| Show FOR TIMBER Eus Easy out or of U 1000 To those thoe who wish to have havi n a grove Groo of at valuable fort forest trees In n a short time the Catalpa tord the chatmo ot of obtaining It In B a greater degree then than any other tree The Southern render reader who sho hu has knowledge ge of the species not of at this the cannot realize th the great difference the two Although the catalpa WAS 1 a well known tree tre In the as well as In the South It was not until some thirty lo that It was AI known that two distinct species anti and that the estern one was very much the better one for tor timber r purposes The Southern line ens Is 18 CatalPA and It exists In its Ite wild state us as far ar North IS as and Ilo possIbly further It Is by no meant means n a tender tree as some tilters Illers sa la hut bul It is 18 not hardly enough for the Northwestern States us liS Is Ie But Dut even en If It were sere time the Is much the bettor better i tree for or forestry rowina I and Ind attal attaining ln with a clean cloon straight trunk This Is the op opposite I of oC whet what the other does for It forms forma n a low spreading tree more fitted for tor a I tree of all an character The Western pro duce seethe seeds freel freely anti and these seeds gro grow easily sown In III the sIring so FO that It po possesses ellO the first thIng necessary In a desirable forest tree e Many tre trees 8 very er desirable for timber are so hard to grow rota seeds that It S their use almost Impossible Catalpa seedlings will make a foot ot of growth grotth the first firs I season Is height enough for transplanting they ma may be two years old and not nol be too large for the i purpose Four feet Ceet apart aart Is considered d a proper distance for a young grove croe the trees to be thinned out when crowd lag InA each other ether too much A little crowding is III considered beneficial as It force farce a straIght trunk and ond the side branches decay for tor want ot of light before they got Het too large which al also o Is A 1 benefit t ns as there n are re then no knots knols In the tho lumber when hn It Is sawed up imp As catalpa wOOd I is not nol heavy hellY It surprises man ninny to learn that It hu has l quaIl qualities ties Shen used for tor halts It will out last most Rn any at other hEIr wood find And It would take lake the place of chestnut for tor the vanous van ous fencing purposes It Is III used for tor It Is said that either In or out of time the ground It M Is more I lasting thAn Any oC at atthe the or kind of oC used for forthe or the thi th u use e or of Ihl thie tr tree for tor commercial purposes It is II a 0 good shade tree and In one of the mOlt float ornamental of all The Tue Howers tre lite In Immense white with yellow t lIo center and In the earl early days of summer The Tho eastern one Is Ie always found In Its wild state In iii damp FArmer |
