. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. 32G FORESTS FORESTS othor fn"owths, so that they would take on an upright form, quite free from branches until their tops interlaced, after which they would properly crowd one another. Such planting often can be done at an expense of less than two dollars per acre. In planting seedlings under such conditions, the best implement to use is a mattock, with which a space a foo
. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. 32G FORESTS FORESTS othor fn"owths, so that they would take on an upright form, quite free from branches until their tops interlaced, after which they would properly crowd one another. Such planting often can be done at an expense of less than two dollars per acre. In planting seedlings under such conditions, the best implement to use is a mattock, with which a space a foot or more in diameter is cleared of brush and the soil brought into condition for the seedlings. Under very favorable conditions the work can be done for even a less figure than that given. It is not too much to expect that a man and a boy, in a day of ten hours, under reason- ably favorable conditions, can plant at least 1,000 seedlings and handle them with all the care nec- essary to keep the roots from getting dry. Pine and spruce seedlings are best kept in a pail partially filled with water when carried to the field. After the seedlings are planted, it is neces- sary for success that they be looked after for a few years until they are well established, other- wise they may be smothered by the surrounding weeds and trees. It is a good plan, under such con- ditions, to go over the land at least once in the summer with a large knife, and with a few slashes give the planted seedlings an advantage over the surrounding vegetation. In the planting out of old fields, where for any reason it may be undesirable to plow the land. <^.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York : Macmillan
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