing the roots to be- 
come dry is certain to kill the trees. 
There are many different opinions about spacing. 4’ x 4’ 
spacing requiring 2720 trees to the acre is used where thinning 
is contemplated at a comparative young age. 5’ x 5’ spacing 
requiring 1740 trees to the acre is the spacing most generally 
used. This spacing allows for thinning for Christmas trees 
and still leaves a good stand for timber. 6’ x 6’ spacing re- 
quiring 1210 trees to the acre is recommended where trees are 
planted for forestry products and where no thinning is intended 
for 20 to 25 years. 
