Practical tree planting in operation . Fig. 1.—Site for Forest Plantation, According to Planting Plan No. 5, inEddy County, N. Fig. 2.—Black Locust Forest Plantation, 12 Years Old, in MeadeCounty, Kans. Trees G tu b inches in diameter and 80 feet liigh. PLANTING PLAN FOR A PLANTATION. 15 able here than in many places; but there are^ nevertheless, millions ofacres upon which this successful tree growth can be duplicated. Successful as this plantation has been, it lacks the element of per-manence. Already part of the Cottonwood grove has been cutaway, and the land is again prairie. Not an
Practical tree planting in operation . Fig. 1.—Site for Forest Plantation, According to Planting Plan No. 5, inEddy County, N. Fig. 2.—Black Locust Forest Plantation, 12 Years Old, in MeadeCounty, Kans. Trees G tu b inches in diameter and 80 feet liigh. PLANTING PLAN FOR A PLANTATION. 15 able here than in many places; but there are^ nevertheless, millions ofacres upon which this successful tree growth can be duplicated. Successful as this plantation has been, it lacks the element of per-manence. Already part of the Cottonwood grove has been cutaway, and the land is again prairie. Not an acre of Western prairieland that has been transformed into forest should ever be allowed torevert. The Cottonwood and Boxelder should yield only to the Locust,Ash, Walnut, and Oak, for valuable timber should be the ultimate aimof every Western i)lanter. Plate III, fig. 1, illustrates what may be expected on the plains ofthe West in a pure plantation of Black Locust, on soil best adapted toits growth, when properly planted and cared for. In contrast withthis desirable plantation, which may be attained with this or otherspecie
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