An introduction to agriculture . certain treeswill grow large enough for railroad ties in thirty-fiveyears. By dividing a forest into thirty-five tracts andcutting off one tract each year, the supply could bemade perpetual. Sometimes the trees for cutting areselected from the w^hole forest, the same ground beinggone over year after year. Sometimes a strip onehundred vards wide or thereabouts is cut out and thenallowed to grow up again. Become acquainted with the trees in your vicinity andknow the names of some of them. 286. Home and School Grounds.— Many school-houses and some farmhouses are s
An introduction to agriculture . certain treeswill grow large enough for railroad ties in thirty-fiveyears. By dividing a forest into thirty-five tracts andcutting off one tract each year, the supply could bemade perpetual. Sometimes the trees for cutting areselected from the w^hole forest, the same ground beinggone over year after year. Sometimes a strip onehundred vards wide or thereabouts is cut out and thenallowed to grow up again. Become acquainted with the trees in your vicinity andknow the names of some of them. 286. Home and School Grounds.— Many school-houses and some farmhouses are situated in plots ofground that are destitute of trees and shrubs. Thesun beats on the buildinsrs in the summer and the wind 316 AX INTKODUCTIOX TO AGEICULTURE is unbroken in the winter. Nothing but barrenness isvisible. If the objects that are seen daily impress ourlives and help form our characters, then here is an op-portunity to impress beauty rather than its oppositequality. The work in school agriculture ought to create a. A COUNTRY SCHOOL HOUSE WITH VINES AND SHRUBS. Courtesy Of Stark Bras Nurseries d- Orchards Co., Louisiana, Mo. desire in the pupils to clean up and beautify the homeand school grounds. From the neglected yards the tallgrass and weeds should be cut and raked into piles,the other rubbish gathered up, and all burned or re-moved. Grass seed should then be sown. Even ifnothing further is done, most premises will repay suchwork by their improved appearance. GOOD llOADS — FORESTEY 317 287. Trees and Shrubs.— Trees and shrubs lookbetter, as a rule, when planted in groups or clumps,rather than scattered singly around the home or school-house. Landscape gardeners say that the larger treesand shrubs should be in the background as a settingfor the buildings, with low shrubs near the buildingsand open spaces with grass in front. Often trees orshrubs can be used on the boundaries in place of un-sightly fences. It is a good plan to use trees or tallshrubs to hide
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