Forest planting; a treatise on the care of timber lands and the restoration of denuded wood-lands on plains and montains . ??** l^- •.?.•. •••?•• .• • .,\^f*^. Tj >.-:*v•;:•.:; 180 FOREST PLANTING. After the place to be worked has been protected inthe manner heretofore described, by front, back andside fences and uneven spots, if there be any, leveled,the entire surface is covered with brushwood or smallevergreen boughs, about four feet in length; and theseeds of pines, birches, bushes and grasses are sownupon them broadcast. Thereupon the laborers takesand from the adjoining unworked pa
Forest planting; a treatise on the care of timber lands and the restoration of denuded wood-lands on plains and montains . ??** l^- •.?.•. •••?•• .• • .,\^f*^. Tj >.-:*v•;:•.:; 180 FOREST PLANTING. After the place to be worked has been protected inthe manner heretofore described, by front, back andside fences and uneven spots, if there be any, leveled,the entire surface is covered with brushwood or smallevergreen boughs, about four feet in length; and theseeds of pines, birches, bushes and grasses are sownupon them broadcast. Thereupon the laborers takesand from the adjoining unworked part of the place,and throw at every two feet a shovelful over the brush-wood, thus covering not only the seeds, which will, inthe meantime, have mostly fallen through the bushesto the ground, but also fastening the loose brushwoodto the soil. This work is done in sections of about three hun-dred feet long, and of twelve to fourteen feet it is commenced about three yards distantfrom the back fence by children that, while goingbackward with the face directed to the back fence,unloosen piles of brushwood, placed in pro
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