. Principles of American forestry . Forests and forestry. FOREST REGENEKATION AND TREATMENT. 71 the weeds, Poplar, and other fast-growing trees, so that they would take on an upright form quite free from side branches until their tops interlaced, after which tliey would crowd one another. Such planting can often be done at an expense of about two dollars per acre in ad- dition to the cost of the seedlings, if the work is done. Fig. 15.—Old Pine cuttings after being once burned over. with a mattock. Under favorable conditions, the work can be done for half this figure. It is not too much to exp
. Principles of American forestry . Forests and forestry. FOREST REGENEKATION AND TREATMENT. 71 the weeds, Poplar, and other fast-growing trees, so that they would take on an upright form quite free from side branches until their tops interlaced, after which tliey would crowd one another. Such planting can often be done at an expense of about two dollars per acre in ad- dition to the cost of the seedlings, if the work is done. Fig. 15.—Old Pine cuttings after being once burned over. with a mattock. Under favorable conditions, the work can be done for half this figure. It is not too much to expect that a man and boy can plant 1,000 seedlings in a day of ten hours under reasonably favorable condi- tions. It is necessary for the success of such work that weeds be prevented from smothering the trees, which they. 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 Green, Samuel B. (Samuel Bowdlear), 1859-1910. New York, J. Wiley & Sons
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