| Show planting trees A correspondent of the washington star addresses the following 0 to those who lived on the open prairie on th the e advantages accruing from g groves oft deforest forest trees on thir premises the first benefit to be derived from a on the prairie is a shelter from the cutting winds which blow so keenly over the bleak wintry v antry wast waste e of a prairie co country it is well weil known to all who have moved from the wooded hillsides hill sides of oe the eastern and middle states bow how much harder to endure the winters are on the open prairies odthe of he west even while the thermometer marks a higher temperature this is caus edby the windy which comes entirely unbroken from the icy summits of ahe I 1 rocky mountains now let a person erson who j is ia traveling over the prairie in X the winter in the face 0 of a Norl wester just come into the I 1 shelter of a few bushes it may be they are j leafless but as soon as he passes them he is is made aware of the benefit of even a por shell ter and can appreciate the corn ort a person would take in doing his chores in the shelter 1 of a gove g ove in a stinging cold day in winter the tho second benefit is i the timber for domestic I 1 purposes to may many this is a matter ot of great inheres interest In teres and they would plant trees only they thirl think thick that the trees would be of no benefi to them or else they put it off in adil adli a il aay way till some sone soa son e more ment season which in most cases never arrives now there ore re trees that will thrive and grow on parie p arie soil amazingly fast I 1 have sen sen ben a cottonwood set out about two feet high grow frow in in three years to be from 16 to 20 feet high alid and from froin three to five inches in diameter at the ground now a few of such euch fast growing tre a sto to shelter aad ana induce a more thrifty growth in the th e slow growing hard woods such as the oak and maple would soon make a beautiful grove from which fencing and fie fi e wood nood wood could be got in limited quan quantities and i in a few years in more abundance ane third consideration that shou sho el induce the dweller on the prairie to plant tr trees is the benefit of the fruit to both man and beast amon among the nut bearing trees indigenous to most prairie cun countries tries are the walnuts wa lack black b and white and the shell abell bark boak hickories the chestnut will grow grov in some situations and I 1 doubt not with proper care and shelter it will every where and who will overlook the pleasure to be derived around the family hearth on h a amer everl evell evening ng ovir ovin over a few butter nuts walnuts oia oiw is estimable eh chestnut es then the acorns and the nuts of the bitter hickories will if given due prominence in a farm grove fatten poultry and feed growing swine as well as corn while they may nay gather ahse th sa themselves the fourth considerate consi derat on is to screen an orchard arid and garden from the wind and stin sun the great trouble in raising fruit trees in this country is the expose situations either to the heat of the 8 sun un or to the cold winds or both jn in the warm bayst daya of spring the sun pours his rays directly on them and starts th aa wap sap next day a bitter northwest wind freezes the them up bursts the sap vessels and thus blights baights and eventually kills the tree whereas h had a a it been sheltered from bith influences by other trees they would have kept the fierce rays of th t sun from it and also the cold wind protecting protecting them from spring cb changes chanles anges summer heats eats and the fruit from the early fro ts of autino au tinn we also know how hard harj it is to raise early vegetables in an exposed situation to convince any one of the benefit to be derived from a grove on early vegetation let him compare the wild plants on the op open en prairie with those at the he edge of some grove where he wil wll il find them half hidden bidden byord by old oid leaves growing finely while the others are hardly started there are also many vegetables 1 i grow much beter betler in A 6 sheltered situation but especially is the shelter of a grove desirable for early vege vegetable tabe the fifth consideration is that these groves will be a great benefit to f future futura generations the idea of being heing a benevolent man moan is Is one that will have considerable weight he does docs not live entirely for self but is willing nay anxious to do something useful in the world and one of the most useful is to 0 o start groves of beautiful and useful trees on the prairies of y your our neighborhood directly by your our own ha hands ads I 1 on your own farm indirectly ly by your example and advice and it if necessary your hep hep bep also on those of your neighbors the sixth consideration is to add to the beauties the pleasures and the attractions of home horm what attractions is there can there be in a home which bich only contains the four walls was waa at right angles to ea each cb other and on a II 11 line ine lne wi wi i h so some me principal meridian 0 or r correction line nothing to shelter it from the during driving winds winda nor scorching sun but surround it with trees make it a place of comor tot rest and peace and your children and dependents will feel the blessed influence and instead of fleeing to the city to find employment behind the merchants counter or in the lawver lawyers ls office they will be more likely to remain at home and follow the business of an agriculturist which is the most virt ou ous as well as that on which all others othi rs depend on which the of the whole country is mainly hulu LAMBDA |
