Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1893 — Planting Trees on Embankments. [ARTICLE]

Planting Trees on Embankments.

On the Austrian railroads considerable attention has been given to planting trees along the slopes of tho railroad cuts and banks, and in other places whore there is room on tho right or way. In some places these are intended to act as wind breaks and defenses against the snow; in others they are simply to utilise the waste land. A recent statement shows that these plantations, as reported up to date on the various lines, include about 370,001) fruit trees of various kinds—plum, pear, apple, poach, aprloot and others—and about 3,600,000 forest trees, borne of the latter, such as willows, are planted chiefly on account of the use of their roots in preserving and consolidating slopes; others —oak, fir, pine, larch, etc.—will be valuable in due time as timber. These plantations are being extended each year.